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  News Archive - May 2001
President Bush to Nominate Brown to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Austria
President Bush to Nominate Weiser to be Ambassador of the United States to the Slovak Republic
President Bush to Nominate Hull to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Yemen
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2001/05   (1216 words)

  
  Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name "Hungary" is influenced by the name of the Hun people, although it probably comes from the name of a later, 7th century state called Onogur (or possibly from the name of the city Ungvár, which was possibly the first major city the magyars occupied).
Hungary then assisted the German occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, occupying the Banat right afterwards, and finally entered World War II in 1941, fighting primarily against the Soviet Union.
Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat to rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin, with hills and lower mountains to the north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 1,014 m).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hungary   (2157 words)

  
 Hungary. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Hungary borders on Slovakia in the north, on Ukraine in the northeast, on Romania in the east, on Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro in the south, and on Austria in the west.
The executive branch consists of a president, who is the chief of state and, along with the presidential council, is elected by the national assembly, and a prime minister, who is the head of government.
Árpád Göncz was elected president of Hungary in 1990 and reelected in 1995.
www.bartleby.com /65/hu/Hungary.html   (3173 words)

  
 HUNGARY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hungary aligned itself with the statement delivered by the Presidency of the European Union during the general debate and fully supports it.
Hungary is keenly interested in widening the scope of multilateral instruments in the fight against terrorism.
Hungary is deeply concerned by the grave and deteriorating situation in the Middle East.
www.un.org /webcast/ga/58/statements/hungeng031001.htm   (1189 words)

  
 Hungary - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hungary was totally demolished with a great loss of life in 1241-1242 by Mongol armies of the Golden Horde.
Hungarian independence ended with the Ottoman conquest at the beginning of the 16th century; the parts of Hungary that were not conquered by the Ottomans were annexed by Austria, the rulers of which were Hungarian kings at the same time.
Hungary continues to demonstrate strong economic growth as one of the newest members of the European Union (since 2004).
open-encyclopedia.com /Hungary   (1528 words)

  
 President of Hungary|President Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
president in an older sense of the word to denote the fact that he or she heads the ''cabinet''.
The President is a member of the Federal Council elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly (the Swiss Parliament) for a year; and the President is merely ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals).
In FranceFrench legal terminology, the president of a court consisting of multiple judges is the foremost judge; he chairs the meeting of the court and directs the debates (and this thus addressed as "Mr President", ''Monsieur le Président'', or appropriate feminine forms).
www.echostatic.com /President_of_Hungary|President.html   (2071 words)

  
 Hungary
Initially the history of Hungary was made in the triangle with Poland and Bohemia, with the many liaisons with Popes and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
The golden age ended with the Ottoman conquest at the beginning of the 16th century, when the rest of Hungary came under Austrian control in the 16th century, with Austria conquering all of Hungary by the end of the 17th century.
In 1956, a revolt and announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a military intervention by the Soviet Union and led to the deposition and execution of prime minister Imre Nagy.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/hungary.html   (1023 words)

  
 HUNGARY
Reforms in Hungary proceeded at a rapid pace during 1989, marked by the introduction of a multiparty system and the removal of virtually all obstacles to freedom of expression, association and travel.
As Hungary drafts a new constitution and new legislation to govern the country, special attention must be paid to bringing these laws into compliance with international human rights norms.
After Hungary passed a new emigration law, President Bush promised that it would be the first country to be released from all restrictions under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the 1974 Trade Act, which links the preferential tariff policies of Most Favored Nation status to the emigration practices of the recipient country.
www.hrw.org /reports/1989/WR89/Hungary.htm   (466 words)

  
 Hungary Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kingdom of Hungary was established in 1000 by Stephen of HungaryKing St. Stephen I.
Hungary was partially demolished with a great loss of life in 1241–1242 by Mongol armies of the Golden Horde.
Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties, in addition to which there is one Capitals of Hungarycapital city (''főváros''): Budapest.
www.echostatic.com /Hungary.html   (1923 words)

  
 EUROPA - Enlargement : Candidate Country: Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bounded on the north by Slovakia; on the north-east by Ukraine; on the east by Romania; on the south by Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia; and on the west by Austria.
The economies of Hungary and the EU are increasingly integrated: In the first half of 2002, Hungary’s share in the EU’s trade with the rest of the world reached 2.57% of EU exports and 2.51% of EU imports.
Hungary has been granted a transitional period until the end of the third year following the date of accession or 31 December 2007, whichever is the earlier, for compliance with the Common External Tariff as regards the opening of a yearly tariff quota for aluminium, not alloyed.
europa.eu.int /comm/enlargement/hungary   (10126 words)

  
 Learn more about Hungary in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Initially the history of Hungary was made in the triangle with Poland and Bohemia, with the many liasons with Popes and Emperrors of Holy Roman Empire.
Gradually Hungary turned in the big, independent kingdom, that formed tolerant Central European culture, as a part of European civilisation.
Internal and external conflicts ended with the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, after which Hungary became a kingdom without a king under the right-wing regency of Miklós Horthy, leading to limited Hungary's alliance with Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hu/hungary.html   (931 words)

  
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Hungary has stood with the United States as a NATO ally against ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, and for a more positive future for all the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.
Hungary, which recently became a member of the NATO and shares a border with the Yugoslav crisis zone, fully shares the objectives of the Atlantic Alliance for peacemaking in Kosovo and agrees to the conditions set.
President, on behalf of the Hungarian delegation, I thank you once again for your invitation, and for all the support of historical value which you, Mr.
ftp.fedworld.gov /pub/w-house/0610-13.txt   (1558 words)

  
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As of July 2000, the estimated population of Hungary was 10,138,844.
The president serves as the head of state while the prime minister serves as the head of the government.
Hungary has 16 airports with paved runways and 27 airports with unpaved runways.
www.iaff.ttu.edu /Home/DPE/CurricMaterial/Hungary.asp   (361 words)

  
 Hungary in EU R&D booster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hungary will head the queue of central and eastern European countries aiming to win across-the-board access to EU research and development programmes when the next EU information society forum with these countries takes place Autumn next year, a senior Hungarian official said.
Lajos Nyiri, president of Hungary's National Committee for Technology Development (OMFB), said his organisation will lobby hard its own politicians and the EU ahead of the information society forum expected to take place in Brussels next Autumn as a follow-up to this September's event in Prague.
Hungary is at the same level as countries such as Spain, Greece or Portugal in its research and development potential and is ready to join the current fourth framework R&D as a fully paid-up member, he said.
www.hoise.com /primeur/96/pr-96-dec/PC-PR-12-96-2.html   (366 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Hungarian News Review
Hungarian Justice and Life Party President István Csurka said he would not support Mádl as he expected this would mean a continuation of policies from the Antall era.
He also claimed the fact that he does not feel as if he is involved in political decision making is another reason for his resignation, but added that he means to stay on as a member of the party's steering board.
The National Association of Transylvanian Organisations in Hungary met on Friday and Saturday in Szekszárd to discuss the status of Hungarians beyond the borders.
www.ce-review.org /00/18/hungarynews18.html   (1263 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Clinton on G-8 Deal -- June 8, 1999
President Clinton took time out of meetings with the visiting president of Hungary to talk with reporters about the agreement reached by G-8 foreign ministers in Germany.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, it's interesting, that's what the president said to me this morning, that the most important thing is that we rebuild the region.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, I think the main issues, at least for the last 72 hours, were involved -- with the nature of the U.N. resolution.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june99/clinton_6-8.html   (826 words)

  
 U.S. Working with Hungary for Fair, Reasonable Visas, Bush Says - US Department of State
PRESIDENT BUSH:  No, she is going to be on the bench, she'll be confirmed -- and when she's on the bench people will see a fantastic woman who is honest, open, humble and capable of being a great Supreme Court Judge.
President has a very clear understanding about why this is important for Hungarians.  And I was completely sure that we will achieve the fastest possible progress which is allowed by legislative background and laws here in the United States.
PRESIDENT BUSH:  I think they took the information that we gave and made the judgments they thought were necessary.  And the American people have got to know that, one, that we're collecting information and sharing it with local authorities on a timely basis, and that's important.
usinfo.state.gov /eur/Archive/2005/Oct/07-43820.html   (972 words)

  
 Hungary - Historical Coat of Arms
The four white stripes represent the four main rivers of the historic Hungary: Duna, Tisza, Dráva, Száva. On the heraldic left side, the three green hills represent the three main mountains of the historic Hungary: Tátra, Fátra, Mátra.
Hungary was confirmed again as a republic and Louis Kossuth, as one of his new measures, established a new Coat of Arms for Hungary, which did not have the Hungarian Holy Crown on the top.
This formation is known the "Kossuth Coat of Arms" which later has become associated with the general idea of freedom fight for Hungary (e.g., the freedom fighters during the Hungarian uprising in 1956 also used the Kossuth Coat of Arms as their insignia).
flagspot.net /flags/hu)hist.html   (1024 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The President restated his commitment to the success of Hungary's democratic reforms, stressing that our support is for the process of change rather than for any particular party or candidate.
The President noted that the administration is urging Congress to act quickly on his request to establish a Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund, create a regional environmental center in Budapest, and authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to operate in Hungary.
The President mentioned that in a Rose Garden ceremony on October 26 he signed the documents needed to grant Hungary continuing most-favored-nation treatment and that on November 1 he designated Hungary as beneficiary of the Generalized System of Preferences.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1989/89110201.html   (253 words)

  
 Hungary Fulbright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hungary's academic nursing program has not had decades to evolve as programs in the United States have did.
Hungary, on the other hand, has been pushed in five years to advance nursing to the Western European level following the collapse of the country's socialist government.
While she is in Hungary, Modly will also work with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nursing in Budapest and at the University of Maribor in Slovenia.
www.cwru.edu /pubs/cnews/12-12/hungnurs.htm   (562 words)

  
 Hungary: politics
Indeed Hungary is slated to be one of the first Eastern Bloc nations to enter the EU in 2004.
Ferenc Madal, the current President of Hungary, is a lawyer and legal scholar who worked in Josef Antall's government in the early 1990s.
The Communist Party of Hungary was brought down by the activism and reforms pressured for by the Hungarian Democratic Forum and the FIDESZ or Young Democratic Party (including a very young Viktor Orban).
www.unc.edu /~wmckinne/politics.html   (781 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Israeli president praises relationship with Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Israeli President Moshe Katsav praised Hungary's efforts to combat anti-semitism as Hungarian authorities Wednesday again denied there was a bomb plot to kill the president of the Jewish state.
However, an aide to Katsav and Israeli diplomats said the president, who came to Budapest on Tuesday for a three-day visit, was the target of the conspiracy.
Hungary's National Security Agency alerted police to the potential threat posed by the suspect three weeks ago, he said.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040414-0823-hungary-israel.html   (440 words)

  
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I am pleased to announce that the President of Hungary, His Excellency Arpad Goncz, will visit Australia from 15 February to 21 February.
Hungary was a significant source of post-war migration to Australia and today our Hungarian community numbers around 70,000 people.
As a country with a growing economy and prospects for membership of the European Union, Hungary is a valuable partner for Australia in eastern Europe.
www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/1999/hungary.htm   (146 words)

  
 Solyom Elected New Hungary President
Tuesday, June 7, 2005; 4:32 PM BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Legislators narrowly elected a center-right opposition candidate as Hungary's new president Tuesday in a setback for the governing coalition which is already trailing in polls for 2006 parliamentary elections.
Solyom also was a member of the so-called "Opposition Roundtable," which in the late 1980s took part in talks with the communist government and helped set the ground rules of the transition to democracy.
Solyom, 63, took the oath of office in parliament after the result was announced, and will take his post when President Ferenc Madl ends his five-year term in early August.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/07/AR2005060701139_pf.html   (290 words)

  
 Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1990, Rutherford Institute president John W. Whitehead traveled to Hungary to participate in a conference on problems facing Eastern Europe after the lifting of the Iron Curtain in 1989.
In 1991, Arpad Gönz, the president of Hungary, awarded the Hungarian Medal of Freedom to John W. Whitehead and The Rutherford Institute in recognition of the Institute’s efforts and the Madaraszes’ dedication to liberty.
Throughout the 1990s, the Madaraszes and The Rutherford Institute continued to petition President Gönz and pressure the Hungarian government to return property and assets to churches and schools.
www.rutherford.org /issues/hungary.asp   (453 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Hungary News Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When asked when he thought Hungary could join the EU, Goncz said that "for our part, we shall be ready by 2002." Meanwhile, Finland's Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen has said that Hungary's groundwork accomplishments for EU readiness are excellent.
Smallholder President and Agriculture Minister Jozsef Torgyan demanded that agriculture should be given a larger share of the budget.
The crown, is part of Hungary's coat of arms and a symbol of the State.
www.ce-review.org /99/13/hungarynews13.html   (1509 words)

  
 Solyom elected new Hungary president - Boston.com - Europe - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Legislators narrowly elected a center-right opposition candidate as Hungary's new president Tuesday in a setback for the governing coalition which is already trailing in polls for 2006 parliamentary elections.
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice, candidate of the opposition, Laszlo Solyom stands in the Hungarian Parliament after parliament members elected him as Hungary's new president in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
BUDAPEST, Hungary --Legislators narrowly elected a center-right opposition candidate as Hungary's new president Tuesday in a setback for the governing coalition which is already trailing in polls for 2006 parliamentary elections.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/06/07/solyom_elected_new_hungary_president   (366 words)

  
 Välisministeerium : Hungary's President to visit Estonia
On Tuesday Hungary's President is to meet with President Lennart Meri, Chairman of the Riigikogu Toomas Savi, members of the parliament and Mayor of Tallinn Jüri Mõis. On Tuesday at 3.45 p.m.
On Wednesday, 13th December Hungary's President will be in Tartu, where he will meet with leaders of the Tartu County and City, as well as with Tartu University rector Jaak Aaviksoo.
Hungary's President Ferenc Mádl will leave Estonia on Thursday, 14th October in the afternoon.
www.vm.ee /eng/kat_138/1380.html   (491 words)

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