Hungarian tycoon picked as new PM
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Hungary's ruling Socialists choose a multi-millionaire to succeed Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy.
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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott on Wednesday was given a new job in Europe by new Prime Minister Gordon Brown, prompting verbal jabs and jokes from the opposition Tories.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary&#39;s parliament will elect a new prime minister on Sept. 6 to succeed Peter Medgyessy, who is quitting after the junior coalition partner withdrew its confidence, outgoing Socialist Chairman Laszlo Kovacs said on state ...
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing party.
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife) -- Hungarians prepared for a new political era Thursday, August 26, after the country&#39;s ruling Socialists appointed Ferenc Gyurcsany, a flamboyant millionaire, as the new prime minister.
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Hungary&#39;s ruling Socialist Party named Peter Kiss and Ferenc Gyurcsany as candidates for prime minister on Saturday, two days after the party accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy.
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Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Ousted Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy will likely be replaced by Peter Kiss, the head of the prime minister&#39;s office, analysts said Friday.
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Hungary s Socialists said they will name a new candidate for prime minister today as they sought to keep a coalition with the Free Democrats after Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy quit amid a dispute between the ...
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Millionaire businessman Ferenc Gyurcsany has been nominated by Hungary&#39;s ruling Socialist Party as the next premier, Kossuth Radio said Wednesday.
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Latvia's president is to name outgoing  interior minister Ivars Godmanis as new prime minister, news  agency LETA said on Friday.
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"We welcome Chinese investors in Hungary. Hungary can play and has already been playing a very useful role in China's foreign trade and investment operations with Europe thanks to its excellent geographical and logistical features"  Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said that The Hungarian Season, slated to be held in nine Chinese cities between September 2007 and April 2008, is an important milestone for the further development of ... via English.eastday.com
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Geir Haarde became Iceland&#039;s new prime minister Thursday, marking a return to the office for Iceland&#039;s largest political party and a likely shift toward a tighter fiscal policy.
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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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Veteran politician Ivars Godmanis was nominated as Latvia's prime minister on Friday and will try to form a centre-right government in the Baltic state.
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Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, appointed a trusted ally as finance minister on Thursday and promoted a rising star to the key post of foreign minister in a wide-ranging government shakeup.
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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.
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THE cabinet appointment of a tycoon whose company defaulted on millions of dollars in foreign debt has disappointed many Indonesians who hoped for clean faces in the line-up announced by Indonesia&#39;s new President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.