“…International Politics: <br/>- After Friday's demonstration in Prague <br/>- Debate on military downsizing in Sweden <br/>- Modifying the Soviet constitution; Gorbachev weighed up post-1985 era in his speech on Saturday <br/>- Fate of the Gdansk shipyard <br/>- Changes “in the air” in Berlin <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz receives West German research and technology minister H. Riesenhuber and Austrian ambassador to Hungary <br/>- Hungarian premier visits Videoton on its 50th anniversary and discusses questions of contemporary relevance <br/>- Reuters director arrives in Budapest; opening local office mentioned during talks <br/>- Association of Soviet Friendship Societies awards Imre Pozsgay with Order of Friendship <br/>- Most protests against Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros dam on world environment day <br/>- Guarding memories: interview with the Institute of Party History director <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- International conference on joint East-West companies opens in Budapest <br/>- Hungary's second most important partner among developing states is Egypt: the two countries' economic cooperation councils confer Külpolitika: <br/>- A pénteki prágai tüntetés után <br/>- Haderő csökkentési vita Svédországban <br/>- Alkotmánymódosítás a SZU-ban; Gorbacsov szombati beszédében a 85 óta eltelt idő mérlegét vonta meg <br/>- A gdanski hajógyár sorsa <br/>- Berlini változások a "légtérben" <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Grósz Károly fogadta H. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Armenia concentrates only on rebuilding <br/>- New turn in the Palme investigation <br/>- Sino-Indian summit <br/>- Polish opposition popular front <br/>- New reform plans within Polish United Workers' Party <br/>- French Communists see no problems with their policies to date <br/>- German Communists cannot decide how much to reform their Party <br/>- According to evidence of foreign trade in the USSR, reforms are proceeding apace <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Parliamentary session: Miklós Németh's speech, finance minister Villányi's exposé, March 15 to be a national holiday <br/>- First national meeting of Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) to be held in Budapest next March <br/>- Budapest Council relieves Pál Iványi from his post as mayor of the city <br/>- Hungary also accepts new international agreement against illegal narcotics trade <br/>- Decision expected on planned Ófalu nuclear waste burial site in April at the earliest <br/>- Hungarian-Israeli Friendship Society formed Külpolitika: <br/>- Örményország már csak az újjáépítésre összpontosít <br/>- Fordulat a Palme-nyomozásban <br/>- Kínai-indiai csúcstalálkozó <br/>- A lengyel ellenzéki népfront <br/>- Újabb reformtervek a LEMP-en belül <br/>- Jónak látják eddigi politikájukat a francia kommunisták <br/>- A német kommunisták nem tudják eldönteni, hogy mennyiben reformálják meg a pártot <br/>- A külkereskedelem bizonysága szerint a SZU-ban gőzerővel folynak a reformok <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Országgyűlési ülésnap: Németh Miklós felszólalása; Villányi pénzügyminiszter expozéja; <br/>- Nemzeti ünnep Március 15-e <br/>- Jövő márciusban Budapesten tartják a Magyar Demokrata Fórum első országos értekezletét <br/>- A fővárosi tanács felmentette elnöki tisztségéből Iványi Pált <br/>- Magyarország is elfogadta az illegális kábítószer kereskedelem elleni új nemzetközi egyezményt <br/>- Legkorábban áprilisban várható döntés a tervezett ófalui nukleáris hulladék-temető sorsáról <br/>- Megalakult a magyar-izraeli baráti társaság…”

“…Scandal speeches of Vladimir Zhirinovskii in the State Duma; election of the Heads of the Upper and Lower Chambers of the Federal Assembly; Egor Gaidar leaves the government; the meeting of Russian and American Presidents; the return of Russian cosmonauts from the Space; life in a village near the Ukrainian-Moldovan border; commemoration of Lithuanian citizens, killed by the Russian troops in Vilnius during the attack on the TV Tower on January 13, 1991; political and social life in the town of Kostroma; the 90th anniversary of the writer Arkadii Gaidar; Presidential decree on rehabilitation of the participant of the Kronstadt rebellion in 1921; interview with the German theater director Peter Stein. Featured in the program: Shumeiko, Vladimir Filippovich (Chairman of the Federation Council); Gaidar, Egor Timurovich (Politician); Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich (President of the Russian Federation); Clinton, Bill (President of the United States); Rybkin, Ivan (Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation); Brazauskas, Algirdas (President of the Republic of Lithuania); Zhirinovskii, Vladimir Vol'fovich (Politician) Contributors: Alekseev, Sergei (Anchor) Скандальные выступления Владимира Жириновского в Государственной думе; избрание председателей верхней и нижней палат Федерального Собрания; уход Егора Гайдара из правительства Российской Федерации; Встреча российского и американского президентов в Москве; возвращение российских космонавтов из космоса; жизнь села на границе Украины и Молдовы; поминовение литовских граждан, убитых советскими войсками при штурме телебашни в Вильнюсе 13 января 1991 года; политическая и социальная жизнь Костромы; 90-летие со дня рождения писателя Аркадия Гайдара; президентский указ о реабилитации участников Кронштадского восстания 1921 года; беседа с немецким режиссером Питером Штайном. …”

“…<br/>- Clouds gather above Polish national roundtable <br/>- West German-Soviet summit ends in agreement <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz in Iran <br/>- Hungarian and Chinese experiences of reform: Political committee member János Lukács continues exchange of view in China <br/>- "Conflicts cannot be solved by either military or ideological means" says Bishop Károly Tóth, Hungarian representative at the Christian Conference in Prague <br/>- Professor Imre Nagy during his American study tour: "Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric power station could be operated in an environmentally friendly way by pursuing dynamic energy demands" <br/>- Unemployment benefit to be introduced in Hungary from 1st January <br/>- Romanian national minorities <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- "Our aim is for the entrepreneurial spirit to dominate in the Hungarian economy": Károly Grósz announces to American travel experts Külpolitika: <br/>- Egykori ellenségek egymással szemközt; Köln-Sztálingrád TV-híd <br/>- Kurdok ölték meg Palme miniszterelnököt? …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Ideological leader on the uncultured nature of Soviet politics <br/>- Progress made in Polish roundtable talks <br/>- British-West German summit begins with not entirely positive omens <br/>- International debate on "The Satanic Verses" continues <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Party Central Committee met today chaired by János Kádár <br/>- Soviet deputy premier regards Hungary's exit from Comecon as absurd <br/>- Opinions on the restitution of the crown coat of arms <br/>- "Justice for 56!"…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Schultz and Gherasimov in American TV debate in week prior to summit <br/>- Estonian parliamentary session starts in Tallinn today <br/>- Military revolt comes to an end in Argentina <br/>- Aftermath of the Walesa-Miodowicz debate <br/>- Polish and GDR premiers: need for cooperation despite differences of opinion <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Péter Várkonyi opens first Hungarian consulate in Shanghai <br/>- Imre Pozsgay's meeting with West German foreign minister H. D. Genscher <br/>- Károly Grósz with János Berecz visit Hungarian Television and speak at employees' meeting <br/>- Human Rights Committee now also formed in Hungary <br/>- National Agency for Hungarian Israelites communicates position that it will not take advantage of the chance to gain national minority status for Jews <br/>- Where will the new National Theater end up? …”

“…Contributors: Solomatin, German (Anchor) Series description: A program of Channel One, broadcasted since February 10, 1986. …”

“…<br/>- On the Pan Am Scottish catastrophe <br/>- Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt on his 70th birthday <br/>- Opinion from Prague on perestroika and reforms <br/>- Private entrepreneurs on the Soviet Union <br/>- Important economic decisions taken by Polish parliament <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Miklós Németh sends telegram of condolences to R. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- American president sworn in and first speech <br/>- Rude Pravo leader on the demonstrations; reactions to protests in Moscow <br/>- French cultural minister criticizes Romanian nationalities policy <br/>- Polish reforms <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) and Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) representatives hold conference to discuss future of democracy <br/>- Communist activists' meeting in Debrecen <br/>- Miklós Vida affair <br/>- Controversial groundwork preparations Nagymaros dam commence <br/>- Alternative social organizations' environmental program <br/>- Scandal at "Reform" paper concerning votes for man of the year <br/>- Brezhnev advised János Kádár in 1972 to remove Rezső Nyers from the Political Committee <br/>- Jaruzelski on Hungarian political changes <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Increased production of quality steel expected from joint company formed by Lenin Metalworks with West German sister company of American Primary Industry Corp. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Walesa's tour of Poland, Solidarity works out tactics <br/>- East Germans immigrating to West Germany <br/>- Romania still opposes recommendations made in Vienna <br/>- Bush's press conference <br/>- Trial of those responsible for Hebron catastrophe beings <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz's Prague visit <br/>- Mátyás Szűrös's Strasbourg talks <br/>- Patriotic Popular Front presidium meeting <br/>- Raoul Wallenberg Association protests against planned housing estate for Gypsy population on borders of Miskolc <br/>- World Council of Churches refugee committee secretary discusses support for Transylvanian refugees in Budapest <br/>- Interview with academic Szentágothai <br/>- Two new publications from Európa Press: Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, and Orwell's 1984 <br/>- Re-evaluating history of the recent past <br/>- Pozsgay: sects and dogmatic behavior within the Party represent the greatest burden <br/>- Hungarian Writers' Association expresses its concern over arrest and court appearance of Vaclav Havel <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- International Bankers' Training Center opens <br/>- Independent Smallholders Party's agriculture policy ideas <br/>- Lab Technology Works in Esztergom Külpolitika: <br/>- Walesa országjáró körútja, taktikázik a Szolidaritás <br/>- NSZK-ba kivándorló NDK-sok ügye <br/>- Románia nem vállalja azon előírások megtartását, amelyekkel szemben már Bécsben fenntartással élt <br/>- Bush sajtóértekezlete <br/>- Megkezdődött a hebroni katasztrófáért felelősök pere <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Grósz Károly prágai látogatása <br/>- Szűrös Mátyás strasbourgi tárgyalásai <br/>- HNF elnökségi ülés <br/>- A R. …”

“…Analysis of the last decades of Romanian politics <br/>- Armenian catastrophe <br/>- Walesa's Paris schedule <br/>- West Germany will pay more in future for Germans emigrating from Romania <br/>- MTI correspondent saw more protestors in Prague than Rude Pravo <br/>- Literary debate in the USSR over Solzhenitsyn <br/>- Romania reduces net foreign debt to zero <br/>- GDR cultural leader in talks in Israel <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Construction and transport, industry, and cultural committees in session <br/>- Hungary-EEC joint committee set up at founding meeting in Budapest <br/>- Szűrös on Romanian-Hungarian relations at the Püspökladány Party activists' meeting <br/>- Budapest Council does not agree with separation over time of parliamentary and local council elections <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Agreement: London Stock Exchange will assist in shaping the Hungarian stock exchange <br/>- Somogy representative Vida urges creation of parliamentary committee to inspect the awarding of support for companies <br/>- Journalist Zoltán Farkas did not hear much reassurance in Brussels concerning chances for Hungary exporting to the Common Market Külpolitika: <br/>- Arad után, ki tudja merre? …”

“…The problems facing Russia's industry; British farmers; the trial of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) leader, Erich Honecker; the decision of the Anglican church to ordain women. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Washington correspondence on topical foreign policy issues <br/>- Chinese reforms <br/>- Vienna follow-up talks reach their end <br/>- Kohl: relations between the two German states are improving <br/>- Relations between Polish trade unions and the government <br/>- Adamec argues for deepening Czechoslovak economic reform <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Parliamentary correspondence: debate and passing of law on assembly and association; Romanian refugees <br/>- Károly Grósz to Magyar Hírlap daily on, among other things, complicated process of partial Soviet troop withdrawal <br/>- Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) and Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) urge creation of a party law, Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz) wants abolition of Workers' Militia <br/>- Over 2,000 sign petition in Zugló, Budapest, calling for recall of representative Sándor Dauda <br/>- Rezső Nyers on the unavoidability of price increases <br/>- Hungarian-Israeli agreement signed on animal and plant health cooperation <br/>- "Jelenkor" periodical becomes independent publication <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Cooperatives and the companies law <br/>- USD 140 million restructuring loan distributed by tender Külpolitika: <br/>- Washingtoni tudósítás aktuális külpolitikai témákról <br/>- Kínai reformok <br/>- Végéhez közeledik a bécsi utótalálkozó <br/>- Kohl szerint javul a két német állam viszonya <br/>- Lengyel szakszervezetek és a kormány viszonya <br/>- Adamec a CS gazdasági reform elmélyítéséért <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Országgyűlési tudósítás: egyesülési és a gyülekezési törvény-vitája és elfogadása; romániai menekültek ügye <br/>- Grósz Károly nyilatkozott a Magyar Hírlapnak, egyebek között a részleges szovjet csapatkivonás bonyolult műveletéről <br/>- Az MDF és az SZDSZ a párttörvény megalkotását sürgeti, a Fidesz pedig a munkásőrség megszüntetését <br/>- Zuglóban már több, mint kétezren írták alá a Dauda Sándor képviselő visszahívását követelő ívet <br/>- Nyers Rezső az áremelések elkerülhetetlen voltáról <br/>- Magyar-izraeli egyezményt írtak alá az állat-és a növény egészségügyi együttműködésre <br/>- Önálló kiadóvá alakul a Jelenkor folyóirat <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A szövetkezetek és a társasági törvény <br/>- Pályázat útján osztanak el egy 140 millió dolláros világbanki szerkezetátalakítási hitelt…”

“…Featured in the program: Mies, Herbert (Chairman of the German Communist Party) Series description: A program of Channel One, broadcasted since February 10, 1986. …”

“…Передача государственного телевидения (Москва, СССР) была записана отделом мониторинга радиостанции Свобода (Мюнхен) как часть проекта по анализу официальных средств информации республик Советского Союза. 10th Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party; the settlement of a political crisis in Italy; the arrest of West German citizens in Zambia. Featured in the program: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich (General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU); Jaruzelski, Wojciech Witold (Chairman of the Council of State of People's Republic of Poland) Series description: A program of Channel One, broadcasted since February 10, 1986. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Changes in Soviet Central Committee, foreign reactions <br/>- Gorbachev attacks economic leaders' incompetence <br/>- GDR press supports Romania's economic and nationalities measures <br/>- Soviet military prosecutor examines events in Tbilisi <br/>- Bonn and Washington's disarmament debate <br/>- Brussels opinion on West German disarmament ideas <br/>- Law on church-state relations in Poland in preparation <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz at Veszprém activists' meeting <br/>- Premier Miklós Németh submits recommendations for transformation government <br/>- Miklós Németh receives Spanish parliamentary delegation who also held talks with Mátyás Szűrös and Péter Várkonyi <br/>- Pozsgay-Thatcher discussions <br/>- Czechoslovakia's ambassador to Budapest requests meeting with minister of state Resző Nyers concerning Dubcek TV interview <br/>- Hungarian-Czechoslovak cultural committee places nationalities question on agenda for the first time in 25 years <br/>- Documentary film about Recsk forced labor camp <br/>- Committee of lawyers and historians formed to investigate show trials 1945-1962 <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Tamás Beck emphasizes at opening of Hungarian Economic and Technology Days in Lyon that Hungary is ready to sell 50 companies <br/>- Agrimpex and Konzum Bank intend to open agricultural stock market for products' foreign sale Külpolitika: <br/>- A szovjet KB-ban történt változások, külföldi reakciók <br/>- Gorbacsov élesen támadta a gazdasági vezetők tehetetlenségét <br/>- Az NDK sajtó kiáll a román gazdasági és nemzetiségi elképzelések folytatása mellett <br/>- A szovjet katonai ügyészség vizsgálja a Tbilisziben történteket <br/>- Bonn és Washington leszerelési vitája <br/>- Brüsszel véleménye a nyugatnémet leszerelési elképzelésekről <br/>- A lengyel egyház és állam viszonyáról törvény készül <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Grósz Károly a veszprémi aktíva ülésen <br/>- Németh Miklós miniszterelnök beterjesztett kormányátalakítási javaslatait <br/>- Németh Miklós fogadta a spanyol parlamenti küldöttséget, amely Szűrös Mátyással és Várkonyi Péterrel is tárgyalt <br/>- Pozsgay-Thatcher megbeszélés <br/>- Csehszlovákia budapesti nagykövete a TV Dubcek-interjúja miatt találkozást kért Nyers Rezső államminisztertől <br/>- A magyar-csehszlovák kulturális vegyes bizottság 25 év óta először tűzte napirendre a nemzetiségi kérdést <br/>- Dokumentumfilm a recski kényszermunkatáborról <br/>- Megalakult az 1945-1962 közötti koncepciós perek felülvizsgálatával foglalkozó jogász és történész bizottság <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Beck Tamás a lyoni Magyar Gazdasági és Műszaki Napok megnyitóján megerősítette, hogy Magyarország kész 50 vállalatot eladni <br/>- Az AGRIMPEX és a Konzum Bank mezőgazdasági tőzsdét szándékozik nyitni a termékek külföldi értékesítésre…”

“…Presidential decrees on pricing; the anniversary of Odessa's liberation from German invaders; referendum in Russia; the political crisis in Russia; the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict; an accident at the Siberian Chemical Manufacturing Plant (Tomsk-7); Easter for Christians. …”

“…New president of the Chamber is András Gábor who sharply criticized the government <br/>- Péter Medgyessy's speech on the Hungarian economy at Economics Society presidium meeting <br/>- West German finance minister evaluates Hungarian economic situation in Handelsblatt Külpolitika: <br/>- Választások Kanadában <br/>- Hogyan értelmezi a nemzeti Front Lettország szuverenitását, <br/>- Jugoszláv helyzetkép <br/>- A csehszlovák sajtó egyoldalú közlése a magyar diplomata elleni bukaresti provokációról <br/>- Belgrádban tanácskozik a szerb kommunisták értekezlete <br/>- Szakszervezeti harcok Lengyelországban Belpolitika <br/>- Budapesti látogatáson az Egyesült Államok Külügyi Bizottságának elnöke <br/>- Berecz F. ipari miniszter romániai tárgyalásai <br/>- Szombaton megalakult a Magyar Demokrata Fórum Pécs-baranyai szervezete <br/>- A FIDESZ a hét végén tartotta második értekezletét <br/>- A magyar és a szlovák akadémia közös programot dolgoz ki a Bős-Nagymarosi vízlépcső környezeti ártalmairól <br/>- Az 1930-s évek első felét, a sztálinizmus magyarországi idő<br/>- Szakát felidéző kiállításra készül a Munkásmozgalmi Múzeum <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A Gazdasági Kamara elnökségi ülésén a téma az idei gazdasági eredmények értékelése és a jövő évi terv volt. …”

“…/ by Andrzej Kamiński[from: Krytyka, no. 16 (1983)]These are excerpts from a lengthy article on Cardinal Mindszenty, based in part on his "Memoirs" that were published in German in Vienna (1974); they have now appeared in "Krytyka," an occasional sociopolitical journal, printed in Warsaw since the late 1970s by a group of KOR members and supporters. …”

“…Russia suspends troop withdrawal from Chechnia; the Parliament considers amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation; the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Heads of Government; the refusal of nuclear weapons based on Ukrainian territory; the trials of the German Democratic Republic's (GDR) former leaders in Germany; the status of Transnistria; the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict; a conference on a television policy in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the United States; the economies of Hungary and Turkmenistan. …”