defense
March 01, 2010, 10:36 CET
Gov't, ministry, Socialists see no reason for defence minister's resignation
Neither the government, nor the Defence Ministry, or the ruling Socialist Party see a necessity for Defence Minister Imre Szekeres to resign over a suspected bribery case involving a business owned by, and operating under the control of, the ministry.... [read complete entry]
February 08, 2010, 10:08 CET
Ministers call for May deadline on NATO command reform
NATO defence ministers asked the alliance's secretary-general to make plans for the reform of NATO command structure within the next three months, Hungary's Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said on Friday. Attending a two-day informal meeting of NATO ministers in Istanbul,... [read complete entry]
January 05, 2010, 03:36 CET
US-Hungarian oil-for-troops-and-terrorists deal best unfounded conspiracy theory of 2009
While we made a strategic decision not to bother with the traditional retrospective pieces looking back at 2009, we feel it's only necessary to tip our hats to what must be the best unsubstantiated political conspiracy theory reported as... [read complete entry]
December 22, 2009, 10:19 CET
Ministry says construction of NATO site to continue despite protests
The construction of a NATO radar on the Tubes hill, overlooking the city of Pecs in southern Hungary, will continue as weather permits, national daily Nepszava reported on Tuesday quoting the Defence Ministry spokesman. The ministry is currently finalising administrative... [read complete entry]
December 17, 2009, 10:17 CET
Pécs council puts up illegal roadblock to stop construction of NATO facility
The local council of Pecs has erected a road block on the road leading to the construction site of the NATO radar site on Tubes hill overlooking the south Hungarian city, the county mayor told a news conference on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 10:26 CET
Hungary's defense spending to rise next year, reach €1.2 billion
Defence spending will increase in next year's budget to reach a total of 308.2 billion forints (EUR 1.2 bn), or 1.17 percent of gross domestic product, the defence ministry said on Friday. Of the total spending budgeted, 16.687 billion forints... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 09:45 CET
Hungary to expand number of troops in Afghanistan
Hungary will increase the number of its troops serving in Afghanistan by 200, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai announced Friday afternoon following talks with US Vice-President Joe Biden in the White House. Hungary has 340 soldiers in Afghanistan. Bajnai did not... [read complete entry]
December 03, 2009, 12:05 CET
Amnesty International welcomes Hungary's reception of Guantanamo inmate
Amnesty International welcomed Hungary's decision to receive a detainee from Guantanamo prison camp, which it said would contribute to the closing of the facility, a statement from AI on Wednesday said. Amnesty International asks Hungarian authorities to create the necessary... [read complete entry]
December 03, 2009, 11:16 CET
Bajnai backs Obama's Afghan surge during Washington visit
An increase of Hungarian forces in Afghanistan is now in the planning stage, the Defence Ministry said as Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai arrived in Washington for a four-day visit. He declared that Hungary supports President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistanafter... [read complete entry]
November 26, 2009, 11:29 CET
Government approves deal with US on receiving Guantanamo detainee
The Hungarian government has given its official consent to the Hungary-US agreement on accepting a detainee from Guantanamo, Gabor Juhasz, minister in charge of the civilian secret services, told MTI on Thursday. The government's decree ensures the legal framework for... [read complete entry]
November 23, 2009, 08:37 CET
Military chief says Hungary's role abroad to be transformed next year
The peacekeeping and other missions Hungarian soldiers are involved in will be transformed next year, Hungarian Chief of Staff Laszlo Tombol told MTI in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Sunday. As the situation seems to have been stabilised in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo,... [read complete entry]
November 20, 2009, 10:45 CET
NATO Chief welcomes Hungary's plan to increase defense spending
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday welcomed Hungary's decision to slightly increase its defence budget next year in spite of the current economic crisis. Meeting reporters after talks with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Rasmussen noted that the guideline for... [read complete entry]
October 28, 2009, 09:21 CET
Hungary to send two helicopters, 30-strong crew to Afghanistan
The Hungarian armed forces will send two Mi-17 helicopters and a 30-strong crew to Afghanistan in 2011, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said on Tuesday. The Hungarian armed forces will cooperate with other NATO member states to jointly provide the logistics... [read complete entry]
October 01, 2009, 10:16 CET
Defense Minister says Afghan peacekeeping mission a success story
The Hungarian armed forces' peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan has been a success story, Hungarian Minister of Defence Imre Szekeres said at a reception ceremony held in Nyiregyhaza (NE) on Wednesday. The minister welcomed the 6th of the rotating units of... [read complete entry]
September 16, 2009, 09:51 CET
Hungary to take in single former Guantanamo inmate
Hungary will receive one former inmate from the Guantanamo prison camp, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai announced on Wednesday. Hungary will choose from a list the name of the prisoner who will be allowed to settle permanently in the country after... [read complete entry]
September 16, 2009, 09:29 CET
Bajnai, Sólyom view military exercise
President László Sólyom, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and Defence Minister Imre Szekeres observed the final leg of the Bevetési Irány 2009 (“Direction of Deployment”) military exercises near Ercsi on the Danube on Tuesday. Remarking that the army comprises disciplined, professional... [read complete entry]
July 28, 2009, 12:12 CET
First NATO transport plane arrives at Hungarian air base
The first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to arrive in Hungary - part of NATO's Strategic Transportation Fleet - was presented to the media at the Pápa military airfield on Monday. Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres and NATO... [read complete entry]
July 28, 2009, 10:29 CET
PM backs minister over allegedly bogus "terror video"
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai continues to have full confidence in Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics, government spokesman Domokos Szollár told reporters on Monday. He spoke after Fidesz demanded that Bajnai fire Draskovics, calling him "a burden on the... [read complete entry]
July 16, 2009, 11:08 CET
First NATO cargo jet expected at Hungarian airbase
The first US-made C-17 military cargo jet is expected to arrive in Hungary within two weeks under NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) programme, national daily Magyar Nemzet said on Wednesday. The Boeing C-17 with the Hungarian national tricolour and military... [read complete entry]
June 25, 2009, 09:59 CET
Planned attack on Hungarian embassy in Pakistan said foiled
Pakistani authorities have foiled planned attacks on several embassies, including the Hungarian office, in Islamabad. According to diplomatic sources, bomb attacks were formulated against the Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Italian and South African embassies. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry confirmed the report,... [read complete entry]
June 23, 2009, 09:52 CET
Hungarian army union protests against austerity measures
The trade union of the Hungarian armed forces organised a demonstration to protest against the government's austerity measures in front of Parliament on Monday. At the demonstration, union leader Geza Meszaros told the some 600 participants that the increased burden... [read complete entry]
June 19, 2009, 09:28 CET
US officially requests Hungary take Guantánamo inmates
US special envoy Daniel Fried officially asked Hungary to receive inmates from Guantánamo prison on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told state news agency MTI. "The cabinet is ready to closely study any requests and options, but parliamentary consultations... [read complete entry]
June 05, 2009, 12:20 CET
Defense official says Orbán's remarks create "anti-Hungarian coalition"
Opposition leader Viktor Orban's recent statements have driven the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia into an anti-Hungarian coalition despite the fact that military cooperation between Hungary and Slovakia is exemplary, the deputy Defence Minister said on Thursday. Agnes Vadai, of... [read complete entry]
May 20, 2009, 09:27 CET
No decision yet on moving Guantánamo inmates to Hungary
No decision has yet been reached in Hungary on whether to receive prisoners from Guantánamo, as the US has not yet made a definite offer, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told reporters on Tuesday. Mátrai was speaking after US chargé... [read complete entry]
May 11, 2009, 08:29 CET
None injured as Hungarian troops attacked in Afghanistan
A group of Hungarian soldiers serving in the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in northern Afghanistan was attacked by local gunmen on Saturday but no injuries were reported, the Defence Ministry told MTI.... [read complete entry]
May 08, 2009, 09:50 CET
Ministry abandons politically-unpopular NATO radar project
Defence Minister Imre Szekeres on Thursday instructed the ministry's legal department to withdraw its challenge to the suspension of the construction permit for a NATO radar station atop the Tubes hill near Pécs. It said it continues to respect the... [read complete entry]
April 29, 2009, 09:18 CET
NATO chief meets Bajnai, praises Hungary's performance
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer praised Hungary's performance in the organisation at a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in Brussels on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
April 27, 2009, 07:36 CET
Defense minister says Hungarian military could deploy in Africa
Hungary's armed forces have begun preparations for a possible deployment to Africa from 2011, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres told MTI on Friday.... [read complete entry]
April 24, 2009, 09:39 CET
FM seeks info from US on Hungarian shot in Iraq
The US embassy in Budapest has given the foreign ministry a written answer about the Hungarian who was shot dead in Iraq late last month, deputy spokesman Lajos Kohári told Echo TV Thursday evening. Earlier in the day Foreign Minister... [read complete entry]
April 23, 2009, 11:16 CET
Hungarian FM casts more doubt on alleged plot on Bolivian president
The alleged assassination plot on the Bolivian president was probably a "concocted story", Foreign Minister Péter Balázs told InfoRádió Wednesday evening. He said there are signs that the late Eduardo Rózsa-Flores and associates "had been preparing something, even an armed... [read complete entry]
April 17, 2009, 10:35 CET
UK fraud office links Gripen corruption to Socialist Party
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has uncovered evidence that Austrian lobbyist Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly corrupted procurement procedures in Hungary through the Socialist Party in connection with the procurement and upgrade of Gripen fighter jets manufactured by Sweden's Saab and British Aerospace,... [read complete entry]
April 08, 2009, 12:03 CET
Hungary signs deal for American-made military vehicles
The Defence Ministry has placed orders with US concern Force Protection to buy three Cougar armoured vehicles, the company announced on Tuesday. The contract is valued at $1.3 million and the vehicles are to be shipped to Hungary by June.... [read complete entry]
April 06, 2009, 08:17 CET
Hungary's defense minister pushes for common NATO budget
Financing NATO out of a common pool of funds would help the organisation mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis, Hungary's Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said on Saturday, at the NATO summit currently underway in Strasbourg.... [read complete entry]
April 02, 2009, 09:55 CET
Parliamentary Speaker joins opposition to key NATO facility
Parliamentary Speaker Katalin Szili, who is also the Socialist Party's candidate for mayor of Pecs in south Hungary is strongly against the NATO radar planned for nearby Tubes Hill, a local Socialist official told MTI on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
March 09, 2009, 07:30 CET
NATO Secretary-General to visit Budapest this week
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary-General of NATO, is scheduled to visit Hungary and attend a conference marking the tenth anniversary of Hungary's membership in NATO, the Foreign Ministry told MTI on Friday.... [read complete entry]
March 04, 2009, 09:30 CET
Hungary to take "one or two" former Gitmo prisoners, no big influx of Iraqis
Hungary does not plan to receive Iraqi refugees in any organised way, Foreign Ministry state secretary Márta Fekszi Horváth told the state news agency MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
March 04, 2009, 08:51 CET
Parties agree on need for financing for Hungary's Afghanistan mission
In view of deteriorating security in Afghanistan, the main opposition centre-right Fidesz party would support increasing the budget of the Hungarian provincial reconstruction team (PRT) stationed in the northern Baghlan province, Zsolt Nemeth, head of Parliament's foreign affairs committee, told... [read complete entry]
February 23, 2009, 08:52 CET
Defense Minister says joint financing of NATO response force needed
The principle of joint financing should be applied to the NATO response force (NRF), Hungary's Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said on Friday.... [read complete entry]
February 18, 2009, 09:49 CET
Budapest, Washington begin exploratory talks on Guantanamo detainees
Hungary is in talks with the US on the possibility of accepting former detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lajos Szelestey said Tuesday. In principle, Hungary could receive former prisoners, but no specifics have been agreed... [read complete entry]
February 05, 2009, 09:58 CET
Guantanamo-related plane spotted at Budapest airport
A US secret services aeroplane, probably used by the CIA, stayed at Ferihegy airport overnight some days ago, in connection with the potential reception of prisoners currently held at the Guantanano Bay detention camp, which faces closure, Magyar Nemzet reports.... [read complete entry]
February 05, 2009, 08:52 CET
Foreign Minister says Hungary could take former Guantanamo inmates
Hungary is open to the idea of providing a home for former Guantanamo inmates, Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz said on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
February 04, 2009, 09:30 CET
Talks begin between Budapest and Washington on Guantanamo prisoners
Informal consultations are underway between Budapest and Washington on Hungary receiving prisoners currently held being at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, although a result is only expected after a general decision from the EU.... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2009, 03:34 CET
U.S. Congressman Supports Hungary and Other Terror-Ridden Middle-Eastern Countries
This just in from the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON -- Representative John F. Tierney, a Salem Democrat, called for a "regional approach" to the war on terror today as he wrapped up a congressional fact-finding mission to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Qatar,... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2009, 11:09 CET
New contingent of 250 Hungarian soldiers leaves for Afghanistan
A new Hungarian contingent of 250 soldiers to Afghanistan were seen off in Debrecen, E Hungary, on Monday.... [read complete entry]
January 22, 2009, 09:19 CET
Green ombudsman says planned NATO radar station raises legal questions
The planned NATO radar facility on Tubes Hill near Pecs, S Hungary, raises legal problems, environmental ombudsman Sandor Fulop told MTI after talks with civil opponents of the scheme on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
January 20, 2009, 04:58 CET
Orbán says Central Europe needs unified response to resurgent Russia
Main opposition Fidesz party leader Viktor Orban on Tuesday said that Hungary had a vital interest in developing cooperation among the Central European nations, ranging from Croatia to Poland.... [read complete entry]
December 19, 2008, 11:02 CET
Hungary's Gripen fighter jets to come on line next week
The Gripen fighter jets Hungary has purchased from Sweden will be deployable as of Monday, the commander of the Kecskemet military air base (C Hungary) told reporters on Thursday.... [read complete entry]
December 10, 2008, 07:53 CET
Defense minister calls for increased spending on armed forces
Hungary's government must gradually boost defence spending to above 1.3 percent of gross domestic product, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said in a briefing to lawmakers on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
November 14, 2008, 08:55 CET
Hungary supports Ukraine's bid to join NATO action plan
Hungary support's Ukraine's bid to join NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP), Agnes Vadai, Hungary's deputy defence minister, told MTI on Thursday.... [read complete entry]
November 06, 2008, 09:02 CET
Fidesz MP says Slovak case shows gov't "unable to protect Hungarians"
The minority Socialist government is incapable of defending Hungary's citizens, an MP of the main opposition Fidesz party said on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
October 09, 2008, 08:00 CET
Hungarian official voices support for European anti-missile shield
The missile defence shield to be stationed in the Czech Rep and Poland will be vital to the whole of European defence, said a leading Hungarian parliamentarian on European security matters after talks with Czech officials on Wednesday in Budapest.... [read complete entry]
October 08, 2008, 07:46 CET
Budapest NATO meeting to focus on key 2009 summit
The NATO meeting in Budapest will play an vital role in preparing for next year's jubilee NATO summit, Hungary's Defence Minister Imre Szekeres told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
October 02, 2008, 08:32 CET
Hungarian troops take charge of Kabul airport
Hungarian soldiers serving in NATO's Afghanistan mission are taking charge of Kabul international airport on Wednesday, Hungary's Defence Ministry noted in a statement.... [read complete entry]
September 30, 2008, 02:32 CET
Hungary to up military spending next year by 6%
Hungary's defence ministry budget is expected to grow by 21 billion forints next year as more funding is directed towards defence spending, military technology and support for the ministry's main health-care facility, a gov't official told MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
September 29, 2008, 09:41 CET
Hungarian airspace control clears NATO inspection
NATO officials assessed a regiment in charge of airspace control at Veszprém for a week and deemed it "capable of carrying out duties," unit commander Pál Szűcs told the state news agency MTI at the weekend.... [read complete entry]
September 19, 2008, 08:39 CET
Russia's ambassador to Hungary warns on Ukraine, Georgia NATO bids
Relations between NATO and Russia are bad enough in the wake of the Caucasian conflict but they could get worse if NATO invites Georgia and Ukraine to join its Membership Action Plan (MAP), Russia's ambassador to Hungary told MTI on... [read complete entry]
September 18, 2008, 08:31 CET
Budapest garage becomes national security issue
Construction of an underground parking garage below Kossuth tér can only be built in a special public procurement procedure, Parliament's national security committee decided on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
September 09, 2008, 07:49 CET
Foreign Ministry official says Hungary supports Georgia's NATO bid
Hungary supports Georgia's accelerated accession to NATO, state secretary at the foreign ministry Marta Horvath Fekszi told MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
September 03, 2008, 04:02 CET
Jobbik in freaky suck-up to Russia
An eagle-eyed reader has informed us that Jobbik - Hungary's best-organized far-right party - has formally taken sides in the "new cold war" brewing between Russia and the west over Moscow's heavy-handed incursion into Georgia last month. But the people... [read complete entry]
August 29, 2008, 10:35 CET
Hungary launches plan for "anti-genocide" center
Foreign Minister says Budapest-based office would offer early warning for impending conflicts around the world. [read complete entry]
August 22, 2008, 11:27 CET
Hungary says Russia must withdraw from Georgia
Government spokesperson declines to reject opposition's tough line on Moscow. [read complete entry]
August 21, 2008, 09:39 CET
Swedes deny closing probe into Hungary fighter plane sale
Investigation into alleged corruption in Gripen deal continues, despite earlier reports. [read complete entry]
August 21, 2008, 08:42 CET
No NATO split over Russian-Georgian conflict, Göncz says
Foreign Minster echoes calls by alliance allies to stand behind Tbilisi, while hoping that relations with Moscow can be maintained. [read complete entry]
August 19, 2008, 09:35 CET
Defense Minister sees Georgia joining NATO
Imre Szekeres concurred with US Ambassador April Foley about Georgia's future in NATO. [read complete entry]
August 18, 2008, 08:39 CET
Youth group stages protest at Russian embassy
Several hundred opposition supporters gather to denounce Georgian situation. [read complete entry]
August 18, 2008, 08:01 CET
Orbán calls for regional response to Russia
Says "clear-cut moral position" needed after incursion into Georgia. [read complete entry]
August 15, 2008, 08:34 CET
Orbán sharply critical of Russian move in Georgia
Moscow's envoy in Budapest fires back, saying opposition leader is "in the pocket of American neoconservatives." [read complete entry]
August 15, 2008, 08:34 CET
Prosecutor finds no smoking gun in Gripen procurement allegations
Scandal set to blow over, despite widespread belief contracts for Swedish fighter planes were dirty. [read complete entry]
August 14, 2008, 08:18 CET
Government postpones decision on aid to Georgia
Budapest waits for lead by EU foreign ministers. [read complete entry]
August 14, 2008, 08:16 CET
Hungary denies selling arms to Georgia
Allegation made in left-leaning Czech newspaper. [read complete entry]
August 13, 2008, 09:01 CET
Hungarian military in e-mail recruitment drive
College and university students targeted in search for pilots. [read complete entry]
August 11, 2008, 01:12 CET
Hungary takes stand in uproar over Russian invasion of Georgia
There's probably not a whole lot that a little country like Hungary could do to help even smaller Georgia in its life-or-death struggle against the recently reawakened Russian bear. But given the widespread sentiment in Hungary that the West was... [read complete entry]
August 11, 2008, 08:48 CET
NATO defense ministers to meet in Budapest in October
Informal summit would include officials from Croatia and Albania. [read complete entry]
July 25, 2008, 08:47 CET
Retired demolition expert disposal stokes controversy over Hungarian bomb squads
Colonel says bomb disposal experts sent to Afghanistan were unprepared. [read complete entry]
July 24, 2008, 10:39 CET
Slain Hungarian troops victims of booby traps
Terror groups were probably monitored by Afghan terrorists, commander says during hearings into deaths. [read complete entry]
July 23, 2008, 08:56 CET
Leader of Hungary's Afghan military contingent slams local media
Inaccurate press reports and leaks only serve to make soldiers tense and endanger their security, commander charges. [read complete entry]
July 21, 2008, 08:08 CET
Expert pushes for withdrawal of Hungarian bomb squad from Afghanistan
Recent deaths lead to rethink of support role in NATO deployment. [read complete entry]
July 18, 2008, 10:39 CET
American FBI probes company linked to Hungarian arms trading
Firm headed by former Senator supplied refurbished Hungarian tanks to Iraq in 2005, daily reports. [read complete entry]
July 10, 2008, 10:58 CET
Holy Crown loses one more symbolic role in Republic of Hungary
The crown will no longer be central in the initiation ceremony of army recruits. [read complete entry]
June 13, 2008, 09:17 CET
Socialists divided on Tubes radar controversy
The on-off plans to construct a NATO radar station near Pécs have drawn protest from local residents, environmentalists, Brussels, and within the Socialist Party. [read complete entry]
April 29, 2008, 10:19 CET
Old Hungarian airbase seeks new owner, all offers considered
According to a report in yesterday's edition of business daily Napi Gazdaság, Hungary's state asset management company - MNV Zrt - is trying to figure out who might be interested in buying the former Taszár military airfield, near the... [read complete entry]
April 21, 2008, 09:40 CET
Hungary pushes NATO entry for Croatia, Albania
Gyurcsány urges Secretary General to begin talks on expanding alliance by summer. [read complete entry]
April 18, 2008, 12:08 CET
Hungarian air force updating fleet by crashing old fighter planes
Yesterday afternoon, a Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter plane crashed after an aborted landing near Kecskemét. Fortunately, the pilot escaped with minor injuries, but this was the third MiG crash in the past ten years, signaling a slow transition away from the... [read complete entry]
February 04, 2008, 08:07 CET
Russians Tanks Mass on Border; Hungarian Army to Respond with Targeted PR Campaign
As you may have heard, Hungary is in deep doo-doo with its NATO allies for failing to live up to its commitments in the area of defense spending and preparedness. But that doesn't mean the country is wholly neglecting its... [read complete entry]
December 21, 2007, 11:17 CET
Pécs vetoes building NATO radar on Tubes hill
The general assembly of Pécs has vetoed the building of a NATO radar station on Tubes hill, and modified regulations so that any new decision will affect related questions currently being discussed, writes Magyar Nemzet. The Defense Ministry said the... [read complete entry]
November 27, 2007, 11:45 CET
New York Times alleges bribery in Hungarian Gripen purchases
The New York Times, citing a retired American general, has alleged that Hungary's purchase of the Gripen jet fighters was not transparent, and that graft was probably involved.
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November 23, 2007, 11:43 CET
Defense minister says Hungary's stability depends on coalition's survival
Socialist deputy head identifies health reform as primary stumbling block [read complete entry]
November 16, 2007, 03:12 CET
Orbán denounces "excessive Russian influence" in Hungary
Opposition leader and Fidesz Chairman Viktor Orbán denounced what he called an undue amount of Russian influence in the country, daily Magyar Nemzet reported. As evidence of this, Orbán cited the appointment of Sándor Laborc, the current nominee to be... [read complete entry]
November 08, 2007, 09:32 CET
KGB past haunts nominee for top security post
Opposition slams appointment of Sándor Laborc, claiming his stint at Moscow's Dzerzhinsky University renders him unfit. [read complete entry]
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