“…International Politics: <br/>- More oppositional figures judged in court in Prague <br/>- Case of young man shot at Berlin Wall investigated at high level <br/>- Situation in Kosovo <br/>- French press on the Rushdie affair <br/>- Shamir's Paris press conference <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Commemorating 71st anniversary of Soviet military and naval force <br/>- A. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Two-day NATO meeting ends with announcement <br/>- Austrian delegation deported from Romania after ten hours in detention <br/>- Walesa visits Pope John Paul II <br/>- Last week's disaster in Sheffield, England <br/>- Soviet, Czechoslovak, Poland and GRD correspondents on whether the institution of recall exists in these countries, and if so, whether it works <br/>- Warsaw statement on peasant solidarity <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Ministerial council in session today: motorway toll rescinded, chief prosecutor requests investigation of Imre Nagy trial <br/>- Pozsgay statement to Polish paper on future post of the president of the republic <br/>- Patriotic Popular Front prepares to submit motion of no confidence against the government <br/>- László Sólyom and Péter Tölgyesi commissioned to conduct opposition roundtable preparatory talks <br/>- Danube Circle opens office to prepare referendum <br/>- "Panorama" program expresses displeasure of Czechoslovak foreign ministry and press concerning Dubcek's interview <br/>- Will the Party pull out from workplaces? …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Trial of Ion Coman continues in Bucharest <br/>- Dialog between authorities and revolutionary opposition in Bucharest <br/>- Soviet foreign policy <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- UN Secretary General Cuellar arrives in Budapest <br/>- More ministerial posts to be assigned <br/>- Csaba Gombár on the talks to form a government <br/>- English royal couple in Budapest <br/>- László Tőkés ordained as Bishop of Oradea (Nagyvárad) <br/>- On the spread of AIDS in Hungary Külpolitika: <br/>- Bukarestben folytatódik Ion Coman pere <br/>- A hatalom és a forradalmi ellenzék párbeszéde Bukarestben <br/>- Szovjet külpolitikai helyzet <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Budapestre érkezett Cuellar ENSZ-főtitkár <br/>- További miniszteri pozíciók kiosztására kerül sor <br/>- Gombár Csaba a kormányalakítási tárgyalásokról <br/>- Az angol trónörökös pár budapesti látogatásáról <br/>- Beiktatták Tőkés László nagyváradi püspököt <br/>- Az AIDS magyarországi terjedéséről…”

“…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. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Czechoslovak reactions to Hungarian environmentalist demonstration <br/>- European Parliament awaits Arafat <br/>- Cuban ambassador expelled from London <br/>- Polish government unwilling to talk to opposition under pressure <br/>- Gorbachev in Siberia <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Economists' traveling meeting urges new models for the economy <br/>- Pro-reform Evenings <br/>- Károly Grósz's letter to Perez de Cuellar <br/>- Helsinki follow-up talks in Vienna: Hungarians interested in military reductions and Soviet troop withdrawals <br/>- Budapest Council: debate on social policy and health report, and World Exposition <br/>- Journalists' debate on the public sphere <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Machinery and electronic infrastructure, stockpiling and corruption at a low point <br/>- Hungary to cease importing two-stroke car engines from 1990 Külpolitika: <br/>- A magyar környezetvédelmi tüntetés visszhangja Csehszlovákiában <br/>- Az Európa Parlamentbe várják Arafatot <br/>- Kiutasították Londonból a kubai nagykövetet <br/>- A lengyel kormány nem hajlandó nyomás alatt tárgyalni az ellenzékkel <br/>- Gorbacsov Szibériában <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- A közgazdász vándorgyűlés modellváltást sürget a gazdaságban <br/>- Reformpárti Esték <br/>- Grósz Károly levele Perez de Cuellarhoz <br/>- Bécsi utótalálkozó: a magyarok érdekeltek a haderőcsökkentésben és a szovjet csapatok kivonásában <br/>- Fővárosi Tanács: vita a szociálpolitikai és egészségügyi jelentés és a világkiállítás körül <br/>- Újságírók vitája a nyilvánosságról <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Mélyponton a gép és elektronikai háttéripar, túlkészletezés, korrupció <br/>- Magyarország 1990-től megszünteti a kétütemű autók importját…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Soviet-American summit <br/>- Reagan meets opposition politicians <br/>- International reactions to the summit <br/>- Yugoslav Party assembly <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Legal committee discusses draft companies law <br/>- Developing the telephone and telecommunications network <br/>- Charges in the IKV director bribery case <br/>- Burial of atomic waste <br/>- Polish film week <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Academy and MÉM on the chances for agricultural adjustment <br/>- International conference on horned cattle Külpolitika <br/>- Szovjet-amerikai csúcstalálkozó <br/>- Reagan ellenzéki politikusokkal találkozik <br/>- A csúcstalálkozó nemzetközi visszhangja <br/>- Jugoszláv pártértekezlet Belföld <br/>- A társasági törvény tervezetét vitatja a jogi bizottság <br/>- Telefon és távközlési hálózat fejlesztés <br/>- Vádirat az IKV igazgatójának vesztegetési ügyében <br/>- Atomhulladék<br/>- Temető ügy <br/>- Lengyel filmhét <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Az Akadémia és a MÉM a mezőgazdaság alkalmazkodási lehetőségeiről <br/>- Nemzetközi szarvasmarha tanácskozás…”

“…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? …”

“…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. …”