I don't know if anyone has been following this for the past couple of days, but there is serious unrest in Hungary... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/18/world/main2020366.shtml Riots ‘longest and darkest night’ for Hungary, says PM http://www.indianexpress.com/story/13029.html BUDAPEST, September 19: Protesters clashed with police and stormed the headquarters of Hungarian state television early today in a violent response to a leaked recording of Hungary's prime minister admitting officials had lied about the economy. Officials said about 150 people were injured in the violence, including 102 police officers, one of whom suffered serious head injuries and was described on state television as being in satisfactory condition after undergoing an operation to remove a bone splinter from his skull. PM Ferenc Gyurcsany told reporters later that the overnight riots were “the longest and darkest night” for the country since the end of communism in 1989. He said police had been taken by surprise. Gyurcsany has refused to resign, as protesters have demanded. Several thousand police reinforcements were called to the capital from across the country. Police succeeded in retaking the TV building and driving out protesters only after 3 am local time, more than five hours after the incidents started. Justice Minister Jozsef Petretei, who also oversees the police force, submitted his resignation because of the outbreak of violence, but his offer was rejected by Gyurcsany. The violence came after a mainly peaceful protest outside Parliament attended by several thousand people began late on Sunday, when a recording made in May was leaked to local media in which Gyurcsany admitted to repeatedly having lied to the country about the true state of the Hungarian economy to win April’s elections. In the recording, Gyurcsany could be heard admitting that his government coalition, which in April became the first in post-communist Hungary to win re-election, had lied about the economy — keeping it afloat through “hundreds of tricks” and thanks to “divine providence”. Adding spice to the scandal, Gyurcsany’s comments —made to the Socialists’ group of parliamentary deputies —were full of crude remarks and called into doubt the abilities of some of Hungary’s most respected economic experts. “We screwed up. Not a little, a lot,” Gyurcsany was heard saying.
Did you know that there is absoultly no food in Hungary, that's why there always hungry! WOOOOHOO HOO HOO That was a good one. High Five!
