“…Die Exekutive der Kommunistischen Internationale führt zwar internationale Kampagnen gegen die "rechte Gefahr", sie organisiert aber keines" falls einen wirklichen Kampf des Weltproletariats gegenüber den wichtigsten Aktionen der Weltbourgeoisie. …”

“…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/>- 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. …”

“…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? …”

“…The Election Campaign / by Jan de Weydenthal Intricate Election Mechanics, Simple Choices / by Louisa Vinton Opposition Campaign Clarifies the Public's Options / by Louisa Vinton Party Daily Prints Report about the Beginning of World War II / by Jan de Weydenthal Urban's New "Information Order" / by Anna Swidlicka Rzeczywistosc Closes Down / by Roman Stefanowski Problems in the Judiciary / by Roman Stefanowski The Home Army Veterans Get Their Own Organization / by Roman Stefanowski…”