OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 151, 6 August 1996
SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTRY: HUNGARIAN EXPLANATION NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Slovak
Foreign Ministry representative Emil Kuchar said on 5 August that
Hungary's explanation of its position on a declaration calling for
autonomy for Hungarians in neighboring countries "did not fulfill
Slovakia's expectations," TASR reported. Kuchar delivered the ministry's
opinion during a meeting with the Hungarian charge d'affaires in
Bratislava, Pal Benyo. The Hungarian declaration, issued at a Budapest
summit last month, caused concern in neighboring countries as well as in
the EU and U.S., the ministry said, adding that Slovakia rejects the
"institutionalization of ethnic differences," which "disrupts the
cultural mosaic of an open, civil society." Kuchar also discussed the
situation with representatives of the German, French, and British
embassies, while the ministry's State Secretary, Jozef Sestak, met with
U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia Ralph Johnson. In Budapest, Slovak
Ambassador to Hungary Eva Mitrova delivered Slovakia's response to
Hungary's Foreign Ministry. -- Sharon Fisher
HUNGARY'S SMALLHOLDERS PARTY REJECTS EXTREMIST LEADER'S CALL FOR MERGER.
Jozsef Torgyan, Chairman of the opposition Independent Smallholder's
Party (FKGP), on 5 August rejected Istvan Csurka's proposal to merge
with the opposition Christian Democrats and Csurka's party, Hungarian
media reported. Csurka, president of the radical right-wing, non-
parliamentary Hungarian Justice and Life Party, suggested that the three
parties' leaders resign "for the benefit of a joint candidate for the
post of prime minister" in the 1998 general elections. Torgyan said he
is not willing to "smash apart the FKGP as [was] done by the Nazis and
the communists," and that his mandate is to make his party the biggest
in Hungary, one that will "defeat liberalism and communism." Further, he
rejected Csurka's recent call for "civil disobedience." Torgyan's
populist rhetoric brought his party to the top of popularity polls in
Hungary last fall. -- Zsofia Szilagyi
EX-HUNGARIAN FINANCE MINISTER TO JOIN WORLD BANK. Former Finance
Minister Lajos Bokros has been named a senior consultant with the World
Bank, Hungarian media reported on 3 August. A statement released by bank
Vice President Jean Francois Richard said Bokros will work in the
institute's development department and focus on capital movements, bank
reform and privatization. Bokros resigned as Hungary's finance minister
in February. -- Zsofia Szilagyi
[As of 12:00 CET]
Compiled by Pete Baumgartner
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# VALUTA; KOZEP; VETEL; ELADAS; EGYSEG; MEGJEGYZES
# TYPE; MEAN; BUY; SELL; UNIT; REMARKS
DATE=1996-AUG-02
UNIT=HUF
SOURCE='NAPI Gazdasag, 1996-AUG-03, p.12'
GBP; 236.39; 234.30; 239.06; 1; angol font (skot es eszakir is)
AUD; 118.22; 117.27; 119.67; 1; ausztral dollar
BEF; 501.90; 496.51; 506.53; 100; belga (es luxemburgi) frank(100)
DKK; 26.78; 26.48; 27.02; 1; dan korona
FIM; 34.08; 33.66; 34.34; 1; finn marka
FRF; 30.46; 30.14; 30.74; 1; francia frank
GRD; 0.00; 64.16; 65.46; 100; gorog drachma(100) (kozepar nincs)
NLG; 92.26; 91.25; 93.09; 1; holland forint
IEP; 246.23; 243.39; 248.33; 1; ir font
JPY; 143.25; 141.55; 144.37; 100; japan jen(100)
CAD; 111.38; 110.32; 112.54; 1; kanadai dollar
KWD; 511.46; 506.57; 516.77; 1; kuvaiti dinar
DEM; 103.45; 102.32; 104.38; 1; nemet marka
NOK; 23.98; 23.72; 24.20; 1; norveg korona
ITL; 100.53; 99.58; 101.60; 1000; olasz lira(1000)
ATS; 14.70; 14.54; 14.84; 1; osztrak schilling
PTE; 100.55; 99.45; 101.45; 100; portugal escudo(100)
ESP; 121.27; 120.15; 122.57; 100; spanyol peseta(100)
CHF; 126.94; 125.71; 128.23; 1; svajci frank
SEK; 23.19; 22.99; 23.45; 1; sved korona
USD; 153.03; 151.51; 154.57; 1; USA-dollar
XEU; 194.44; 192.50; 196.38; 1; European Currency Unit (ECU)
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