RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 230, 1 December 1998

SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AGREE TO REBUILD BRIDGE OVER DANUBE.
Visiting Hungarian Transport Minister Kalman Katona and
his Slovak counterpart, Gabriel Palacka, agreed on 30
November to rebuild a bridge between Esztergom and
Sturovo by 2002, Hungarian media report. Katona said
Palacka assured him that he will sign an agreement
already ratified by Hungary and the EU, under which the
European Commission will assist in rebuilding the bridge
to the tune of 5 million ecus ($5.7 million). Experts
from the two ministries will meet on 4 December in
Esztergom to discuss technical issues. MSZ

TORGYAN'S RELATIVES QUIT POSTS. Beatrix Hingyi,
daughter-in-law of Jozsef Torgyan, who is chairman of
the Independent Smallholders' Party and minister of
agriculture, has resigned her post on the board of
state-run Hungarian Airlines, some two weeks after her
appointment. Her mother also gave up her post as a board
member of the lottery company Szerencsejatek. Torgyan
said the resignations were in response to criticism in
the media and the parliament. He refused to comment on a
suggestion that Prime Minister Viktor Orban had
initiated the resignations. MSZ

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