“…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- Ministerial council in session today: motorway toll rescinded, chief prosecutor requests investigation of Imre Nagy trial 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…”

“…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. …”

“…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/>- Embassies in Kuwait <br/>- Analysis of the situation in the Persian Gulf <br/>- Gorbachev-Dumas meeting <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Protests against the draft land law <br/>- New system of local government <br/>- Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) accused of purges <br/>- On the situation of the former opposition Foundation to Help the Poor <br/>- Vatra Romaenasca expects compensation from Hungary <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Swine plague impact in Romania Külpolitika: <br/>- Nagykövetségek helyzete Kuvaitban <br/>- Helyzetelemzés az öbölválságról <br/>- Gorbacsov-Dumas találkozó <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Tiltakozások a földtörvény tervezete miatt <br/>- Új önkormányzati rendszer <br/>- Tisztogatással vádolják az MDF-et <br/>- Az egykori SZETA helyzetéről <br/>- A Vatra Românească kártérítést vár Magyarországtól <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A sertéspestis romániai vonatkozásai…”

“…<br/>- Opposition demonstration in Prague <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz criticizes Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz) at Csongrád County Party meeting <br/>- National Federation of Romanians and Slovaks living in Hungary holds conference <br/>- Who does radio and TV belong to? …”

“…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…”