Hungary Socialists Pick Businessman for PM
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The ruling Socialist Party chose one of Hungary's richest businessmen on Wednesday to become the new prime minister, resolving a split with a smaller party that had threatened to undo the center-left governing coalition.
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Latvia's president on Friday named  outgoing interior minister Ivars Godmanis as his candidate to  become prime minister, asking the Latvian politician veteran to  form a new government.
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Socialist Ferenc Gyurcsany, a former communist youth leader turned millionaire businessman, was elected prime minister of Hungary after parliament approved his nomination by a narrow margin.
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Parliament on Wednesday elected one of Hungary's wealthiest businessmen as prime minister, ending two months of political uncertainty.
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The millionaire businessman Hungary&#39;s Socialists have chosen as this country&#39;s next prime minister, will have to wait a month before he can be formally
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Hungarians are voting in local government elections seen as a key test for Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who faces opposition calls he step down after lying to the country about the economy.
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BUDAPEST, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Hungary&#39;s ruling Socialist Party said Thursday that it accepted Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy&#39;s resignation and has named a candidate for the post.
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Hungary's beleaguered socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has called for multi-party talks as violent anti-government protests threatened to continue, but the right-wing opposition refused.
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BUDAPEST -- When Rita Czuppon heard how hugely Hungary's socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany had lied about the economy to win last April's elections, she packed her rucksack, stuck a small national flag on top of it and set off to Kossuth Square with her ten-month-old daughter.
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A Russian-born tycoon's party is set to capture the most seats in Lithuania's parliament in second-round elections Sunday, making it likely he will enter a coalition government in this new EU member.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has won a vote of confidence in parliament, which he had called to gauge his mandate for continuing unpopular austerity measures after his party was drubbed in local elections at the weekend.
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Hungarians are voting in local government elections seen as a key test for socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who faces calls he step down after lying to the country about the economy.
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Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said it was his intention to solve the economic problems his administration covered up.
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Protests over the past two weeks have  added extra spice to local elections in Hungary on Sunday, but  unless the Socialists and their allies lose heavily in big  cities, there is unlikely to be much political fallout.
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Hungary's main opposition Fidesz  party, keeping up the pressure on embattled Prime Minister  Ferenc Gyurcsany, called on Tuesday for a non-partisan  government to rescue the country from political crisis.
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BUDAPEST Hungary&#39;s ruling Socialist Party on Wednesday chose Ferenc Gyurcsany, a charismatic millionaire, to be the country&#39;s new prime minister.
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Montenegro's ruling party on Wednesday proposed the justice minister as the new prime minister, after Milo Djukanovic resigned the post.