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- Ministerial council in session today: motorway toll rescinded, chief prosecutor requests investigation of Imre Nagy trial 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

“…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…”

“…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/>- 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…”

“…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. …”

“…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…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Exchange of correspondence between East and West Germany <br/>- Historical blank spots in the USSR <br/>- Reports on the formation of Polish government <br/>- Reports from Prague <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Gyula Horn's Saint Stephen Day speech <br/>- Prague the central question at Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz) committee meeting <br/>- Hungarian People's Party conference in Szekszárd <br/>- At Debrecen Democratic Forum's pan-European meet-up on Hungarian-Austrian border, approx. 300-500 GDR citizens fled across open border near Sopron <br/>- Demisz petition campaign for directly elected president of the republic <br/>- Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) leader Gáspár Miklós Tamás on Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP)'s tactics to divide the opposition <br/>- Secretary of Bishops' Conference sharply criticizes draft law on freedom of conscience and religion <br/>- Three scientists' opinions on the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP)'s new draft program Külpolitika: <br/>- NDK-NSZK levélváltás <br/>- Történelmi fehérfoltok a SZU-ba <br/>- Tudósítások a lengyel kormányalakításról <br/>- Prágai tudósítások <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Horn Gyula Szent István ünnepi beszéde <br/>- A FIDESZ választmányi gyűlésén Prága volt a központi kérdés <br/>- A Magyar Néppárt szekszárdi tanácskozása <br/>- A debreceni Demokrata Fórum pán-európai találkozója a magyar<br/>- Osztrák határon, <br/>- Ezt kihasználva kb. 300-500 NDK-beli állampolgár menekült át a nyitott határon Sopron közelében <br/>- A DEMISZ a köztársasági elnök közvetlen megválasztásáért gyűjtött aláírásgyűjtési kampányról <br/>- Az MSZMP ellenzéket megosztó taktikájáról beszél Tamás G. …”

“…Are Changes in the Soviet Union Relevant to the Polish Opposition? / by Nika KrzeczunowiczThe last two issues of the independent weekly "Tygodnik Mazowsze" gave a prominent place to two discussions: one on the implications of the current Soviet situation for the Polish opposition and the other on censorship and the Polish independent press. …”