“…Sie ähnelt sehr der Einstimmigkeit, wie sie unter Ruth Fischer vor und nach dem Berliner Parteitag in der Partei zustande kam und die so plötzlich, wie ein Kartenhaus, durch den Offenen Brief des Ekki zusammenbrach. [] Die Opposition ist nicht geschlagen. …”

“…HSWP Reform Circles for a New, Radically Reformed Party to Be Set UP / by Alfred Reisch Conservatives Show Residual Strength at CC Plenum / by Edith Oltay HSWP CC Approves Draft Documents for Extraordinary Congress / by Alfred Reisch Playing Unfair: The HSWP's Financial Manipulations / by Zoltan Barany The HSWP's Assets: Revelations and Challenges / by Zoltan Barany HSWP Loses Fourth Parliamentary Seat to the Opposition / by Judith Pataki Agreement Reached on New Hungarian Electoral law / by Alfred Reisch HSWP and Six Opposition Groups Agree on First Steps toward Multiparty Elections / by Edith Oltay Religious Orders Being Re-Established / by Edith Oltay Hungary Defends Its Decision to Let East Germans Go West / by Judith Pataki Hungary's Military Plans to Cut Its Size and Streamline Its Operations / by Alfred Reisch…”

“…Parliamentary By-Elections as First Step toward Military National Elections / by Judith Pataki First Opposition Candidate Elected, despite Low Electoral Turnout Former Peasant Party Relaunched / by Edith Oltay A Christian Democratic Party Organized / by Edith Oltay The Death and Burial of Janos Kadar / by Alfred Reisch Hungary in Transition: A Commentary / by Alfred Reisch Hungary's Growing Economic Links with the USA / by Karoly Okolicsanyi Hungarian-Romanian Relations Reach New Low Point / by Edith Oltay Ambiguous Change in Ministry of Internal Affairs / by Jeremy King The Workers' Guard: A Threat to Hungary's Reforms? …”

“…A consistent thread throughout the book is that informed and engaged citizens are key to better governance. …”

“…Annexe I: Proposition de Jouhaux, France. Plan financier pour l'exécution immédiate d'une première tranche du programme des grands travaux internationaux/ - Annexe II: Proposition de la Centrale syndicale allemande. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Upper house of Polish parliament criticizes Warsaw Pact countries' military intervention in 1968 <br/>- Strikes in Estonia <br/>- Two prominent intellectuals excluded from Chinese CP <br/>- Developments in chaotic Polish situation <br/>- Situation in Afghanistan <br/>- Shevardnadze's visit to Kabul <br/>- Developments in Lebanese hostage case <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Disarmament begins <br/>- Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Independent Refuge Committee hold press conference on problem of fleeing East German citizens <br/>- Bonn government and Foreign Ministry spokesman request complete discretion concerning GDR refugees in Hungary <br/>- Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) to take part again in opposition roundtable work and three-sided talks <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Is there a chance that Japan will help Eastern European reform countries in their economic recovery? …”

“…Enfin, une entente internationale serait indispensable pour envoyer des denr&eacute;es alimentaires, des v&ecirc;tements, des m&eacute;dicaments aux r&eacute;publicains d&#039;Espagne et pour venir en aide aux femmes et aux enfants des miliciens et des victimes de la guerre civile. …”

“…Kein Wunder, daß noch immer die alten Gefühle nachgrollen, und daß manche Anhänger der Unabhängigen eine "Charakterlosigkeit" ihrer Führer darin erblicken wollen, daß sie sich in der Stunde höchster Not mit den früheren Kampfgenossen zur Rettung des deutschen Volkes zusammenfanden. [] Neben diese mehr gefühlsmäßige Opposition gegen das Wiederzusammengehen tritt eine grundsätzliche. …”

“…La torture est une violation fondamentale des droits de l’homme, condamnée par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies comme un outrage à la dignité humaine et interdite par le droit interne et le droit international. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Lebanese hostage affair <br/>- Polish domestic crisis <br/>- Problem of GDR emigrants <br/>- Chernobyl radiation still lethal <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Press conference in Defense Ministry <br/>- Journalists' Association on publicness of Opposition Roundtable <br/>- George Soros denies charge of cooperation with CIA <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Interview with Hungarian National Bank managing director Lajos Bokros Külpolitika: <br/>- A libanoni túszok ügye <br/>- Lengyel belpolitikai válság <br/>- NDK kivándorlók problémája <br/>- Még mindig pusztít a csernobili sugárzás <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Sajtótájékoztató a Honvédelmi Minisztériumban <br/>- Az Újságíró Szövetség az EKA nyilvánosságáról <br/>- Soros György cáfolja a CIA-val való együttműködés vádját <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Interjú Bokros Lajossal, az MNB ügyvezető igazgatójával…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- US also provides aid to Soviet territories hit by earthquake catastrophe <br/>- Press conference on the Armenian catastrophe <br/>- How are changes in other socialist countries evaluated in the GDR? …”