Hungary and the IMF - Press review

  • The Wall Street Journal created a summary of the immediate responses from analysts to the sudden breakdown of negotiations between the IMF and the new Hungarian government.

Hungary's strongest leader targets the media - The Washington Post - 19 July, 2010

THE LAST TIME he served as Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban made himself a persona non grata in Washington...

Among the first acts of Mr. Orban's new government was a law granting passports to ethnic Hungarians living in other countries.

The passport measure might be dismissed as symbolic. But a second major initiative of the new government -- an attempt to impose sweeping new controls on the media -- is not.

Der Spiegel - The Euro Crisis in Figures - 10 July 2010

The German Der Spiegel's graphics on the crisis of the euro-zone.

 

WSJ - Czechs Wary of Joining Troubled Euro - July 9, 2010

PRAGUE—The new Czech central bank governor said uncertainty surrounding
the euro zone in the wake of the Greek debt crisis is so great that
there is no point considering adopting the common currency for now and
expressed serious reservations about possible new Europe-wide
regulations.

Full article (as of 10 July 2010)

IMF - Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy by Olivier Blanchard

Excerpt, for full text see attached pdf. 

 

Hungary’s role in the World

INVITATION

Pénzügykutató Zrt. and ALLIANZ Hungária Biztosító Zrt. are pleased to invite you to their joint conference
 
Date:
10 AM Thursday, 26 November 2009
 
Venue:
Great Hall of Allianz Hungária
(1st floor, 52 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky St, 1054 Budapest)
 
We look forward to seeing you!
 
PROGRAM

10.00 AM - Opening address
Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary

Incremental citation impact due to international co-authorship in Hungarian higher education institutions

International co-authorship is generally thought and often found to have positive effects on the citation rate of scientific publications. We study the effect quantitatively in the example of four major and four medium Hungarian universities. The conclusions may be generalized to other countries of similar international status.

Laszlo Lengyel: a third nationalist wave?

In countries that have experienced regime changes, an economic crisis could give birth to a third wave of nationalism. The middle classes could find themselves facing an existential threat. People who were winners until now will lose out. Modernisers, those who urge the country in the direction of Europe, people who work in high-tech professions and those who have taken out loans in Swiss franks - they could all lose their jobs, their savings and their networks of contacts.
 
 
 

Laszlo Lengyel: a convincing government, a convincing prime minister

Gabor Fodor and the Free Democrats rejected the Gyurcsany package. They were right in grasping that only one sentence of this programme needed to be taken seriously: "If Parliament does not accept this programme, I will resign." The Socialist Party's leaders have now either to support Gyurcsany and his package, or they have to persuade Gyurcsany to resign from the prime minister ship, remaining party leader until the next congress. The second course of events is in the country's interest: a convincing government with a convincing prime minister.

HVG-Online, 2008. szeptember 1.

English version: HVG-Online, 2008.szeptember 11.

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