EU backs Hungary's budget plans
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Hungary's programme of austerity measures to gets its economy back on track is backed by the European Commission.
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BRUSSELS , Dec 21 (IPS) - The European Union has pledged support for general  elections that are scheduled to take place in the Democratic  Republic of Congo in June next year.
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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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BUDAPEST - Hungarian prime minister-elect Ferenc Gyurcsany, who has pledged a policy of fiscal discipline, on Thursday met with the country&#39;s finance minister ahead of coalition talks to consolidate his political power base.
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1530CET--The European Commission has approved a financial package to fight animal disease in the EU. The EU budget
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BUDAPEST, Jan 11 (IPS) - The introduction of some of the most wide-ranging  austerity measures in the recent history of Central-Eastern  Europe is forcing Hungarians to endure a period of hardships, but  an opposition-initiated referendum and the resistance of the  middle classes are endangering the socialist government's  plans.
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The European Union's head office was set to approve proposals Friday to inject more flexibility into the oft-flouted budget rules behind the euro.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has won a parliamentary vote of confidence, 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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The EU backs plans to ease global grain shortages by telling farmers they no longer need to leave land fallow.
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The government has defended a decision to allow imported turkey meat from Hungary, despite speculation linking a recent outbreak of H5N1 bird flu with the east European country.
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Ferenc Gyurcsany will replace Peter Medgyessy, who resigned on Wednesday, and is expected to be approved by parliament in early September.
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The European Parliament gave its overwhelming endorsement to the European Union's first-ever constitution Wednesday and urged EU governments to quickly follow suit.
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Tensions have eased in Hungary after Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany survived a confidence vote in parliament and an opposition street protest aimed at forcing his ouster failed to inspire the masses, analysts said.
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Stronger cooperation, and an increased budget, were decided upon at a meeting of senior tourism officials of the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), held in the Czech tourism ...
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The European Commission proposes a partial relaxation of the eurozone's strict public spending rules.
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The emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas installed after Islamic militants seized control of Gaza reaped its first windfall on Monday, with the European Union promising to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in crucial aid.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The European Union's only directly elected  body is demanding increased aid for basic health and education in  poor countries before it approves next year's budget for the  27-nation bloc.