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| 02ROME4424 | HUNGARIAN PM ASSURES HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR [...] (S) HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDQYESSY ASSURED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR RIDGE OF GOH SUPPORT FOR THE WAR ON TERROR, INCLUDING ITS CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO STEMMING FINANCIAL SECRET PAGE 02 ROME 04424 121327Z SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND TO HOSTING THE ILEA IN [...] |
2002-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS PREL HU IT IZ |
| 04ANKARA794 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | BK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI |
| 04THEHAGUE1657 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...] |
2004-07-01 08:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 04THEHAGUE382 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] |
2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
| 05BRATISLAVA772 | Country Clearance granted for USAID contractors Mary [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes USAID contractors: Mary Linehan, Catherine F. Cleland, Lisa Adams, Diana Selezeanu, Robert Rosenburg, Eun-Joo Chang and John Capati and grants country clearance for the period of October 2-7, 2005. The embassy point of contact for your visit is Richard "Trey" Lyon [...] |
2005-09-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SL HU RO LO |
| 05BUCHAREST748 | SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] |
2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST946 | SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] |
2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
| 05CANBERRA725 | GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...] |
2005-04-22 05:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ |
| 05DUBLIN1512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...] |
2005-12-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU |
| 05HANOI719 | Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...] |
2005-03-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM |
| 05VATICAN440 | VATICAN: HUNGARIAN CHURCH-STATE RIFT MERITS ATTENTION [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Central Europe Monsignor Michael Banach (protect throughout) acknowledged mild though persistent tensions between the GoH and the Catholic Church, adding that issues relating to the funding of Catholic Schools and differing interpretations of the 1990s agreemen [...] |
2005-02-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | VT HU SOCI PHUM PREL |
| 05VIENNA1157 | BUDAPEST FY05 GA MIDYEAR REVIEW [...] Midyear review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Mar Apr-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 0 [...] |
2005-04-08 07:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05VIENNA2282 | BUDAPEST FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...] |
2005-07-07 10:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05VIENNA2698 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...] |
2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA3007 | BUDAPEST FY05 GA/MPCC FINAL REVIEW [...] Final GA/MPCC review for Budapest follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1-244 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Aug Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FSN Sal. 0 0 [...] |
2005-09-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ABUD HU |
| 05WARSAW2265 | HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY EDWARD O'DONNELL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 4-7 visit to Poland Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell discussed with key Polish officials and leaders of the Jewish community Poland's ChairmRmQqMQnd plans for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ). ITC discussions centered o [...] |
2005-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL BE BO EZ HU IS UP WJRO |
| 06BELGRADE950 | VOJVODINA LEADERSHIP EYES GREATER [...] (U) Summary: Leaders in Vojvodina report that interethnic relations among the national communities living in the province are currently peaceful, noting that there has been no violence among ethnic groups in recent months. Local leaders are more concerned with pressuring the Serbian governm [...] |
2006-06-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SR HU |
| 06BRATISLAVA47 | Country Clearance granted for EUR/NCE Director Janet [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey and grants country clearance for the period of January 31 through February 4, 2006. The embassy point of contact for your visit is Debra Hevia, Pol-Econ Section Chief, tel: +420-2-5922- 3412, cellphone: +420-903-227-329. Em [...] |
2006-01-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EZ HU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA764 | ETHNIC-HUNGARIAN SLOVAK RESPONDS PUBLICLY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 13 news conference, Hedviga Malinova, a Slovak student of Hungarian ethnicity, stuck firmly to her claim that she was verbally and physically attacked by two youths on August 25. (Ref A) She contradicted the conclusion drawn by PM Fico and Interior Minister Ka [...] |
2006-09-13 15:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA97 | SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. ASSISTANCE, READY TO MOVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: MFA Third Territorial Division Director Stefan Rozkopal welcomed the news February 7 that Washington had agreed in principle to set aside USD 40,000 to bolster the V-4 contingent of the March OSCE/ODIHR election monitor [...] |
2006-02-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU PO BO EZ LO |
| 06BUCHAREST1233 | DEFORESTATION CONTINUES IN ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY. Poverty, corruption, a mismanaged land restitution process, and inadequate governmental resources and regulatory oversight have contributed to widespread and rapid deforestation in Romania since the 1989 revolution. Many Romanians experienced firsthand the consequences of deforestati [...] |
2006-08-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON OIIP SOCI HU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1385 | ROMANIA: CODEL LANTOS DISCUSSIONS WITH ROMANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Romanian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister August 31, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) expressed appreciation for Romania's military contributions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He briefed on his recent visit to Lebanon, [...] |
2006-09-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP HU LE AF IZ IS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1584 | ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTY STRUGGLES FOR GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from more radical Hungarian ethnic parties and the need to retain sufficient support to remain in parliament, the Democratic Union (or Alliance) of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), has been more vocal of late in its calls for greater territorial autonomy for ethnic Mag [...] |
2006-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | HU PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST410 | CLAMOR SURROUNDING ETHNIC HUNGARIAN FRINGE GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary. Ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR) leader and Deputy Prime Minister Bela Marko told the Ambassador on March 10 that Marko and his party do not support a March 15 ethnic Hungarian "autonomy proclamation," slated to occur in a small Transylvanian town. He predicted a small and peaceful [...] |
2006-03-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST436 | BASESCU PREDICTS CALM ETHNIC HUNGARIAN "AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu predicted to the Ambassador during a March 13 meeting that a planned March 15 "autonomy declaration" organized by a fringe ethnic Hungarian group would be a relatively low-key event. He characterized it as the product of a power struggle between the main [...] |
2006-03-14 17:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG EINV MARR HU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST457 | ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS PEACEFULLY CELEBRATE [...] (SBU) Ethnic Hungarians in Romania of both Magyar and Szekler descent peacefully commemorated March 15, a day which marks the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution. In Cluj- Napoca, Transylvania's largest city, up to 2000 ethnic Hungarians gathered in the town's center for a low-key ceremony. One so [...] |
2006-03-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU RO |
| 06BUDAPEST1009 | HUNGARY'S PARLIAMENT: STRUCTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC [...] (U) Some three weeks since the second round of Hungary's national elections, Parliament convenes its first plenary session of the term on May 16. President Solyom has invited MSZP and SZDSZ to form the next government, while opposition FIDESZ and MDF remain divided. This session will likely [...] |
2006-05-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1018 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MDF STAYIN' ALIVE [...] (U) MDF's unexpected return to Parliament demonstrated that the right wing is too diverse to be represented by a monolithic party. MDF views itself as a "constructive" opposition party and sees its electoral success as a chance to breathe new life into the ranks. The party has said repeatedl [...] |
2006-05-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1024 | HUNGARY: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON EU [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and background to Erno Bohar, Director General of the MFA's Fifth Territorial District on May 15. Bohar told Poloff that the MFA does not plan to have a response until May 18. Post will report response septel. 2. (U) Visit Embassy Budapest's classified [...] |
2006-05-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1127 | HUNGARY: FINAL RESPONSE TO EU TAMIL TIGERS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1161 | HUNGARY: OFFICIAL MFA STATEMENT ON USG INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1175 | HUNGARY: PM ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) On Friday, June 2 in Parliament, PM Gyurcsany announced his new cabinet, setting the stage for much-anticipated administrative and fiscal reforms. The number of ministers will slip from 17 to 12, with eight ministers from coalition leader Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), three from junio [...] |
2006-06-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1201 | GOH PRESENTS NEW PROGRAM: GRAND VISION, FEW [...] (U) At Parliament,s May 30 plenary session, PM-elect Ferenc Gyurcsany presented MPs and media with the new coalition program, entitled &New Hungary ) Freedom and Solidarity.8 The 85-page document is the fruit of weeks of negotiations between coalition partners MSZP and SZDSZ, and lays the gro [...] |
2006-06-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1490 | HUNGARY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR 61ST UN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz will head the Hungarian delegation to the UN General Assembly (UNGA), addressing UNGA on September 25. Minister of Justice Jozsef Petretei will represent Hungary at the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on September 14 and 15, a [...] |
2006-07-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1498 | HUNGARY,S PARLIAMENT: THE FALL 2006 AGENDA [...] (U) The last plenary session of Parliament,s &extraordinary8 summer sitting, which began May 16, was July 24; now, the cabinet, the prime minister and Members of Parliament are already making preparations for the autumn session. While new items are certain to be added to the political agenda [...] |
2006-07-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1902 | PM GYURCSANY ON CONTINUING PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Anti-government demonstrations continued in Budapest and elsewhere in Hungary September 19 - 20, with crowds estimated in excess of 10,000 gathering around parliament and isolated incidents of violence - driven by small numbers of vandals - occuring at sites including MSZP party [...] |
2006-09-20 16:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1913 | DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE; DISTINCTIONS EMERGE [...] (SBU) Crowds estimated at 10,000 - 15,000 gathered at Parliament on the evening of September 20, but the authorities report fewer and less severe violent incidents overnight. Residents are adjusting to the evening demonstrations against the Gyurcsany government and accept the peaceful expressi [...] |
2006-09-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1929 | BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS: ENTER STAGE RIGHT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON ASEC CASC HU |
| 06BUDAPEST1953 | BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS: FIDESZ OUT FOR A SPIN [...] (U) Addressing an "emergency session" of diplomatic and business community leaders at the Budapest Atlantic Forum September 26, former FM Janos Martonyi and MP Zsolt Nemeth presented FIDESZ's views on the demonstrations. 2. (SBU) Martonyi cast the "Gyurcsany tape" in the context of the go [...] |
2006-09-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2004 | HUNGARY'S LOCAL ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION GAINS [...] (C) Summary: With voter turn-out at a record 53%, the opposition scored significant victories in local elections October 1, with FIDESZ-KDNP securing a majority in all but one of Hungary's 19 county assemblies and electing mayors in the majority of large cities throughout the country. The g [...] |
2006-10-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2005 | RAISING THE STAKES: GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT TO CALL [...] (U) Following the opposition's strong showing in the local elections October 1 (septel), Prime Minister Gyurcsany has announced his intention to seek the first vote of confidence under the current constitution in a special session of Parliament on October 6. 2. (U) Alluding to President S [...] |
2006-10-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2026 | THE LAND OF THE BLIND: ALL EYES ON PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Rumors abound as the October 6 confidence vote in Prime Minister Gyurcsany approaches. Our sources understand that FIDESZ may be in possession of another tape of the PM and suspect they will time its release around the vote. Local political consultant Krisztian Szabados advises that FIDE [...] |
2006-10-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2027 | HUNGARIAN STAND-OFF: DEMONSTRATIONS, CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Hungarian politics ventured further into the unknown as FIDESZ stood by its call for mass demonstrations in the absence of PM Gyurcsany's resignation or removal from office by October 6. 2. (SBU) Although FIDESZ had initially rejected participation in the Gyurcsany government's plann [...] |
2006-10-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2029 | THE LAND OF THE BLIND: ALL EYES ON PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Rumors abound as the October 6 confidence vote in Prime Minister Gyurcsany approaches. Our sources understand that FIDESZ may be in possession of another tape of the PM and suspect they will time its release around the vote. Local political consultant Krisztian Szabados advises that FIDE [...] |
2006-10-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2045 | HUNGARIAN CONFIDENCE VOTE: GYURCSANY'S MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: The Hungarian parliament affirmed its confidence in Prime Minister Gyurcsany by a 207 - 165 margin following short and often sharp debate in an extraordinary session October 6. Speakers from the governing coalition including the PM emphasized their willingness to confront a legac [...] |
2006-10-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2048 | POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE: FIDESZ CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the diplomatic community October 9, FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban underscored his demand for Prime Minister Gyurcsany's departure as "the only key to stability" in Hungary. The present government, he asserted, is "paralyzed" and lacks the political credibility to under [...] |
2006-10-11 05:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2065 | THE RIGHT ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH ORBAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Foley's dinner for visiting Hungarian-American Coalition President Maximilian Teleki highlighted questions, concerns, and criticism regarding FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban from traditional supporters. 2. (C) Center-right commentator Istvan Stumpf candidly noted that "Viktor [...] |
2006-10-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2105 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Post provided reftel points to both MFA Director for International Organizations Laszlo Molnar and to the Americas Department. 2. (U) The GoH remains supportive of our position and issued a public statement in response to the North Korean announcement per our previous request. 3. [...] |
2006-10-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2111 | ORBAN TELLS AMBASSADORS INSTABILITY IS "A RISK I'M [...] (C) FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban told G-7 Ambassadors October 12 that he believes Prime Minister Gyurcsany "can't survive" in the face of reduced real income stemming from higher inflation, increased popular discontent re austerity measures, and continued opposition from the right. Charging th [...] |
2006-10-18 09:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2161 | LOST IN TRANSLATION: PM GYURCSANY'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with the members of the U.S. delegation to the 50th anniversary commemorative events October 22. The delegation and Ambassador Foley underscored the USG's support for democratic reform and our confidence in Hungary's future per the Secretary's recent conver [...] |
2006-10-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2229 | AD REFERENDUM: FIDESZ CHALLENGES THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: With its call for a public referendum on seven questions revolving around the Gyurcsany government's reform package, FIDESZ has opened another front in its campaign against the Prime Minister. Consistent with Viktor Orban's recent statements emphasizing that "democracy - not the [...] |
2006-11-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2230 | SURVIVOR HUNGARY: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT'S [...] (S) Beset by continuing political attacks and public protests, the Gyurcsany government is circling its wagons as winter approaches. Although even the opposition concedes that crowds will fall as the temperature does, few doubt that they will return in force in the spring, when the full econo [...] |
2006-11-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2236 | ON THE CONTRARY: FIDESZ OFFERS OPPOSITION WITHOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Foley's November 2 meeting with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Zsolt Nemeth highlights the inability of FIDESZ to match its ideological zeal with a detailed policy agenda in the ongoing confrontation with the Gyurcsany government. Divide and Destroy ... 2. [...] |
2006-11-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2267 | IMMEDIATE ACTION DEMARCHE ON AMENDING THE CUBA [...] (C) We provided reftel points to the MFA Americas Department and International Organization Department November 7, highlighting the importance of expeditious consideration in follow-up contacts with the Ministry. 2. (C) Our contacts were not aware of the Australian amendment and welcomed ne [...] |
2006-11-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2269 | HUNGARY'S PARTIES PREPARE FOR A WINTER OF [...] (S) Summary: Conflict between and within Hungary's political parties continues even as the likelihood of large-scale public demonstrations declines. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 7, opposition FIDESZ party leader Viktor Orban alleged that the Gyurcsany government is enforcing par [...] |
2006-11-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2278 | SUPPORTING HUNGARY'S PRT WITH A FOREIGN SERVICE [...] EMBASSY BUDAPEST STRONGLY SUPPORTS EMBASSY KABUL'S CALL FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF A US OFFICER TO THE HUNGARIAN PRT IN POL-E-KHOMRI. 2. PROMOTING THE SUCCESS OF HUNGARY'S PRT IS AMONG OUR KEY BILATERAL PRIORITIES. TANGIBLE SUCCESS ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN WILL HELP US MAKE THE CASE FOR A [...] |
2006-11-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | APER HU AF |
| 06BUDAPEST2322 | "NO ILLUSIONS" ON REFORM FROM FORMER PM HORN [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley November 16, former PM and MSZP MP Gyula Horn wasted no time in addressing the challenge of implementing the Gyurcsany government's convergence program. He asked us facetiously "not to say reform - because everyone will think we're talking about more cutback [...] |
2006-11-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2377 | "DEMOCRACY WITHOUT COMPROMISE"; STRENGTH WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ held its 21st party congress in Gyor November 25, introducing its new theme of "democracy without compromise," emphasizing its commitment to the politics of inclusion, and taking steps to tighten Viktor Orban's control over several newly-created local party fora. End Summa [...] |
2006-11-28 09:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2382 | MSZP INSIDER'S OUTLOOK: LABOR MINISTER KISS ON [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Labor and Social Welfare (and MSZP Party Vice-President) Peter Kiss told Ambassador Foley November 27 that the government is "sentenced to success" on reform and will work in consultation with civic organizations and political opponents. Frequently mentioned as a succ [...] |
2006-11-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2383 | HUNGARY PREPARES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT: TO RIGA ... [...] (C) Summary: As the GoH prepares for the NATO Summit, we are using quiet diplomatic contacts and aggressive public outreach to help shape their preparations. GoH officials recognize that Afghanistan will be the central focus at Riga and appreciate that NATO's efforts there represent an impor [...] |
2006-11-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2419 | ROUGH EDGES: FIDESZ MODERATE LOOKS TO HUNGARY'S [...] (C) FIDESZ moderate MP Lajos Kosa made his debut on the diplomatic circuit at a lunch hosted by Ambassador Foley for key colleagues November 29. A founding member of the party and the popular Mayor of Debrecen, Kosa's reputation for straight talk (and often off-color humor) have made him a l [...] |
2006-12-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2462 | MFA FULLY ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Assistant Secretary Varkonyi reviewed the state of play on Afghanistan, Cuba, and the Visa Waiver Program in an informal conversation with Ambassador Foley December 6. The MFA is increasingly taking on the leadership role in coordinating interagency efforts on the reconstruction and d [...] |
2006-12-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2489 | FAMILY FEUD: COALITION DEADLOCKED IN BUDAPEST [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky December 6 as Demszky's SZDSZ party remained deadlocked with coalition partner MSZP over the appointment of the municipal leadership. The conflict comes as the coalition clings to a one-vote majority in the municipal assembly followi [...] |
2006-12-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2500 | INSIDE LOOKING OUT: MAKING HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian foreign policy has remained a notable exception to partisan domestic disputes to date, but new individuals and new institutions are testing the waters in the policy process. Although EU membership allows the GoH to default to the consensus position on the many issues in [...] |
2006-12-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2505 | FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION: GOH CONSIDERS ITS NATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador Foley December 13 before leaving on a brief trip to Afghanistan, ICDT Director Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati previewed potential changes in the GoH's foreign policy bureaucracy. A SHORT WINTER'S NAP 2. (C) Noting the tendency of the bureaucracy to "hiber [...] |
2006-12-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HU |
| 06BUDAPEST2517 | OUTGOING SZDSZ LEADER PREDICTS RENEWED PROTESTS, [...] (U) Outgoing SZDSZ party president Gabor Kuncze shared his thoughts on the future of his own party, the governing coalition, and the Gyurcsany government with Ambassador Foley at an ambassadors' lunch in his honor December 20. WHITHER THE SZDSZ ... OR IS THAT WITHER THE SZDSZ? 2. (C) Loo [...] |
2006-12-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU ECON |
| 06BUDAPEST2531 | ANNO HORRIBILIS: HUNGARY ENDS 2006 WITH RELIEF BUT [...] (C) Summary: Winter has imposed a temporary cease-fire in Hungary's running political battles, allowing the parties to regroup in preparation for what all anticipate will be a busy year ahead. Prime Minister Gyurcsany is using the winter months to reach out to the opposition and to shore up h [...] |
2006-12-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 06BUDAPEST541 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THAT'S ZALA, FOLKS [...] (U) On a March 9 trip to Nagykanizsa, Zala County, most contacts described the local mood as tenuous and uncertain. With the election one month away, Emboffs visited this small city of 60,000 to meet with a range of local figures: a business executive, a representative from the Roma minority [...] |
2006-03-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST543 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SOMOGY COUNTY (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 10 trip to Kaposvar, Somogy County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about bread-and-butter issues such [...] |
2006-03-15 06:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST553 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST [...] (C) Borsod-Abauj- Zemplen County in Hungary's northeast region is mostly rural, suffers from high unemployment and is a stronghold of the Reformed and Catholic Churches. Local observers believe that county voters will likely elect a majority of MSZP candidates to Parliament,although FIDESZ c [...] |
2006-03-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST569 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's S [...] |
2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST570 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: FORMER FM SAYS FIDESZ WILL [...] (C) FIDESZ will win the elections, said Viktor Orban's former Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi on March 20, citing the FIDESZ victories in two local by-elections over the weekend. Martonyi said chilly FIDESZ relations with Washington will improve, because his party is "very committed to the tr [...] |
2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST572 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's S [...] |
2006-03-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST573 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's [...] |
2006-03-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST629 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...] |
2006-03-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST644 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST: [...] (U) MSZP is likely to gain seats from FIDESZ in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County. During a March 23-24 reporting trip to the area, most interlocutors predicted to poloffs that in addition to holding on to its two districts in the county seat of Nyiregyhaza, MSZP could win up to half the remaini [...] |
2006-03-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST656 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST: [...] (U) Heves County is an MSZP stronghold. During a March 23-24 election reporting trip through the region, most interlocutors predicted that MSZP would win all six of the individual mandates in the county. Although the region is a traditional reservoir of strong Catholic sentiment, good relat [...] |
2006-03-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST658 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DISPATCH FROM PECS [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 28-29 trip to the southwestern town of Pecs, Baranya County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about brea [...] |
2006-03-31 05:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI MARR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST698 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PROMISING CAKE TO PENSIONERS [...] (U) This cable examines the likely role of pensioners in this spring's elections, and the issues most likely to unite them. Pensioners are a large and growing segment of Hungary's voting population. As elsewhere, they turn out at the polls more regularly than younger voters. Today's pension [...] |
2006-04-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST701 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOT OF THREE INDIVIDUAL [...] (U) On April 9 and 23, 176 of the 386 members of Parliament will be elected in individual mandate races. This cable presents snapshots of three of those contests by way of illustrating the varying considerations that complicate efforts by observers to forecast the outcomes of any of many of th [...] |
2006-04-05 17:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST710 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: BALATON RESORT TOWNS POISED [...] (SBU) The FIDESZ campaign in the western resort towns of Keszthely and Heviz is tagging the MSZP for high unemployment and a sagging economy and hoping to use FIDESZ's improved organizational skills to get unhappy voters to the polls on April 9. A FIDESZ politician already in Parliament pegs h [...] |
2006-04-06 18:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST711 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE ROMA (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) There are an estimated 600-800 thousand Roma in Hungary, yet most Hungarians do not view them as a viable political force. Disagreements among national leaders, social marginalization and poverty, "tribal" differences, and a tendency to focus on short-term, local issues, have resulted in [...] |
2006-04-06 18:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST718 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DEBRECEN SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Conversations in Debrecen April 4 with governing MSZP, junior governing coalition SZDSZ, opposition FIDESZ, and a journalist suggested strongly that FIDESZ can be expected to sweep Hajdu-Bihar (eastern Hungary) County's nine individual mandate seats and turn in an equally strong party li [...] |
2006-04-07 13:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST722 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND ONE (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) The first round of Hungary's two round system on April 9 will determine which parties will be represented in Parliament for the next four years. Currently, there are four parliamentary parties: the governing MSZP (Socialist) party, its junior coalition partner SZDSZ (the Free Democrats), [...] |
2006-04-07 18:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV HU |
| 06BUDAPEST733 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PARSING ROUND ONE'S RESULTS [...] (SBU) Only the April 23 second round of Hungary's elections will establish who may form the country's next government, but the wind is with the governing coalition. That alone is a first for Hungary's post-1990 elections, but there were some other surprises: an unexpectedly robust turnout, an [...] |
2006-04-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV HU |
| 06BUDAPEST741 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ANALYST SEES CHIEF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Policy research institute "Political Capital" Director Krisztian Szabados offered April 10 some thoughts on the April 9 first round of the elections and what they portend for round two on April 23: -- the three round-one winners were the governing MSZP with more absolute votes than FID [...] |
2006-04-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST748 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SZDSZ BEATS EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On April 9, the liberal Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) made a strong showing in the first round of Hungary's national elections, exceeding both current expectations and its 2002 performance. As a result, it appears poised to remain in government alongside its current partner, the Hu [...] |
2006-04-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST753 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOT OF MDF'S UNEXPECTED [...] (U) Junior opposition party MDF's capture of 5.04 percent of the county list vote in the April 9 first round of the election, surprised pundits, pollsters and even MDF insiders. With one week remaining before Hungary's elections, three public opinion research companies here predicted that MDF [...] |
2006-04-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST780 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ENERGETIC CAMPAIGN, CLEAN [...] (U) Since 1990, international observers have deemed all of Hungary's elections free and fair. There is no basis for believing that outcome of the first round was affected by the alleged irregularities that have been reported in the course of the campaign. On April 10, one day after the first [...] |
2006-04-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV SOCI HU |
| 06BUDAPEST825 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND TWO SCENESETTER [...] (U) On Sunday, April 23, Hungary will conduct round two of its 2006 national elections. This cable reviews the electoral math and the U.S. interests involved. Following a strong performance in round one, the governing coalition parties MSZP and SZDSZ appear poised to carry the day, although [...] |
2006-04-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV HU |
| 06BUDAPEST842 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY SECOND ROUND [...] (C) The April 23 final round of the parliamentary elections returned the current MSZP-SZDSZ governing coalition to power with an enhanced majority. The Central Election Commission is expected to certify final returns the week of May 1, once absentee ballots are tabulated, then President Solyo [...] |
2006-04-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU |
| 06BUDAPEST908 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENTARY SEAT [...] (U) The April 23 second-round elections increased the governing coalition's majority from 10 seats to 34 seats. The to-date breakdown of seats is as follows: (Coalition) (Other) MSZP 186 FIDESZ 164 SZDSZ 18 MDF 11 MSZP-SZDSZ 6 Independe [...] |
2006-05-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU |
| 06NEWDELHI759 | U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN [...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...] |
2006-02-02 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN |
| 06PRISTINA419 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his SIPDIS assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina May 21 - May 23, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultati [...] |
2006-05-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AU BU HU RO SE |
| 06SINGAPORE404 | U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL: [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Singapore International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Representative Bong Kim Pin on February 10, following a personal representation by Singapore-based FAA Asia Pacific Director Nancy Graham to Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Deputy Direct [...] |
2006-02-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC AS CA FI HU JA KS SN UK |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1120 | HUNGARY: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Prof. Dr. Andrea Peto for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The elec [...] |
2006-06-01 18:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM HU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK445 | HUNGARY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature of Professor Miklos Levay for election to the International Narcotics Control Board. The elections will be held during the resumed organizational segment of the [...] |
2006-03-09 15:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM UN HU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK594 | HUNGARY: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] |
2006-03-24 16:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN HU |
| 07ASTANA1126 | KAZAKHSTAN CONTACT FOR ILEA BUDAPEST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC HU KZ |
| 07ASTANA2575 | ILEA - CORE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR CY 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC HU KZ |
| 07ASTANA2587 | ILEA - CORE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR CY 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 03:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC HU KZ |
| 07BRATISLAVA371 | V-4 CONFERENCE: SLOVAKIA MAKES NICE WITH HUNGARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Robert Fico used the June 18-19 Bratislava V-4 summit to showcase partnership with its neighbors on pre-arranged issues of agreement, such as V-4 entry into the Schengen area. Fico and Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsany also used the opportunity to orchestrate a succe [...] |
2007-06-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI HU PL EZ LO |
| 07BRATISLAVA560 | SLOVAKIA: PM FICO RAISES SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Past may not be prologue in Central Europe, but it is certainly present. A simmering dispute regarding the post-World War Two era "Benes Decrees" gained momentum when the Slovak Parliament adopted on September 20 a resolution reaffirming the inviolability of the Decrees. Hungaria [...] |
2007-10-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | HU LO PREL PGOV |
| 07BRATISLAVA630 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: 06 STATE 163201 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reason 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (C) Summary: Slovak police authorities confirmed to the Embassy November 29 that Slovak and Hungarian police arrested three individuals in eastern Slovakia November 28, during a sting operation as the individuals attempted to sell 500 grams of Uranium 235 or 238. Slovak authorities are still testin [...] |
2007-11-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LO |
| 07BRATISLAVA648 | UPDATE ON NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: A. 06 STATE 163201 B. BRATISLAVA 00630 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1 .4(b) and (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LOG |
| 07BUDAPEST1043 | HUNGARY AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK [...] (C) Our contacts across the political spectrum are looking forward to a long summer break following the conclusion of Parliament's spring session on June 25. 2007 has brought few breakthroughs thus far, and many foresee a "hot fall" after the slow summer "cucumber season." 2. (C) The gov [...] |
2007-06-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1051 | THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: ORBAN ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) An energetic and upbeat Viktor Orban met with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security, the transatlantic relationship, and Cuba (domestic political issues septel). ENERGY SECURITY: SUPPORTING THE [...] |
2007-06-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1059 | ORBAN ON ORBAN: FIDESZ PRESIDENT ON THE OPPOSITION'S LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security and the transatlantic relationship (septel), FIDESZ president Viktor Orban also reviewed his plans to "professionalize" the party leadership and his strategy for the months - and years - ahead. BUDAPEST UNDERGROUND 2. [...] |
2007-06-29 05:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU PINR |
| 07BUDAPEST1078 | CUBA CONFERENCE DRAWS SUPPORT ACROSS PARTY LINES [...] (SBU) The Cuba Conference planned by the GoH and hosted by the International Center on Democratic Transition (ICDT) June 26 - 29 received favorable press coverage and strong statements of support across Hungary's political spectrum. 2. (SBU) In addition to the formal schedule, which highl [...] |
2007-07-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1096 | SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of A/S Fried to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes at the beginning of the summer "cucumber season," and an exhausted Gyurcsany government is taking a much-needed (if not particularly well-deserved) break after a year [...] |
2007-07-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1097 | NEVER A BOAST OR A BRAG: WHAT WE (OVER)HEARD AT [...] (SBU) Post's commitment to active but non-partisan outreach was rewarded with a stellar turn-out by contacts across the political spectrum at the Fourth of July reception. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany attended his first July 4th reception as PM, the latest signal of his desire to aff [...] |
2007-07-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST11 | 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM: HUNGARY [...] (U) Hungarian authorities remain fully supportive of the GWOT, including through its deployment of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan. The Hungarian government also supports USG initiatives against al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations both within its borders and abroad. Th [...] |
2007-01-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KHLS KCRM EFIN AEMR ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1114 | DELIVERY OF NONPAPER FOR INFORMATION ON ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | EFIN IR KNNP PARM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1140 | HUNGARY MUST FIND ITS VOICE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (S) Summary: In an extensive one-on-one conversation with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried July 10, Prime Minister Gyurcsany recognized the strategic challenge posed by Russia, reaffirmed his commitment to playing a more active role to promote a common EU policy on Russia and energy security, and [...] |
2007-07-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG RU HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1150 | CONFIDENT VERES AGAINST OMV-MOL MERGER; BULLISH ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2.(C) Summary: In a relaxed lunch meeting with Ambassador Foley, Finance Minister Janos Veres and State Secretary Almos Kovacs frankly discussed their desire to sidetrack the OMV/MOL merger and their interest in developing a sy [...] |
2007-07-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1157 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE [...] (U) Just over a year since the second Gyurcsany administration took office, parties, think tanks and the media are evaluating the performance of the government during a turbulent year that many say has changed the dynamics of politics more than any other since the system change. Although the [...] |
2007-07-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1158 | NOT NO ... BUT NOT NOW: EMBASSY VIEWS RE REQUESTED [...] (S) Septel reports on the formal requests from GoH officials for meetings between POTUS and PM Gyurcsany and between Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Goncz, which we understand have also been raised directly by the Hungarian Embassy in Washington. 2. (S) Post is mindful of the extraord [...] |
2007-07-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1164 | A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Ivan Udvardi, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary Fried commended GoH activism on Cuba and called for SIPDIS similar leadership on issues including Russia and energy security. Varkonyi formally requested a meeting f [...] |
2007-07-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1178 | MUTED HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) On 19 July POLOFF met with MFA Azerbaijan Desk Officer, Sandor Csikos, concerning reftel. POLOFF mentioned MFA State Secretary Dr Laszlo Szoke's recent discussions with the Ambassador expressing GOH interest in the subject. Csikos confirmed awareness of the challenges to media freedom in [...] |
2007-07-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1179 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Hungarian preparations for the upcoming GAERC finds significant harmony with US positions on key issues. Kosovo remains in the Hungarian spotlight with concerns over possible impact on ethnic Hungarians in the Vojvodina with the inevitability of Kosovo's independence. Encouraging the EU to [...] |
2007-07-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
| 07BUDAPEST118 | HUNGARY: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (U) Embassy Budapest recommends the inclusion of the following names in reftel contact list: Dr. Klara Dobrev: The wife of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, Dr. Dobrev has become an influential albeit informal advisor to her husband and an energetic spokesperson for his government. A lectur [...] |
2007-01-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1190 | "AND PUTIN SMILED": HUNGARIAN READ-OUT ON THE [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, briefed Ambassador Foley on the July 19 Finno-Ugric Summit in Saransk, Russia, privately acknowledging the negative optics of the event but making every effort to downplay the discussion of political is [...] |
2007-07-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL ENRG KDEM PHUM RU HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1214 | WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: CABINET MINISTER KISS [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Kiss met with Ambassador Foley and DCM July 25 to review the state of playing on the government's reform agenda. Kiss embraced the challenge of improving dialogue on the issues, professing confidence in the recent coalition agreement and downplaying friction both [...] |
2007-07-27 09:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1238 | ENTER STAGE LEFT: REFERENDUM OPENS THE DOOR FOR [...] (C) As the Constitutional Court conducts what may be the final review of questions formulated by the opposition to challenge elements of the Gyurcsany government's reform agenda, the upcoming referendum may increasingly present an opportunity for the PM's rivals within the MSZP to rationalize [...] |
2007-07-31 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1243 | VISIT OF CHAIRMAN LANTOS TO HUNGARY, AUGUST 12-20, [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Lantos to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes as Hungarians takesa much-needed break after a year characterized by conflict over domestic politics and drift in foreign policy. 3. (SBU) Hungary is subjec [...] |
2007-08-01 12:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1298 | KOKA ON REFORM, RUSSIA, AND VISION FR FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON HU EU RU |
| 07BUDAPEST130 | HUNGARY REQUEST FOR USG OPINION ON SALE OF [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On January 31 Security Policy and Non-proliferation Department desk officer Zoltan Papp provided the following non-paper to poloff and requested our assistance regarding the sale and transfer of armor piercing anti-tank missiles to th [...] |
2007-01-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1350 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY DRIFTING TO THE EAST [...] SUMMARY: In over a month since PM Gyurcsany's pledge to demonstrate his commitment to the Transatlantic relationship, the GoH's actions continue to give us cause for concern regarding a drift to the east in its policy. Gyurcsany's recent travel to Russia and Ukraine -- in both cases featurin [...] |
2007-08-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | ENRG ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1377 | SHADES OF ORANGE: DIFFERENCES OF OPINION WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ Party Vice-Presidents Mihalj Varga and Zoltan Pokorni voiced sharply divergent views on issues ranging from the upcoming referendum to the party's leadership structure in separate meetings with Ambassador Foley. As Orban's deputy, Varga largely voiced the party line; Poko [...] |
2007-08-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1383 | YOUTH MOVEMENT: THE PARTIES TARGET YOUNG VOTERS IN [...] (SBU) With the 2009 European Parliamentary elections fast approaching, Hungary's political parties are working hard to identify and mobilize potential supporters. GENERATION WHY? 2. (C) The parties are principally focusing on the same narrow band of young voters, with officials across t [...] |
2007-08-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1468 | WAKE ME WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: PARLIAMENT RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: The running debate over the Magyar Garda has generated more heat than light as Parliament prepares to return to session September 10 (ref a). This issue remains a potential flashpoint, but members on both sides of the aisle are pledging cooperation on key issues even as they expe [...] |
2007-09-09 08:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1474 | "A STUPID ANSWER" ... AND A SMART STATEMENT: [...] (SBU) Addressing the diplomatic corps on September 6, FIDESZ leaders including party president Orban affirmed their commitment to "democratic and non-violent" opposition, specifically denouncing the Magyar Garda as "a stupid answer" and the radical right as a "danger to society." He declared [...] |
2007-09-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1486 | SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES: PARLIAMENT - AND PROTESTORS [...] (SBU) The opening day of Parliament's fall session was marked by strong rhetorical exchanges between the parties and the return of demonstrators to the streets as a crowd estimated at over 1,000 gathered in front of the Parliament to protest government policy on the sale of public assets. P [...] |
2007-09-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1487 | AN ISLAND OF CONSENSUS: CODEL SIRES FINDS STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials across Hungary's political spectrum pledged strong support for efforts to "bring democracy to Cuba and to bring Cuba to democracy" in meetings with Codel Sires August 29 ) 30. Members of the delegation encouraged Hungary to take an active role within the EU an [...] |
2007-09-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST155 | PAPER TIGER: GYURCSANY'S TREATISE ON REFORM [...] (U) As Hungary prepares for Parliament's opening session February 12, Prime Minister Gyurcsany released a 5-page supplement in the publication Nepszabadsag outlining the rationale behind his reforms. That outline was itself based on a dense 23-page document entitled "Facing the Facts: on mist [...] |
2007-02-06 12:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1579 | THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN: FOREIGN VISITS, MUTED [...] (C) Confronting a week fraught with political risks during the anniversary of last year's demonstrations, the Gyurcsany government has rebounded strongly. 2. (C) This week's demonstrations have been non-violent, with attendance dwindling with each passing day. Demonstrators themselves hav [...] |
2007-09-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1580 | FORWARD DEFENSE: HUNGARY CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 9 for action request. 2. (SBU) Parliament is reportedly poised to adopt legislation that will provide added protection against the foreign takeover of strategic industries. THE MOL LAW 3. (SBU) Sources within the government and the op [...] |
2007-09-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1582 | ALL THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEN: WHO'S WHERE ON [...] (SBU) As reform continues to dominate the political landscape, clearer divisions are emerging within the governing coalition and among the party leaders. 2. (C) Within the government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany remains most visibly associated with the package of reforms that commonly bear h [...] |
2007-09-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PINR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST163 | THE GREAT BARRIER BEEF: OPPOSITION MP'S "CIVIL [...] (C) Opposition leader Viktor Orban lead approximately 100 MPs from his own FIDESZ party and their Christian Democrat (KDNP) coalition partner in an attempt to dismantle a security fence around the Parliament building February 2. Proceeding en masse from an opposition caucus, the MPs succeeded in di [...] |
2007-02-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU KDEM ASEC |
| 07BUDAPEST1699 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. POSITION ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Discussing the reftel draft resolution, the MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Department Head, Gabor Horvath, stated the GOH will review any proposed EU position before establishing an official position. Horvath said that if a consensus EU position is put forward, Hungary would f [...] |
2007-10-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1714 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15-16 [...] (C) MFA EU and Foreign and Security Policy Department Head, Zsolt Pataki, provided Hungarian views on reftel demarche with Charge d'Affaires on 12 October. Pataki stated that the EU has already developed language agreeing to start discussions regarding additional sanctions related to Iran's n [...] |
2007-10-15 06:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1722 | DASD CAGAN'S TALKS WITH THE HUNGARIANS [...] (C) Summary. DASD Cagan discussed the upcoming Iraqi Coalition Conference and the potential Hungarian Operational, Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) contribution to the Dutch PRT in meetings with senior Hungarian MOD, MFA and Parliamentary Defense Committee representatives. Stressing the imp [...] |
2007-10-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL NATO NL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1723 | GYURCSANY STAYING PUT AND GOING PUBLIC ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Anti-corruption efforts remain at center stage as the opposition has tabled an 8-point program in response to PM Gyurcsany's controversial proposal to "bleach the black economy." Coalition insiders report considerable discontent with PM Gyurcsany as the Zuschlag scandal (reftel) [...] |
2007-10-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1730 | NIERENBERG ART RESTITUTION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with Commission for Art Recovery lawyers Agnes Peresztegi (Amcit) and Tamas Vargas, little doubt remains that time is running out for action in the Nierenberg art restitution case. After nearly a decade of deliberations, this case is in the final stage of [...] |
2007-10-16 16:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST174 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON ENSURING EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz February 8 (other issues septel). Recently returned from a trip to the Middle East including stops in Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, Goncz described the situation as "heartbreaking," with the level of frustrati [...] |
2007-02-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1756 | FURIOUS MANEUVERING ON ANTI-CORRUPTION: PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany has tabled a broad array of anti-corruption reforms before Parliament ... with the explicit threat of moving to a public referendum in the absence of their support. Despite continued complaints within his governing coalition that he is trying to divert a [...] |
2007-10-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1766 | HUNGARY RECEIVES DEMARCH ON DESIGNATIONS OF [...] Embassy PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA's Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Vilmos Hamikus, on October 25. Hamikus stated he will pass the information on to the Finance Ministry as well as ensuring the Trade Licensing Office receives the information. Hamikus not [...] |
2007-10-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST177 | SCENE-SETTER FOR WHA P/DAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit coincides with the first parliamentary session of the year, which will likely bring renewed friction between the center-left coalition government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and the opposition, led by former PM Viktor Orban. The running battle over the government's refo [...] |
2007-02-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1784 | 2 GUYS NAMED KAROLY: NEW FACES WIELD NEW INFLUENCE [...] (C) Both the government and the opposition are paying unaccustomed attention to the substance and the stylistics of foreign policy. This has been particularly evident in their realignment of personnel, with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and FIDESZ turning to two ironically similar staffer [...] |
2007-10-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1793 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) LEGATT discussed subject with Lt Colonel Zoltan Dani, Chief, International Relations Department, Hungarian National Police on 31 October. Dani, commenting that Argentina Embassy representatives previously raised the subject with the National Police, stated Hungary will support the Argenti [...] |
2007-11-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1794 | SMALL SACRIFICES: THE PLIGHT OF THE SMALL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: As the MSzP and FIDESZ remained locked in their long-standing competition, the junior coalition partner SzDSz and independent opposition party MDF are searching for traction as all parties begin the long road to the 2010 elections. The SzDSz continues to lose altitude, and the MD [...] |
2007-11-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1795 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) LEGATT discussed subject with Lt Colonel Zoltan Dani, Chief, International Relations Department, Hungarian National Police on 31 October. Dani, commenting that Argentina Embassy representatives previously raised the subject with the National Police, stated Hungary will support the Argenti [...] |
2007-11-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1818 | STRESS FRACTURES: MP'S CROSS PARTY LINES ... AND [...] (SBU) A rare breakdown in party discipline occurred during Parliament's session on November 5, when MPs from the governing MSzP broke ranks to oppose a measure proposed by the Gyurcsany government regarding the imposition of property taxes. Making matters even stranger, opposition MPs rushed [...] |
2007-11-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1819 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS CONTINUED EU HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1829 | HUNGARY: KOKA ON TROUBLED COALITION, PARTY POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting with Ambassador Foley November 8, Minister of Economy and SzDSz Party President Janos Koka expressed his pessimism over the prospects for further reform and cast doubts on continued coexistence with a fractured MSzP. He admits, however, that his party has fe [...] |
2007-11-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1831 | ADJUSTING FIRE: HOW THE PARTIES ARE ADAPTING [...] (SBU) As Parliament enters the last month of its 2007 session, some clear trends are emerging regarding the evolving organization of both the government and the opposition. SPEED KILLS 2. (C) The government has demonstrated impressive resilience in its recent legislative offensive, mov [...] |
2007-11-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1850 | MR. KOSTUNICA GOES TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) Summary: In a visit described as "neither as bad as we feared or as positive as we hoped," Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica met with Hungarian officials in Budapest November 13. Prime Minister Gyurcsany encouraged Kostunica to engage fully in finding a diplomatic solution to the question [...] |
2007-11-16 13:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HU SR KO |
| 07BUDAPEST1855 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER'S EU [...] (C) Andras Dekany, Head of MFA's EU Relations and Crisis Situations Section, provided Embassy the GoH views on several reftel agenda items for the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers' meeting November 19-20. Beginning with the Chinese arms embargo issue, Dekany believes this will not be an agenda [...] |
2007-11-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1871 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) MFA Latin-America desk officer, Szilard Teleki, discussed reftel demarche with PolOff on 16 November. Teleki stated that the MFA has no official position on the current political situation in Venezuela. Teleki recognized the concerns raised in the demarche, but commented that Chavez is [...] |
2007-11-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1872 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR FURTHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Hungarian MFA Asia/Pacific Department Counselor, Laszlo Takacs, provided response to ref A demarche on 19 November. Having recently attended the 46 nation Asia/Europe conference in China (ref B), Takacs commented that Burma was a key discussion topic. He stated that there was a growing c [...] |
2007-11-21 13:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EFIN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1877 | TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...] |
2007-11-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1879 | TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...] |
2007-11-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG RU HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1882 | 19TH CENTURY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: SHADES OF THE PAST [...] (SBU) Our contacts across the political spectrum are still talking about the thought-provoking visit of foreign affairs columnist and commentator Robert Kagan November 19 ) 20. In a series of meetings with officials in and out of government, highlighted by remarks before a joint session of [...] |
2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1889 | KOKA: TRAVELS SHOW NABUCCO POSSIBLE; LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from a trip to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, Economic Minister Janos Koka stressed the need to kick-start work on Nabucco, reviewed his plans to meet with European Energy Commissioner Piebalgs in Brussels on Thursday, November 29, and underscored the urgent need fo [...] |
2007-11-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON HU EU |
| 07BUDAPEST1910 | HUNGARIANS BRIEFED ON IRAN NIE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1934 | 2007 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT ON TERRORISM: HUNGARY [...] Hungarian authorities remain fully supportive of the military, economic, and political aspects of the Global War on Terror. Hungary has made a long-term commitment to continue its leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and is proceeding with plans to increase its deplo [...] |
2007-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KHLS KCRM EFIN AEMR ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1950 | PAINTING HUNGARY BY NUMBERS: THE REALITY AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Center-left think-tank DEMOS, &Hungary,s Strategic Audit 20078 casts light on the dark picture of Hungary,s broad social and political trends. In compiling data from a broad range of sources, DEMOS has confirmed that there is more than just a grain of truth to the stereotype of [...] |
2007-12-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1956 | ANOTHER FINE MESS: LOOKING BACK ON 2007; FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Parliament's December recess will bring to a close a fractious fall and a frustrating year. 2007 has seenmore motion than forward movement. The embattled Gyurcsany government has been able to take the initiative only episodically, but the opposition has been unable to force them [...] |
2007-12-14 14:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1980 | 2007 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT ON TERRORISM: HUNGARY [...] Hungarian authorities remain fully supportive of the military, economic, and political aspects of the Global War on Terror. Hungary has made a long-term commitment to continue its leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and is proceeding with plans to increase its deplo [...] |
2007-12-21 10:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KHLS KCRM EFIN AEMR ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST1981 | 2007 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT ON TERRORISM: HUNGARY [...] Hungarian authorities remain fully supportive of the military, economic, and political aspects of the Global War on Terror. Hungary has made a long-term commitment to continue its leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and is proceeding with plans to increase its deplo [...] |
2007-12-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KHLS KCRM EFIN AEMR ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST199 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN: PARLIAMENT RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: Parliament returned for its first session of 2007 on February 12. Although the formal docket called for discussion of issues ranging from the Riga Summit to the confirmation of Constitutional Court judges, the event was dominated by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's opening address and [...] |
2007-02-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST226 | BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH [...] (C) Never at a loss for a national holiday fraught with historical significance, Hungary approaches the March 15 anniversary of its 1848 Revolution with many in the opposition eager to cast their own confrontational policies as resistance to an unjust government. Although PM Gyurcsany has as [...] |
2007-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST248 | RHETORICAL QUESTIONS: ORBAN'S STATE OF THE NATION [...] (C) FIDESZ Party President Viktor Orban gave a fiery "State of the Nation" address to an invited group of several hundred party representatives in Budapest February 16 (ref a). NEW MAJORITY VS. NEW ARISTOCRACY 2. (C) The speech represented a clear escalation in the opposition's rhetoric. [...] |
2007-02-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST266 | SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS DI CARLO'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) The integration of the Balkans into the Euro-Atlantic community remains an issue of bipartisan consensus despite Hungary,s fractious domestic political dynamic. All parties supported NATO and EU accession and see the International Community's presence as key to stability in the Balkans an [...] |
2007-02-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST275 | IRANIAN AMBASSADORS' CONFERENCE IN BUDAPEST [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 8 for action request. 2. (U) MFA Deputy Director for Asia (DAS Equivalent) Miklos Lengyel contacted Political Counselor to discuss a range of issues February 26 (other issues septel). 3. (S) Lengyel informed us that the Iranian governmen [...] |
2007-02-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL HU IR |
| 07BUDAPEST276 | MAN OF THE HOUR: MSZP CONGRESS ELECTS PM GYURCSANY [...] (C) PM Gyurcsany asked for and received a strong mandate to lead the MSZP, winning the party presidency with over 89 percent of the vote during the February 24-25 party congress. As predicted, Defense Minister Imre Szekeres and Gyurcsany confidante Ference Juhasz were elected as the party's [...] |
2007-02-26 16:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU ASEC |
| 07BUDAPEST282 | CANDID IN CAMERA: FIDESZ FACTION LEADER NAVRACSICS [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ Parliamentary Faction Leader Tibor Navracsics outlined his ongoing efforts to shift the party's focus from politics to policies in a meeting with Ambassador Foley February 23. Navracsics downplayed the prospects for "fireworks" initiated by FIDESZ on March 15, detailed the [...] |
2007-02-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST289 | HUNGARY'S POSITION ON IRAN EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE [...] (C) America Desk officer Andras Bacsi-Nagy told poloff on 22 February that the GOH will support the consensus of EU member states in terminating export credit insurance to Iran for "dual use items only." According to Mr. Bacsi-Nagy, the GAERC council will take up this issue again at the next [...] |
2007-02-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST292 | HUNGARY COMMENTS ON IAEA TALKING POINTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KDEM PREL PGOV IR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST32 | HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES US-EU PASSENGER [...] (U) On December 22, the Hungarian Parliament formally ratified a government act operationalizing the US-EU Agreement on Passenger Data Sharing, thus formalizing its prevous agreement to implement the accord in practice. 2. (C) The text of the government act was modified slightly from its [...] |
2007-01-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST320 | GOH HOPES IRAN WILL CHANGE ITS PLANS RE [...] (S) DCM met with Senior State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Dr. Marta Fekszi March 2 to deliver reftel guidance in response to the GoH's recent approach re a potential Iranian ambassadorial conference in Budapest. 2. (S) Dr. Fekszi expressed her appreciation for our rapid [...] |
2007-03-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL HU IR |
| 07BUDAPEST333 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: POTENTIAL MILITARY TRANSFER TO [...] (C) This is an action message. Please see para 6 for action request. 2. (SBU) MFA Director for Non-Proliferation Andras Toth called PolEcon Counselor March 5 to discuss an "urgent and discreet issue." 3. (C) He explained that the GoH is currently considering a Libyan request to purc [...] |
2007-03-06 06:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HU LY |
| 07BUDAPEST343 | STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL: HUNGARY'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's efforts to prepare new foreign policy strategy have pleased few in or out of the Ministry, with academics involved in the project complaining of little strategic guidance and less bureaucratic coordination. Foreign Minister Goncz has elected to post various portions of [...] |
2007-03-06 15:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST350 | DAS DI CARLO'S CONSULTATIONS IN HUNGARY [...] (C) Summary: DAS Di Carlo's visit to Budapest March 1 - 2 updated key GoH decision-makers and opinion-leaders on our Balkan agenda, highlighted by our commitment to moving forward on final status for Kosovo to promote the entire region's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Hungarian of [...] |
2007-03-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS HU |
| 07BUDAPEST354 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES: PM GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany addressed the diplomatic corps March 7 in his first "annual review" of Hungarian foreign policy. The event follows closely on the heels of a comprehensive but criticized study by the MFA (ref a), and sought to link constructive engagement abroad to conti [...] |
2007-03-08 10:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST359 | IRAN CANCELS PROPOSED AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE IN [...] (S) Senior State Secretary (Deputy Secretary- equivalent) Dr. Marta Fekszi called DCM March 9 to advise him that the proposed Iranian Ambassadors conference in Budapest has been cancelled. 2. (S) Fekszi had been in touch with the Iranian Ambassador in Budapest per her reftel commitment. [...] |
2007-03-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL IR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST389 | THE QUEST FOR THE CENTER: THE MDF SETS ITS SIGHTS [...] (C) The opposition Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) reelected party leader Dr. Ibolya David in a well-organized event March 11. Receiving over 80% of the vote for her fifth term - but not the three-year mandate she had reportedly sought - David set the party's goal as 10% of the vote in the [...] |
2007-03-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST392 | GYURCSANY AND THE MSZP: STABLE, NOT SYNONYMOUS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-14 06:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST415 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session, and the parties are evaluating the impact of the March 15 demonstrations on what all regard as a critical year. Recently elected as President of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), Prime Mi [...] |
2007-03-21 06:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST417 | THIS OLD HOUSE: NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SIMOR ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-appointed Governor Andras Simor met with Ambassador Foley March 19 to discuss his priorities for the Central Bank (MNB). He believes the economy is stable and the Bank sound, noting his intention to focus primarily on improving communication with the government, the oppo [...] |
2007-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST418 | BY THE HUNGARIANS, FOR THE HUNGARIANS, AND WITHOUT [...] (C) Few preconceived notions are as closely held than the Hungarian obsession with their declining numbers. With the memory of Trianon never far away, the prospect of losing identity as well as territory is alarming to many Hungarians. So alarming, it seems, that the facts may not get in the [...] |
2007-03-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST447 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-23 15:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST467 | DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA State Secretary Ivan Udvardi March 26 (other issues septel). 2. (C) Udvardi expressed Hungary's recognition that "monitored independence" "along the lines of the Ahtisaari plan" is the likely outcome of the current proce [...] |
2007-03-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST504 | READOUT OF DAS PEKALA'S BUDAPEST CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Pekala used his March 25-27 visit to Budapest to underscore to GOH decision-makers, advisors and opinion leaders our commitment to a continued strong relationship with Hungary based on shared principles and values. He also provided an interview [...] |
2007-04-02 11:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KDEM ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST509 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (U) Embassy Budapest looks forward to your visit and provides the following information in preparation for your arrival. 2. (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session to open what all regard as a critical year, and the parties are [...] |
2007-04-03 08:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST518 | EXCESS BAGGAGE: FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Foreign policy issues are playing an increasingly prominent role in Hungary's political discourse, with key questions highlighted by energy security challenging domestic issues for attention. The opposition is dedicating significant time, attention, and effort to its attacks on t [...] |
2007-04-04 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST521 | PROTESTING TOO MUCH?: PM GYURCSANY ON ENERGY [...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany showed a rare display of temper - but no substantive surprises - in discussing energy security and missile defense with Ambassador Foley April 5. ENERGY SECURITY: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 2. (S) Ambassador Foley reviewed the questions and concerns rai [...] |
2007-04-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST532 | BETTER THAN (CONSERVATIVELY) EXPECTED: FINANCE [...] (C) A relaxed and upbeat Finance Minister Veres told Ambassador Foley April 4 that deficit reduction efforts are exceeding the GoH's conservative projections, with the GoH lowering the 2006 budget deficit to 9.2% of GDP rather than the anticipated 10.1%. He noted that the GoH was cautiously [...] |
2007-04-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST570 | FROM VICTIMHOOD TO VULNERABILITY: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with Ambassador Foley for a one-on-one discussion April 16 to follow up on their recent exchange re energy security. 2. (S) Gyurcsany noted that he had been personally upset by the previous discussion and by the continuing focus on energy security in the p [...] |
2007-04-17 07:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL ECON ENRG HU |
| 07BUDAPEST632 | COVERING THE WATERFRONT: NATIONAL BANK CHAIRMAN ON [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Central Bank (MNB) Chairman Andras Simor shared his views on Hungary's economic trends and their political impact with G-8 Ambassadors April 17. He expressed particular concern re Hungary's lagging growth rate, the continuing challenge of reforming attitudes as well as [...] |
2007-04-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST639 | CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: FIDESZ APPROACHES ITS PARTY [...] (C) FIDESZ and party president Viktor Orban appear stable in advance of the party Congress on May 5. All indications are that Orban will remain unchallenged for now, and that the party will make a "political declaration" but will not announce any long-term policy platform at the meeting. Aft [...] |
2007-04-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV KUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST646 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM [...] (U) In follow-up to delivery of reftel demarche, MFA Security Policy and Non-Proliferation desk officer Zoltan Papp thanked poloff for sharing our input saying, "several departments are carefully reviewing the text" thus he cannot offer a substantive response at this time. Papp promised to co [...] |
2007-04-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST647 | HUNGARY ALREADY CONTRIBUTING FULL RESOURCES IN [...] (C) Per reftel the Government of Hungary (GOH) is currently contributing maximum resources to ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. On 25 April, Minister of Defense Szekeres reaffirmed GOH contributions to NTM-I in high-level Pentagon meetings with SECDEF, CJCS and at State with D, notin [...] |
2007-04-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER HU |
| 07BUDAPEST667 | CUBAN EMBASSY INFORMALLY PROTESTS MCCARRY VISIT [...] (C) According to MFA U.S. Desk officer Andras Bacsi-Nagy, a Cuban Embassy official approached an MFA official at a reception on 26 April to protest Hungary's policies on Cuba as well as MFA meetings with Cuban Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry. In a meeting with poloff on 27 April, Bacsi- [...] |
2007-04-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST69 | COLD COMFORT: POLITICAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) The shut-off of the oil pipeline from Russia and renewed sparring between the Gyurcsany government and the opposition have placed Hungary's ambivalent relationship with Moscow at center stage as the government returns from its holiday break. "THE MERRIEST BARRACKS IN GAZPROM" 2. (U [...] |
2007-01-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU HU PGOV ECON |
| 07BUDAPEST732 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE: STRAIN WITHIN THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Surveying the current state of play within the governing coalition, outgoing SZDSZ party president Gabor Kuncze told Ambassador Foley that there is perceptible distance - and potential conflict - between Prime Minister Gyurcsany and newly-elected SZDSZ leader Janos Koka. Kuncze [...] |
2007-05-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST736 | HUNGARY: DEAL NEEDED ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD EUN HU |
| 07BUDAPEST754 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION [...] (U) Senior officials across Hungary's political spectrum expressed gratitude for USG engagement and strong support for our efforts to "create space" for a democratic transition in Cuba in meetings with Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry May 6 - 7. 2. (C) Throughout his meetings, Mc [...] |
2007-05-14 07:12:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST777 | KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (U) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA State Secretary (Political Director-equivalent) Ivan Udvardi May 15. 2. (C) Udvardi evinced little surprise at the broad outlines of our policy but did seek confirmation that passage of a resolution in May is our objective [...] |
2007-05-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 07BUDAPEST778 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) ELECTION: [...] (U) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel demarche in the context of a May 15 meeting with MFA State Secretary (Political Director-equivalent) Ivan Udvardi (other issues septel). 2. (C) Udvardi expressed his complete agreement with our support for Bosnia's candidacy, stating flatly that "Hungar [...] |
2007-05-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HU |
| 07BUDAPEST790 | HUNGARY STILL CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT AUSTRALIA [...] (S) The MFA is "still considering who will represent the Government of Hungary" at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) plenary meeting in Paris. The GoH is "well aware of the meeting" but due to "staffing gaps and transfers" the Department of Security and Non-proliferation Policy still does n [...] |
2007-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PARM PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST815 | VERES: REFORMS ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary: In a brief May 16 meeting to discuss the recently released International Monetary Fund (IMF) Report on Hungary (Ref), Finance Minister Veres expressed confidence in ongoing reforms, noting the successful, quiet (without prompting any of the recent demonstrations or other strong [...] |
2007-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST818 | HUNGARY: CLEANING HOUSE AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Long beleaguered Minister of Justice Jozsef Petretei and Head of the Police Security Service General Jozsef Dobozi resigned on June 20, followed on May 21 by National Security Service head General Lajos Galambos, amidst a flurry of police impropriety scandals that converged in the proceedi [...] |
2007-05-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUM ASEC HU |
| 07BUDAPEST823 | FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM: FIDESZ PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ president Viktor Orban was reelected by an overwhelming margin at a May 19 - 20 party convention where sweeping invective against the Gyurcsany government competed with substantive policy discussion. The party worked hard - and in large part successfully - to place itself [...] |
2007-05-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
| 07BUDAPEST865 | SPEECH IMPEDIMENT: GYURCSANY'S INFAMOUS GAFFE ONE [...] (C) The first anniversary of PM Gyurcsany's now-infamous address to an MSZP party meeting has not passed without comment, as both the government and the opposition have used the occasion to reiterate their points and to recast their running debate. "NOW YOU DON'T TALK SO LOUD; NOW YOU DON'T [...] |
2007-05-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST866 | DISTORTED REFLECTIONS: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Hungary's political parties leave the spring convention season with their leadership either reaffirmed (FIDESZ and the MDF) or realigned (MSZP and SZDSZ). Although the parties are intent on minimizing their internal divisions, there is an ironic gap between the current party presidents a [...] |
2007-05-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST883 | RUSSIA'S HUNGARIAN OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6 for guidance request. 2. (C) In a May 25 interview with the Hungarian publication Magyar Hirlap May 25, former Russian PM and current Chamber of Trade and Industry President Yevgevni Primakov disavowed any Russian intention to interfere in [...] |
2007-06-01 08:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU HU |
| 07BUDAPEST910 | HUNGARY RESPONDS TO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department head Gyorgy Molnar, department deputy Vilmos Hamikus and department NATO expert Gabor Marosfi on June 4. According to Molnar, Hungary agrees with our positions noting that Russia withdrawing from the [...] |
2007-06-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL HU |
| 07BUDAPEST947 | PAY ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: [...] (C) FIDESZ Parliamentary Faction Leader Tibor Navracsics is rapidly emerging from relative obscurity to national political prominence. He is amassing influence within the party for his mastery of the issues and assuming a higher public profile as the opposition's spokesperson in Parliament. [...] |
2007-06-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST962 | THE CRITICS AGREE: THE GROWING CHORUS OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Opposition figures, government insiders, and outside observers are increasingly vocal in their criticism of the substantive content and the bureaucratic process of Hungary's foreign policy. KICK ME 2. (C) The growing discontentment makes for strange bedfellows. Both Alexandra Dobo [...] |
2007-06-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
| 07BUDAPEST986 | OPENING DOORS AND OPENING EYES: PM GYURCSANY ON [...] (S) Summary: PM Gyurcsany and his wife, Dr. Klara Dobrev, joined Ambassador Foley for lunch June 17. Discussion focused on Russia policy, with a tense, reticent and often defensive Gyurcsany expressing his desire "not to get caught in the middle" of the declining US-Russia relationship. He [...] |
2007-06-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR RU HU ENRG |
| 07BUDAPEST992 | BLUE DANUBE: POLITICAL COMMENTATORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former Secretary Albright's breakfast with Hungarian political commentators June 14 reflected consensus across the political spectrum that Hungary is still struggling practically and psychologically with the responsibilities of its accession into the Euro-Atlantic mainstream. 2. (C) O [...] |
2007-06-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HU |
| 07KYIV1826 | UKRAINE: HUNGARY LENDS QUIET SUPPORT TO UKRAINE'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV HU UP |
| 07MOSCOW1653 | RUSSIA-HUNGARY: WARMING TREND [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's late-March visit to Moscow continued the warming trend in relations between Russia and Hungary. Strong economic interests have been sufficient to overcome the historical legacy that dominates Russia's relations with some of its former s [...] |
2007-04-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG HU RS |
| 07MOSCOW3030 | CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...] |
2007-06-22 02:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO |
| 07MOSCOW3088 | CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...] |
2007-06-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE |
| 07REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...] |
2007-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC |
| 07STATE124067 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Assistant Chief of Protocol Gladys Boluda EUR Acting DAS Judith Garber D Staff Gustavo Delgado Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi DCM Viktor Szederkenyi 2. (U) SUMMARY. On August 29, t [...] |
2007-09-04 23:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU |
| 07STATE131603 | THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- FM Kinga Goncz Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi Acting Chief of Cabinet Gyorgy Varga DCM Viktor Sz [...] |
2007-09-18 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU |
| 07STATE138761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...] |
2007-10-02 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO |
| 07STATE30332 | POSSIBLE HUNGARIAN TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4, which responds to reftel's request for guidance. In keeping with the USG's relaxation of its longstanding opposition to the transfer of military equipment to Libya, we want to inform the Hungarian government that the U.S. would have no ob [...] |
2007-03-09 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC MARR LY HU |
| 07THEHAGUE215 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PRINCIPAL DEPUTY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Charles Shapiro, to travel to The Hague on February 14, 2007 to attend consultations regarding issues of mutual concern in Latin America with host government officials. 2. Embassy has arrang [...] |
2007-02-05 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA BE PREL EUN GY HU NL |
| 07THEHAGUE295 | BALKENENDE BLOG: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) This message is a response to reftel request for information on Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende's Weblog by Washington Analysts and the Open Source Center (OSC). 2. (C) Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende maintained a weblog (blog) -- www.janpeterbalkenende.nl -- during the recent [...] |
2007-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR HU NL |
| 07TOKYO449 | JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...] |
2007-02-01 01:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA |
| 07VIENNA2111 | OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU |
| 08ASHGABAT1619 | TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN ENVOY VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's special envoy for Nabucco was in Turkmenistan December 16-17 to promote Turkmen participation at the January Nabucco summit in Budapest. Hungary's proactiveness on Nabucco results from its desire to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. He highlighted the summit's pl [...] |
2008-12-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV PREL HU TX |
| 08ASHGABAT211 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...] |
2008-02-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX |
| 08ASHGABAT224 | TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...] |
2008-02-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX |
| 08ASHGABAT778 | TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...] |
2008-06-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX |
| 08ASHGABAT871 | TURKMENISTAN/HUNGARY: PM GYURCSANY PUSHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian ambassador Gyorgy Busztin, resident in Tehran, told Charge and DCM July 10 that Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's eight hours with President Berdimuhamedov on July 9 was dominated by a single issue: the Nabucco pipeline. While Busztin indicated that Berdimu [...] |
2008-07-11 07:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET HU TX |
| 08BEIJING2964 | JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with [...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...] |
2008-07-31 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA |
| 08BRATISLAVA184 | SLOVAK NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY [...] (U) Slovakia's nominations for ILEA's "Personnel and facility security" course beginning on June 9, 2008 follow in paragraph 2. All nominees have been vetted consistent with Department policy and in compliance with the State Leahy Amendment as per Ref A. 2. (SBU) - Peter Pokorny, 03/07/1976 [...] |
2008-04-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO |
| 08BRATISLAVA262 | SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND [...] (U) Post nominates Colonel Imrich Schlosser to take part in ILEA's "Personnel and Facility Security" training course beginning on June 9, 2008. Colonel Schlosser is nominated as a substitute for Peter Domanicky, who was nominated and approved for the same course in Ref A. Colonel Schlosser has [...] |
2008-06-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO |
| 08BRATISLAVA507 | SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN TENSIONS RISK DAMAGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Only two months after Prime Ministers Fico and Gyurscany dined together in Brussels, Slovak-Hungarian relations have reached a new low in the post-Meciar period. Actions by Slovak riot police against unruly Hungarian fans at a November 1 soccer match and subseque [...] |
2008-11-04 16:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LO HU |
| 08BRATISLAVA528 | SERIES OF SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN FLARE-UPS FORCE PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the soccer match in Dunajska Streda on November 1 when Hungarian hooligans were expelled from the arena with surprising (some say excessive) force by Slovak police (reftel), several subsequent events involving ethnically fueled extremism have forced the rhetoric-slinging of [...] |
2008-11-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU LO |
| 08BRATISLAVA549 | SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS: LOTS OF MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary. Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met on November 19 with the special advisor to Prime Minister Fico and Foreign Minister Kubis for Slovak-Hungarian relations, former Foreign Minister Pavol Hamzik. Hamzik stated that nationalist leader Jan Slota is "damaging Slovak foreign policy and Slo [...] |
2008-11-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LO HU |
| 08BRATISLAVA567 | GOS RUSHES PENAL CODE AMENDMENT TO TOUGHEN STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after Slovak PM Fico and Hungarian PM Gyurcsany's November 17 meeting, Justice Minister Harabin submitted an amendment to the penal code which introduces the concept of "extremism" for the first time. Human rights NGOs immediately objected, as the draft amendment was ins [...] |
2008-12-02 16:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HU LO |
| 08BUCHAREST260 | POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE ON TRANSITING US [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL HR HU RO |
| 08BUCHAREST571 | ROMANIA, HUNGARY TO INTERCONNECT GAS NETWORKS [...] (U) A long-postponed project to link Romanian and Hungarian natural gas networks through a cross-border connection took an important step forward on July 2 with the signing of a Joint Development Agreement between firms MOL of Hungary and Transgaz of Romania. The 109 km connector pipeline wil [...] |
2008-07-16 05:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD HU RO |
| 08BUDAPEST1000 | EAVESDROPPING; CONFIDENCE DROPPING: DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Although largely eclipsed by the recent shocks to the stock and bond markets (septel), Hungary's domestic espionage scandal continues to expand in scope and could further complicate economic triage efforts. 2. (C) Although criminal charges against the suspect firm, UD Zrt, reportedl [...] |
2008-10-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1004 | HUNGARIAN INTEREST TO SUPPORT NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1005 | THE UPSIDE OF MELTDOWN: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY AND [...] (C) As Hungary's markets continue their rough ride (septel), Prime Minister Gyurcsany has seized on this weekend's "National Summit Meeting" as a means to address both Hungary's immediate economic challenges as well as his own long list of political problems. Designed to bring together Hunga [...] |
2008-10-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1006 | THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Following years of high budget deficits and other economic policy mistakes, together with a high reliance on foreign currency-denominated loans, Hungary finds itself particularly vulnerable to the secondary effects of the financial crisis - the increasing cost and drying up of credit, lo [...] |
2008-10-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1008 | HUNGARY DESIRES CONTACT POINT DESIGNATION IN [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 9, MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus asked PolOff to forward Hungary's desire to serve as the Contact Lead Nation in Montenegro. Commenting that "Hungary has no nasty roots in the region," he stated that Hungary has a special p [...] |
2008-10-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO HU MW |
| 08BUDAPEST1009 | HUNGARY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THE NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KGIC PINR PTER HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1010 | HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-20 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO HU PL EZ |
| 08BUDAPEST1015 | HUNGARY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRS EAID GG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1018 | BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...] |
2008-10-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1021 | SOUTHERN COMFORT: ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, [...] (S) Information developed by other agencies and passed to the Department via their channels indicates renewed and covert contacts between senior GoH officials and Russian intelligence officers. VERES IN THE LEAD 2. (S) As the GoH works to finalize an extraordinary international financi [...] |
2008-10-28 11:12:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1025 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Sharing U.S. concerns on the current political situation in Bosnia Hercegovina (BiH), the Hungarian MFA's Russia and Balkans Department Deputy Director Istvan Ijgyarto believes the situation has moved two years backwards. Stating that several EU countries are inclined to move Se [...] |
2008-10-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EU BK HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1026 | HUNGARY TO SUPPORT CUBA CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting, MFA America's Directorate Head Szilveszter Bus told DCM that Hungary has reached an agreement with Cuba to support each other's candidates for the UN Human Rights Council. Bus stated he was instructed by the Foreign Minister to convey the information for the sake [...] |
2008-10-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1027 | FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS: HOW HARD WILL BORROWERS BE [...] (U) Although most hope and expect the recently announced IMF assistance package will help strengthen and stabilize Hungary's currency, the recent weakening of the forint has caused many to consider the impact a weakened currency will have on the large number of households holding foreign curre [...] |
2008-10-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1032 | POST RESPONSE TO FOIA REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] A search of all files in the front office, the POL/ECON and RSO sections revealed no responsive material in any media. There is no record of responsive material being retired to the department. 2. Jeff Levine, DCM, can attest to the adequacy of the search conducted by post. LEVINE [...] |
2008-10-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1033 | HUNGARY WILL CONSIDER HOSTING A FUTURE EXERCISE [...] In a follow-up discussion to ref A demarche delivered October 27, MFA Section for Arms Control and Non-proliferation Head Mark Horvath told PolOff October 30 that the MFA will take under consideration hosting a future Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event. Horvath noted that the MFA is facing a [...] |
2008-10-31 09:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MCAP PINR PINS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1035 | HUNGARY NOT INVITED TO IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MNUC TRGY IR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1047 | Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff's visit to [...] Summary: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Budapest October 28-29, in connection with Hungary's accession to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and to discuss security issues with Hungarian counterparts. The official program took place on October 28, 2008, with the S [...] |
2008-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CMGT CVIS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1049 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1050 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY TRAINING [...] (S) In a follow-up to Hungary's initial response reported in ref C, Dr Kristof Horvath, Head of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Agency's (HAEA) Department of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, told PolOff on November 3 that Hungary, in principle, is prepared to support the Norwegian sponsored trai [...] |
2008-11-04 14:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP TRGY IR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1058 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY TALKS PIPELINES, CLIMATE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his two-day trip to Budapest to take part in an energy conference, Special Envoy Gray held a series of meetings with regional energy officials and experts. These conversations revealed that despite recent Russian diplomatic and financial setbacks, Gazprom and its partner [...] |
2008-11-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV SENV KGHG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1059 | THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR...AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. With the immediate crisis seemingly averted and with discussions underway with the IMF, EU, and the World Bank on the details of the international stabilization package, the economic debate in Hungary is beginning to shift toward a closer examination of the steps the government is [...] |
2008-11-06 13:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST107 | PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON KOSOVO, AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Ambassador Karoly Banai, updated Ambassador Foley on Hungary's policy re Kosovo and Azerbaijan in a meeting January 31. KOSOVO: MAKING IT CLEAR TO MOSCOW 2. (C) Banai noted that PM Gyurcsany had called in the Russian [...] |
2008-01-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU AZ ECON ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1075 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Gabor Fodor, Chairman, Alliance of Free Democrats, the Hungarian Liberal Party, received November 6, 2008. 2. Begin Text Dear Senator Obama, Allow me to congratulate you for your own great victory, and f [...] |
2008-11-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1076 | Budapest's Public Outreach on Visa Waiver Program and ESTA [...] Summary: Embassy Budapest has engaged in active public and media outreach related to the Visa Waiver Program dating back to the commencement of the Roadmap process for Hungary, and redoubled efforts following the passage of the legislation last summer. Post seized upon the October 17 White H [...] |
2008-11-10 11:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CMGT CVIS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1078 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 10-11 FOREIGN [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Head Andras Dekany provided the following comments to PolOff on November 7 for the GAERC meeting scheduled for November 10-11. 2. (C) Russia: The main question is: has Russia miscalculated its strategy on Georgia? There are sig [...] |
2008-11-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RU GG AF HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1080 | HUNGARY OFFERS TO HOST FUTURE EXERCISE PLANNING [...] In a follow-up to reftels, MFA Arms Control and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath told PolOff on November 7 that his leadership has "agreed in principle" to organize a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event, preferably in November 2009. H [...] |
2008-11-10 15:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KGIC PREL MCAP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1082 | NRC CHAIRMAN MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein met with representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA), addressed the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and visited Hungary's new radioactive waste facility from September 22-25, 2008. Chairman Klein emphasized [...] |
2008-11-12 05:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1083 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Viktor Orban, Chairman of Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union, received November 10, 2008. 2. Begin text Dear Senator Obama, I wish to congratulate you whole-heartedly on your spectacular victory at the 2008 pr [...] |
2008-11-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1089 | POST APPROVAL FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | ASEC PTER HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1095 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DELIVERY OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1099 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref a demarche to Ministry of Finance Department of International Relations Head of Unit Dr. Krisztina Kovacs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Legal Department Head of Unit Szilvia Balasz. Both ministries were aware of the FATF guidance, and noted the recent EU [...] |
2008-11-18 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1102 | HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTERS MEET NOVEMEBER [...] (SBU) Summary. In their first substantial meeting in more than a year, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary and Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia on November 15 discussed ways to decrease ethnic tensions that reached a flash point during a November 1 soccer match in the Slovakian b [...] |
2008-11-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1103 | CRISIS ON LAYAWAY: THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE [...] (SBU) Although the Parliament continues to debate the implementing measures necessitated by Hungary's agreements with the IMF and EU (ref a), contacts are beginning to cautiously survey the longer-term landscape after weeks of crisis management. CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE 2. (SBU) For t [...] |
2008-11-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1104 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Tibor Sztankovanszki, President, and Sandor Bacskai, Secretary General of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, received November 7, 2008. 2. Begin text Please convey the best wishes of the Historic Hungari [...] |
2008-11-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1105 | EMBASSY BUDAPEST ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONTROLS [...] Post completed the Annual Review and Certification of Consular Controls on November 19, 2008. Post certifies that it is in compliance with all sub-paragraphs in reftel. The certifying officer is Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffery D. Levine. Narrative responses to all subparagraphs in reftel fo [...] |
2008-11-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1108 | BANKS SAY NO TO STATE ASSISTANCE...FOR NOW [...] (U) The IMF 12.5 billion euro stand-by loan to Hungary includes provisions to help increase the equity and liquidity of banks in Hungary. The "banking sector package" includes a HUF 300 billion (approx. USD 1.5 billion) Capital Base Enhancement Fund to increase banks' capital adequacy ratio to [...] |
2008-11-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1118 | PRIME MINISTER GYURCSANY AMBIGUOUS ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany continued to play both advocate and devil's advocate for the Nabucco pipeline at an energy summit in Baku on November 14. He argued forcefully for Nabucco on the grounds of its importance to European energy security, based on his comments to re [...] |
2008-11-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1119 | HUNGARY CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1122 | HUNGARY ABSTAINING AGAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 14:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1135 | HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Hungarian Minister of Defense Imre Szekeres outlined key financial aspects of the Hungarian National Military Strategy in meeting with Ambassador on November 21. Highlighting the current Government's commitment to increase the Defense budget over the next five years, Szekeres [...] |
2008-11-26 14:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL AF HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1136 | HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] On November 21, Post received a note verbale in English dated November 21 announcing the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period and proposing Hungaria [...] |
2008-11-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNIDROIT HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1139 | WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP: THE IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary. Although there is little agreement among experts regarding Hungary's growth rate for 2009, most business leaders remain pessimistic about the future. Some sectors in the real economy have already begun experiencing the negative effects of Hungary's economic slowdown, while other [...] |
2008-11-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1143 | BOKROS AND SIMOR: A "GEEK CHORUS" FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) With the minority socialist government stuck in the refrain that it is pursuing "all the economic reforms the public is willing to accept," and the leading opposition FIDESZ party often resorting to populist rhetoric rather than practical alternatives, there is a vacuum of prominent Hungar [...] |
2008-11-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1144 | CLIMATE CHANGE: OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Foley delivered USG talking points on the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to Hungarian Minister of Environment Szabo on November 20, and ESTH Hub Officer followed up with Hungarian climat [...] |
2008-11-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV HU US EUN |
| 08BUDAPEST1145 | EU BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered the talking points received in Ref A to Zsuzsanna Bibok, head of the Air, Noise and Transport Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water, and to her assistant, Mate Kovacs. Bibok seemed generally receptive to U.S. views concerning biofuel sustainability criteria, b [...] |
2008-12-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1149 | INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN [...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...] |
2008-12-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST115 | MINISTER KAKOSY COMMITTED TO REFORM, CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: In a first official meeting with Ambassador Foley, recently appointed Minister of Economy and Transport Csaba Kakosy outlined minority coalition party SzDSz plans for tax reform, highlighted potential problems with health reform, and underscored Hungary's complex energy challenge [...] |
2008-02-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1151 | HUNGARY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1157 | HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...] |
2008-12-03 13:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1158 | INDIAN SUMMER: HUNGARY MOVES FROM A HURRY TO [...] (C) Summary: With the winter recess in sight, the Gyurcsany government is congratulating itself on the passage of the 2009 budget and the adoption of minor changes in Hungary's tax structure. But the international stabilization package has provided only a tenuous degree of stability, and eco [...] |
2008-12-04 10:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1174 | HUNGARIAN MFA APPRISED OF SYRIA'S TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1175 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS DRAFT NSG TEXT FOR TRANSFERS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1176 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1179 | OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] On December 8, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Katalin Rodics, Head of the Ministry of Environment and Water's Department for European Community Law and Coordination. Rodics welcomed the implementation of the amended Lacey Act, indicating that the EU is working [...] |
2008-12-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1180 | HUNGARY: COUNTRY REVIEW ON RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) The DCM met with MFA's America's Department Director Szilveszter Bus on December 9 to discuss ref A. Post views Hungary as a strong supporter of democracy development in Cuba. Although the GoH has joined the EU consensus on lifting the embargo, they view the U.S. approach as appropriate [...] |
2008-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1186 | LETTER FROM PM GYURCSANY TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Following is the text of a letter dated December 10, 2008 from Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in response to a letter from President Bush. 2. (U) Begin Text Dear Mr. President, Allow me to confirm that I fully agree with the statements you have made in your recent letter regardi [...] |
2008-12-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1188 | GOH FINALIZING PLANS FOR NABUCCO SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: GoH continues to make progress, mainly due to the efforts of its Special Ambassador for the Nabucco project, Mihaly Bayer, in organizing the Nabucco Summit it will host in January. Bayer has already secured numerous high-profile commitments to attend the Summit, but several imp [...] |
2008-12-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1192 | A WINTER OF DISCONTENT: WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST [...] (SBU) As Parliament is preparing to finish its Autumn session with the passage of a leaner 2009 budget bill, a growing number of current and planned transportation industry and public sector employee strikes are disrupting daily life in Hungary, and increasing pressure on the cash-strapped go [...] |
2008-12-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL ELAB HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1201 | ECONOMIC REFORM ISSUES I: THE TAX WEDGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on structural economic reforms proposed by economists and macroeconomic analysts to help Hungary achieve higher economic growth, reduce macroeconomic vulnerabilities, and to remain economically competitive in the region. THE HIGH TAX BURDEN ON LAB [...] |
2008-12-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1207 | HUNGARIAN HCOC REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath requested a meeting with PolOff December 16 to discuss the current status of U.S.-Russian discussions related to the Joint Data Exchange Center. Commenting that the current [...] |
2008-12-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1208 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1209 | MAGYAR GARDA - THE LONG-AWAITED COURT RULING [...] Summary. The Budapest Municipal Court ruled December 16 to disband the Magyar Garda Association. The Association will appeal the ruling. However, the Magyar Garda Movement, not a legal entity under the law, remains in place with potential anti-Roma demonstrations likely down the road. End [...] |
2008-12-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1210 | HUNGARY WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING POTENTIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1211 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1212 | HUNGARY - NO PLANS FOR FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1213 | PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S INJUDICIOUS ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary: The chorus of complaints regarding Prime Minister Gyurcsany has largely but not completely obscured the mixed reviews received by President Laszlo Solyom. Seen as principled by his supporters and pedantic by his critics, Solyom has tested the boundaries of his largely ceremonial [...] |
2008-12-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KBIO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1214 | BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS: GOV'T AND BANKS ADAPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking industry is undergoing a rapid transformation as the financial crisis and global credit crunch impose new realities on the financial sector in Hungary. Banks find themselves altering their business models to reduce loan deposit ratios and improve the quality of the [...] |
2008-12-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1216 | HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN RELATIONS - A LONG AND WINDING [...] (U) Summary. This is joint Embassy Budapest-Embassy Bratislava cable. Despite several, recent high-level meetings between Hungarian and Slovak officials, significant challenges remain to address minority-rights issues and extremism on both sides of the border. Following an impromptu Novemb [...] |
2008-12-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1218 | 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST122 | GET THE REF OUT: THE PARTIES APPROACH THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The parties are getting an early start on the spring political season by finalizing preparations for a March 9 referendum on key elements of the government's austerity package. Riding high on recent polling data, the opposition is casting the referendum as a de facto vote of no co [...] |
2008-02-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1227 | HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...] |
2008-12-23 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST123 | SCENE-SETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT [...] (C) As Parliament returns from its winter recess, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will likely begin 2008 where he ended 2007: with his governing coalition under pressure, his domestic reforms under siege and his foreign policy orientation under question. Your meetings in Budapest will help i [...] |
2008-02-07 10:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST124 | AVERTING CHECKMATE ON HUNGARIAN-TURKMEN ENERGY [...] (U) This is a joint guidance request from Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest. 2. (U) Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest request urgent guidance to avert the conclusion of a pending energy supply contract between Turkmenistan and Hungary which could be concluded within days. The contract, negot [...] |
2008-02-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST147 | HUNGARY DENIES MILLANDER-TURKMENISTAN DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met February 12 with Ambassador Karoly Banai, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Gyurcsany. "UNSTABLE" MIDDLEMAN; "ALARMING" LETTER 2. (C) Ambassador Banai listened intently to reftel points, asking for our understanding of the volume of gas repor [...] |
2008-02-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST148 | MFA CONFIRMS INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN THE [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarches to MFA State Secretary (Political Director) Szent-Ivanyi February 12. SIPDIS Szent-Ivanyi confirmed that the GoH is prepared to recognize Kosovo within the first tranche of EU member states, estimating that it could take formal action within 10 ) [...] |
2008-02-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST155 | MUSICAL CHAIRS; DISCORDANT VOICES: PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it was only opening day, Hungarian MPs ) and protestors - were in mid-season form as the spring session began February 11. The governing coalition reaffirmed its support for PM Gyurcsany's health care reforms amidst heated rhetoric, but talk of a cabinet "pre-shuffle" [...] |
2008-02-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST165 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO [...] (C) Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed reftel with PolOff on February 15. Horvath stated that the Hungarians, based on presentations they received at NATO, have already "mandated" their Ambassador in New Zealand, representing Hungary at the Febru [...] |
2008-02-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST183 | HUNGARY ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS AND NAME [...] (C) Marianne Berecz, SE Europe, Western Balkans and CIS Department Head and Gabor Horvath, Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, discussed reftel with PolOff on January 15. Ambassador Berecz underlined Hungary's support for the Nimetz process, commenting that Greece's approa [...] |
2008-02-21 06:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GR MK HU MARR |
| 08BUDAPEST194 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-26 09:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HU CU |
| 08BUDAPEST195 | THE PARTY LINE: WHAT PM GYURCSANY'S SUPPORTERS ARE [...] (C) With his personal popularity ratings still mired well below 20 percent as he nears the half-way point of his term, Prime Minister Gyurcsany appears to be playing small ball in an effort to gradually recoup his standing with the public (REF A). Key elements of his public message will lik [...] |
2008-02-26 09:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST21 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMPI PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST211 | HUNGARIAN BLUE LANTERN - LICENSE 05-050085871 [...] Although surprised when contacted about reftel, Magnum Vadasz es Hajos Company Director Akos Szucs willingly discussed the company's operations with PolOff and EmbOff on February 25. Opening the discussion, he commented that the company has been importing Remington and Hornady brand, U.S.-ma [...] |
2008-02-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST225 | TRYING TO HEAD NORTH: NEGOTIATING THE POST-SOUTH [...] (C) We are bracing ourselves for another rough patch with the GoH in the aftermath of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's latest trip to Moscow. ACTIONS AND REACTIONS 2. (C) Having secured the EU's acquiescence with Commissioner Piebalgs' tepid public statement of "understanding," the GoH will [...] |
2008-02-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST245 | STRONG RHETORIC BUT MILD INTEREST AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: As voters prepare for this weekend's referendum throughout Hungary's 19 megye (regional districts), opinion leaders on both sides have been escalating their rhetoric. Despite the intensity of their comments, last-minute polling indicates softening turn-out and the general sense [...] |
2008-03-07 07:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST258 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...] |
2008-03-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST261 | THE NO'S HAVE IT: PUBLIC REFERENDUM REJECTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Record turn-out of 50.5 percent and overwhelming majorities voting against 3 elements of the government's reform agenda gave the opposition a clear victory in Hungary's national referendum March 9. With 82 ) 84 percent of respondents expressing opposition to the payment of nomin [...] |
2008-03-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST267 | CONFIRMED BUT CAVEATED: HUNGARY PREPARING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador March 9 (other issues septel), the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed that the GoH intends to recognize Kosovo on March 19. Ambassador Banai commented, however, that he would have to check with Foreign Minister Goncz regarding her most rec [...] |
2008-03-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST268 | LONELY NEAR THE TOP: PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST269 | HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST270 | SQUATTER'S RIGHTS: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Gyurcsany government is struggling to go on with business as usual in the aftermath of its losses in the March 9 referendum. Unfortunately, business as usual involves an opposition with the political momentum, party members with a personal grudge, and policy initiatives wit [...] |
2008-03-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST28 | HUNGARIAN REQUEST: HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Head of Department, Gabor Horvath, requested a meeting with PolOff on 7 January to discuss a UNGA First Committee issue related to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Hor [...] |
2008-01-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM PREL UNGA RU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST307 | HUNGARY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In a statement released March 19 shortly following a joint declaration of intent with Croatia and Bulgaria, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the GoH's decision to recognize Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The statement: Recognizes that moving forward was necessary for lasting stability [...] |
2008-03-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST317 | CENTRIFUGAL FORCE: QUESTIONING THE COALITION [...] (C) Strains within ) and between - the MSzP and the junior coalition partner SzDSz are becoming visible as they approach their respective spring meetings. 2. (C) Ironically, Prime Minister Gyurcsany may be the less lame duck despite the results of the March 9 referendum (reftel). Despite [...] |
2008-03-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST339 | HUNGARY URGED TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE ON NATO [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel points in a three-pronged approach to senior Hungarian Government officials in the Prime Minister's Officer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense on March 31. The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, advised that, [...] |
2008-04-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST341 | DANCING ON THE JETTY: HEALTH MINISTER OUT; [...] (C) Summary: Toil and trouble continues within the coalition as the MSzP and the SzDSZ continue to head toward a divorce they may not want but may not be able to avoid. Prime Minister Gyurcsany's decision to dismiss unpopular Health Minister Agnes Horvath of the SzDSz has sparked a confrontat [...] |
2008-04-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST342 | GROWING HUNGARIAN HORDE FROM THE RIGHT - MAGYAR [...] Repeating their late October 2007 public ceremony (ref A), the far-right, para-military Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) initiated 600 new members at Budapest's Heroes' Square on March 29. As the colonnaded statues of the most important historical Hungarian figures over the past 1000 years gaze [...] |
2008-04-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST354 | ECONOMIC LEADERS: MINORITY GOVERNMENT, REFORMS ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic leaders, led by Finance Minister Veres and National Bank Governor Simor, appear to be moving on with preparations for a minority government under the continued leadership of Prime Minister Gyurcsany. The government changes are of particular concern from an economic per [...] |
2008-04-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST37 | COLD FEET ON KOSOVO?: MFA FLOATS THE LEAD BALLOON [...] (C) There are disturbing signs that the GoH is considering a partial recognition approach toward Kosovo. In a meeting with visiting former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke February 7, Foreign Minister Goncz solicited his opinion regarding the potential "recognition of the state but not of its so [...] |
2008-01-10 16:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST373 | THE SICK MAN ... AND THE SICK COUNTRY [...] (C) Hungary's political institutions risk grinding to a halt just as leading economic indicators reflect the realities of a stagnant economy. This correlation of public opposition to reform, continued gridlock in Parliament, growing concerns on the economic front, and the prospect of deepr s [...] |
2008-04-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST391 | TWENTY QUESTIONS: FIDESZ TURNS 20 [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ celebrates its twentieth anniversary in a position of unprecedented popularity, having channeled broad public discontent with the Gyurcsany government's policies to build an imposing lead in opinion polls. A movement long before it became a political party, FIDESZ's iden [...] |
2008-04-17 07:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREV KDEM PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST392 | BELABORING THE POINT: COALITION CRISIS IN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Although the governing coalition continues to move through what one observer has termed "the slowest-moving crisis in history," both insiders and outside observers believe that several possible scenarios are gradually emerging. They include a protracted period of minority gover [...] |
2008-04-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST401 | THAT WHICH GOVERNS LEAST: HOW WOULD A MINORITY [...] (SBU) The atmosphere remains one of uncertainty regarding "the day after" the break-up of the coalition even as the SzDSz's April 27 departure date approaches. WHIPPING A MINORITY GOVERNMENT INTO SHAPE 2. (C) Barring a dramatic outcome to what has been a very ponderous crisis, Hungary w [...] |
2008-04-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST409 | HUNGARIAN ENERGY CONSULTATIONS WITH DAS BRYZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Budapest on April 7-8 for energy discussions with the GOH, opposition leaders and Hungarian energy company MOL. While the GOH recently signed an agreement with Russia on Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project, the government also h [...] |
2008-04-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST41 | SPRING TRAINING: SCOUTING REPORTS FOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Although Parliament will not return until February 11, early signals from the parties indicate that the long winter recess will lead to an active spring. RULE NOTHING OUT ( EVEN THE RULES? 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Ambassador Richard Holbrooke January 8, FIDESZ Party Presi [...] |
2008-01-11 16:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST412 | HUNGARY LOOKS TO EU TO PRESS RUSSIA ON CREEPING [...] (C) MFA Deputy Russian and Balkans Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto discussed reftel with PolOff on April 21. Ijgyarto commented that the recent Russian "mechanism" initiative was a "two-track" message. First, for the U.S., NATO, and the EU, Kosovo's declaration of independence has consequence [...] |
2008-04-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST419 | EBRD: HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON TURKEY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST429 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST430 | HUNGARY COMMITTED TO TAX TREATY [...] Ministry of Finance State Secretary Almos Kovacs stressed in a cordial April 23 meeting in response to reftel demarche that GOH has no currently known substantive disagreement on specific elements of the U.S.-Hungary tax treaty, and that it has no desire to delay resumption of negotiations or [...] |
2008-04-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST442 | GRAY AREA; DARK HORSES: GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) With the overwhelming vote of the SzDSz's national committee on April 27 confirming the party leadership's decision to leave the governing coalition, Hungary has entered the uncharted waters of minority government. SzDSz: GOING, GOING, GONE 2. (SBU) With some discussion but report [...] |
2008-04-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST444 | FINANCE MINISTER GETS THE MESSAGE ON TAX TREATY [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Ambassador Foley April 29 (other issues septel), Finance Minister Janos Veres underscored his commitment to expediting resolution of the outstanding issues in our bilateral tax treaty (REFTEL). 2. (SBU) Veres confirmed that the GoH will be prepared to resume negoti [...] |
2008-04-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST445 | FINANCE MINISTER ON THE FATE OF REFORM AND THE [...] (C) Meeting the day after a major restructuring of the Gyurcsany government (reftel), Finance Minister Janos Veres emphasized the GoH's continuing commitment to structural reform, expressed concern over the political impact of an impasse over the 2009 budget, and outlined his recent discussio [...] |
2008-04-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL ENRG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST468 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON BURMA'S UPCOMING REFERENDUM [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel with the MFA Asia/Pacific Department Head Gyula Petho on May 6. Petho acknowledged and expressed agreement with reftel's concerns about referendum's legitimacy, drawing reference to both the EU and UNSC statements on the issue. He believes the referendum will proc [...] |
2008-05-07 06:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST480 | HUNGARY AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed ref A with PolOff on May 7. Acknowledging the potential impact on interoperability and joint military actions, Horvath reiterated the Hungarian position outlined previously (ref B) - "Hungary can only suppo [...] |
2008-05-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST485 | DAY ONE: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WINS APPROVAL FOR [...] (SBU) Marshaling a surprising majority, the Gyurcsany government secured Parliamentary approval for its government restructuring proposal (ref a) May 13. 2. (SBU) Confronting what many observers here cast as a crucial test of his ability to govern in the absence of a parliamentary majorit [...] |
2008-05-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST492 | NABUCCO: PARTNER NATIONS LOSING PATIENCE WITH ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A gathering of Nabucco Consortium member countries, together with potential supplier states Azerbaijan and Iraq, at an Ambassador-hosted luncheon on May 9, revealed continuing concern on old themes: the ability of Caspian nations to supply gas; Turkey's intentions, whether transit [...] |
2008-05-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST504 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST513 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] (U) See guidance request at paragraph three. 2. (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief, Andras Dekany, discussed reftel agenda with PolOff on the upcoming GAERC meeting May 26-27, and provided the following comments: - Belarus and Iran: they will not be discussion topics. - Ira [...] |
2008-05-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST514 | HUNGARY IN LISTENING MODE AT BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST517 | HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG), Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...] |
2008-05-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST528 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. LATIN AMERICA AND MISSILE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST537 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the parties run out the clock on Parliament's spring session before the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda, the government is now f [...] |
2008-06-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST550 | SUMMER RERUNS: A PAUSE IN THE (IN)ACTION [...] (C) The traditional summer "cucumber season" will be longer than usual this year, with Parliament scheduled to be on recess from June 9 through September 15. Although the Parliament has passed bills on issues ranging from our bilateral data-sharing agreement to Papa Airbase in recent days, t [...] |
2008-06-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST56 | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CROATIA [...] The December 18-19 visit to Zagreb of the Regional ESTH Hub Office's OES/STC TDYer provided a timely opportunity to discuss Croatian S&T governmental infrastructure. Croatian officials expressed a strong desire to continue and expand cooperation with the United States on S&T issues. Croatian [...] |
2008-01-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL HR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST57 | HUNGARY: EU-ORIENTED ENGAGEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Belarus Office Director Ambassador Ferenc Kontra outlined a restrained, incremental approach to Belarus engagement, as Hungary prepares to formally open its embassy in Minsk. Regarding the ICDT Belarus Task Force, Kontra indicated that task force activities to date ha [...] |
2008-01-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST588 | THE WILD CARD: THE SZDSZ ELECTIONS AS THE LATEST [...] (C) Former Environment Minister Gabor Fodor's defeat of incumbent Janos Koka as SzDSz Party President is the latest variable in the Hungarian political equation. Contacts in both the MSzP and FIDESZ tell us that the coming months will largely depend on which of Fodor's many public statements [...] |
2008-06-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST592 | CAMPAIGNING WITHOUT AN ELECTION: THE PARTIES SHIFT [...] (C) As the MSzP and FIDESZ meet in closed session this week to map out strategy for the months ahead, both parties find themselves, in the words of FIDESZ VP Mihalj Varga, "campaigning without an election." SUMMERTIME BLUES 2. (C) In comments following the MSzP party leadership's meeti [...] |
2008-06-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST593 | IMF ON HUNGARY'S ECONOMY: STABLE NOW BUT WARY [...] (U) Growing concerns regarding Hungary's current growth indicators and long-term sustainability have tempered an IMF assessment team's "favorable" assessment of Hungary's short-term, macro-economic indicators. The country has made a good start in its deficit reduction plans but must continue [...] |
2008-06-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST602 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 07:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST603 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 07:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST604 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON U.S. DECISION CONCERNING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST630 | HUNGARY WINS MERCEDES-BENZ AND EU INNOVATION CENTER [...] (U) Hungary is celebrating its recent selection over other countries in the region for both a new Daimler car plant and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology. The Daimler plant alone is expected to add another 1 to 1.5 percent to Hungary's GDP. In total, some USD 1.7 billion w [...] |
2008-06-24 11:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EIND EINV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST639 | PLAYING WITH THE MARGINS: FEW SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE [...] (C) Following their recent meeting to discuss the fall legislative agenda, there appears to be little stomach among the MSzP leadership for further reforms. Party VP Imre Szekeres confides that there is at least "full consensus" within the party about one thing: "reversing our present strate [...] |
2008-06-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST648 | HUNGARY COMMENTS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] The MFA Asia and Pacific Ocean Department Head, Gyula Petho, discussed reftel with PolOff on June 27. Petho noted that the eight-member joint Hungarian Reformed Church Charity Organization-Debrecen University Doctors Rescue Group arrived back in Budapest on June 26 after ten days providing p [...] |
2008-06-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID HU BU EUN |
| 08BUDAPEST663 | COCKTAILS FOR THE ROMA - MOLOTOV STYLE [...] Summary: Recent Molotov cocktail attacks on Roma houses in the village of Patka highlight a growing trend of open confrontation between Roma and non-Roma Hungarian citizens in various locales. Village officials and the local "Civil Guard" group face racism claims in their effort to maintain la [...] |
2008-07-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 08BUDAPEST666 | HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (SBU) MFA Kosovo Affairs Officer Zoltan Nagy discussed ref A demarche with PolOff on July 2. He noted that Hungary gives considerable importance to the conference, highlighting the GOH's decision last month to commit 1.2 million Euros in support of Kosovo. Nagy said that Ambassador Marianne [...] |
2008-07-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST673 | MAGYAR GARDA - TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS? [...] Summary: The Budapest Municipal Court held the third round of hearings concerning the Budapest Prosecutor's civil suit against the far-right Jobbik Party's Magyar Garda on June 30. The hearing attracted numerous onlookers, both for and against declaring the organization unlawful. Conducted [...] |
2008-07-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI HU |
| 08BUDAPEST680 | COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY [...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...] |
2008-07-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HU ASEC |
| 08BUDAPEST681 | SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY ACTING DAS ERIC MEYER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Parliament has recessed for the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda this spring, the government is now feeling its way forward wit [...] |
2008-07-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST69 | SLEDDING UPHILL: THE PUBLIC MOOD RE REFORM [...] (C) When Parliament returns from recess to begin its spring session in February, debate will return inevitably to the Gyurcsany government's reform agenda. Although Prime Minister Gyurcsany has pledged "smooth and steady progress," observers predict that the MSzP will tolerate minor modifica [...] |
2008-01-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST691 | RIDING THE RANGE AND MENDING FENCES: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) The GoH is working to mend fences with the U.S. through a series of moves highlighted by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's trip to Central Asia July 7 ) 9. 2. (C) According to Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Karoly Banai, the trip was designed to demonstrate that Hungary is committed to [...] |
2008-07-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST694 | HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Recently appointed MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos received text of reftel request on July 2 and discussed the issue with PolOff on July 10. Lakatos stated that Hungary would participate in the prisoners of conscience public affairs event on July 24 but could not [...] |
2008-07-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST696 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...] |
2008-07-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST697 | HUNGARY WILL CONTINUE LIMITED SUPPORT TO NATO [...] (C) MFA NATO and Security Policy Division Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on July 11. Sztaray stated that the MFA "wants to maintain a footprint in Iraq" and is in discussion with the MOD to allow three trainers in the NTM-I to remain in place. He noted that, currently, more [...] |
2008-07-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST715 | PRESIDENT OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [...] (SBU) On July 18, Ambassador Foley used the occasion of her initial call on Jozsef Palinkas, the newly-elected President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), as an opportunity to raise with him ISN's plans to host a workshop for former Iraqi WMD experts in Hungary. Palinkas expressed [...] |
2008-07-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PINR KSCA HU IQ |
| 08BUDAPEST720 | HUNGARY'S RUSSIA POLICY: RETHINKING ... OR [...] (C) Throughout the course of recent briefings, GoH officials have changed their tune slightly with regard to Hungary's Russia policy. Increasingly, their approach appears to be one which admits Hungary's economic interest in expanding trade but which underscores Budapest's enduring commitmen [...] |
2008-07-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST721 | HUNGARIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following current information per reftel format: A. The Head of State, President Solyom, undecided. B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, does not plan to attend. C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, plans to attend the General Debate. - Pla [...] |
2008-07-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST723 | HUNGARY'S CUBA POLICY [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Head Szilveszter Bus discussed reftel with PolOff on July 22. Bus commented that the recently updated EU Common Position opens a new chapter in EU/Cuba relations. While Hungary supported the lifting of sanctions - stating that the embargo was/is not successful - [...] |
2008-07-23 07:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CU HU EUN |
| 08BUDAPEST735 | HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR: LOTS OF MOTION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador, Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's Nabucco Ambassador, reviewed PM Gyurcsany's recent trip to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan--focusing on the PM's call for a Nabucco Summit--and laid out his plans for the coming months. Bayer has traveled almost continuously sinc [...] |
2008-07-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST737 | HUNGARY RECEIVES NON-PAPER ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM IR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST750 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REALISM IN DEALING WITH THE [...] (C) Ref demarche was delivered on July 25, 2008, to Ambassador Laszlo Szabo of the Hungarian MFA Department for Africa and the Middle East. Szabo noted that Hungary was "not a pioneer" in reaching out to regimes like the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and that Hungary's foreign policy [...] |
2008-07-28 12:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY HU |
| 08BUDAPEST763 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER HU |
| 08BUDAPEST764 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN MISSION AFTER [...] (C) Following the second death of a Hungarian soldier in Afghanistan in just over a month, reaction from the media, opposition parties and high-ranking politicians has been largely measured, with criticism aimed at the soldiers' funding and training rather than questioning Hungarian participat [...] |
2008-07-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST766 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC KNNP PARM PREL PTER HU |
| 08BUDAPEST771 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS ON [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on July 31 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Marta Varkonyi, Head of the EU Enlargement Unit, and Zsuzsa Nora Vincze, Turkey desk officer. Hungary welcomed the July 30 decision by the Turkish Constitutional Court regarding the ruling Justice and [...] |
2008-08-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST772 | GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 1 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Department of International Organizations at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kollar had no immediate response other than she understood entirely the need to deny a venue for Iran's continued overt and covert weapo [...] |
2008-08-01 15:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PARM PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST778 | CRUEL SUMMER: POLITICS IN SLOW MOTION [...] (C) There are few signs of life during Hungary's long summer break. Government and party officials have departed en masse for vacation ) leaving one staffer in the Prime Ministry to question exactly who is acting in Prime Minister Gyurcsany's absence ) and one contact notes that political de [...] |
2008-08-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...] |
2008-08-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST799 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD BM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST800 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR [...] On August 7, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN presented talking points in reftel to Tibor Farago, Head of the Ministry of Environment,s Strategy Department, who will represent Hungary at the 29th plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva in early September. [...] |
2008-08-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST807 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on August 11 to Vilmos Hamikus, Acting State Secretary for Political Affairs at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hamikus agreed with the main principals of the talking points, namely the need for a cease fire and cessation of hostilities, however he also no [...] |
2008-08-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM RU GG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST809 | THE GOH CONTINUES A DEFICIT REDUCTION DIET [...] (C) Financial analysts generally agree that the current government has neither the ability nor the appetite to enact economic reforms that will address underlying causes of slow economic growth in Hungary. As Oriens Consulting Group Partner and former OPT Bank Research Director Tamas Vojnits [...] |
2008-08-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV HU EFIN |
| 08BUDAPEST812 | UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF OUTER SPACE [...] On July 28, Post received a note verbal in English dated July 17 announcing the candidacy of Mr. Elod Both for the chairmanship of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Mr. Elod is a well-respected academic who is committed to making space science accessible to the g [...] |
2008-08-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM KSCA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST813 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HUNGARY REGARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-13 04:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU GG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST814 | ANTI-ROMA INCIDENTS CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER [...] (C) Summary. New Molotov cocktail attacks against Roma families and an anti-Roma cartoon in a satirical publication are two of the latest examples of an escalating trend of anti-Roma activities which, although carried out by only a small fraction of the population, have not triggered strong p [...] |
2008-08-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST816 | NSG MEETING, AUGUST 21-22: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (U) On August 12, ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Dr. Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA), and Mark Horvath, Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation at the MFA. Kristof Horvath and Hungarian Perm [...] |
2008-08-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC AORC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST821 | TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...] |
2008-08-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST83 | SLEDDING UPHILL ... AND SLIDING BACK DOWN: THE [...] (C) When Parliament returns from recess to begin its spring session in February, debate will return inevitably to the Gyurcsany government's reform agenda. Although Prime Minister Gyurcsany has pledged "smooth and steady progress" and is reportedly preparing legislation on party financing an [...] |
2008-01-24 16:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM HU |
| 08BUDAPEST836 | HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...] |
2008-08-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST837 | TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...] |
2008-08-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST843 | BUDAPEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LUGAR [...] Embassy Budapest welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Richard Lugar and staff to visit Budapest August 29-30, 2008, for consultations with Hungarian government officials and private sector representatives. 2. Reservations have been made for the CODEL at the Marriott Hotel for th [...] |
2008-08-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST849 | HUNGARY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) In discussion of ref A with PolOff on August 27, MFA Russia and Balkans Deputy Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto called attention to Foreign Minister Goncz's comments today that Hungary will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He also provided the official MFA res [...] |
2008-08-27 16:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST852 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST853 | 63RD UNFC: HUNGARY LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA CDG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST854 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST858 | HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...] |
2008-08-29 16:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST872 | UPDATE TO HUNGARY'S ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following updates to information provided earlier in ref B: A. The Head of State, President Solyom, will not attend B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, will not attend C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, will attend the General Debate. - [...] |
2008-09-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST874 | THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW TAX PLAN - TAX CUTS WITHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The GOH unveiled its multi-year USD 7 billion tax cut plan last week. Under the plan the government proposes to remove the unpopular 4 percent "solidarity tax" on businesses and to reduce employer social security contributions for lower wage employees, but it also intends to incre [...] |
2008-09-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV HU EFIN |
| 08BUDAPEST876 | OFF AND RUNNING ... IN CIRCLES: TAX REFORM DEBATE [...] (C) Although Parliament is not set to reconvene until September 15, Prime Minister Gyurcsany's tax reform proposal (SEPTEL) has already been criticized by the public, questioned by economic analysts, and rejected by his most important political constituency: his former coalition partners in t [...] |
2008-09-04 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST879 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 4 and provided the following comments on GYMNICH agenda items: 2. (SBU) Georgia: - Hungary supports an ESDP mission to Georgia and expects a decision at the September 15 GAERC. The mis [...] |
2008-09-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HU EUN GG |
| 08BUDAPEST881 | HUNGARY TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Reftel talking points were discussed on September 2 with Rita Silek of the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department, which is responsible for all ICJ issues. Silek agreed with many of the points made in reftel, namely the uncertainty and instability that the continued discussion of [...] |
2008-09-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST882 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA Afghan Desk Officer Ferenc Hegyesi told PolOff on September 4 that Hungary supports increasing the size of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Highlighting the current and planned Hungarian military activity in Afghanistan - their PRT in Baghlan province, the upco [...] |
2008-09-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST888 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) MFA UN International Organization Department Desk Officer Krisztina Kovacs discussed Reftel with PolOff on September 4. Kovacs expressed Hungary's general support for the U.S. agenda and said that Hungary expects to be more actively engaged during the 2008 session. This increased involve [...] |
2008-09-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST891 | DAS MERKEL SCENESETTER FOR BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia, energy security and the way forward on relations with Russia. While Hungary remains a committed [...] |
2008-09-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENGR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST895 | THE FIELDS OF FRIENDLY STRIFE: PM CALLS FOR MSZP [...] (SBU) In a move characterized as desperate by his opponents and clever by his supporters, Prime Minister Gyurcsany has called for an extraordinary session of the Socialist Party Congress on September 27. 2. (C) With his tax plan in limbo (reftel) and calls for his resignation once more in [...] |
2008-09-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST899 | EXPERTS' PARADISE: THE ARGUMENTS AND THE ODDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A government of experts remains a persistent topic of conversation as prolonged gridlock continues to erode public confidence in Hungary's political class. Currently championed by the SzDSz, a government of experts is constitutionally possible but would likely not be politically [...] |
2008-09-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST902 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 12, and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe - We are awaiting a clearer picture of the apparent agreement reached this w [...] |
2008-09-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HU GG RS |
| 08BUDAPEST903 | HUNGARY CAUTIOUS ON AMENDING ISAF OPLAN CN ANNEX [...] (C) Discussing reftel with PolOff on September 11, MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department Afghan desk officer Margit Szucs stated that Hungary believes there is sufficient flexibility in the current OPLAN to allow for more efficient and effective operations without amendment. Undersco [...] |
2008-09-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR HU AF |
| 08BUDAPEST904 | RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RE HUNGARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Post's responses are keyed to Department's inquiries: A) From the context of the conversation, we read Navracsics' remarks re the impact of "strategic decisions" as referring to a negative public reaction to FIDESZ's efforts to articulate specific policy recommendations. We note that [...] |
2008-09-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST913 | RETURN TO NOWHERE: PARLIAMENT BEGINS ITS FALL [...] (U) Parliament reconvened on September 15, beginning its fall session with a dry session on a very rainy day in Budapest. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's opening remarks ) preceded by the usual walk-out by FIDESZ MPs - focused on his government's commitment to improving education and [...] |
2008-09-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST916 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON REBUTTING RUSSIA'S CLAIMS [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Hamikus commented that Hungary would most likely work within the EU framework rather than making an individual statement on Russia's genocide claim. He noted that the September [...] |
2008-09-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU RS GG |
| 08BUDAPEST917 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST924 | HUNGARY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO SUSTAIN AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Responding to the request to prioritize troops and trainers rather than for financial support, Hamikus said the Hungarian PRT in Pol-e-Komri was ready to provide training, and he [...] |
2008-09-22 12:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR HU AF |
| 08BUDAPEST925 | HUNGARIAN STATE SECRETARY TO ATTEND THE SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST930 | CONTINUOUS LOOP: HUNGARY TWO YEARS AFTER "THE [...] (C) This old joke remains unfortunately topical. Two years after the public disclosure of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's notorious "lies" speech, the political debate remains heated in tone but largely frozen in time. The lingering specter of the speech remains, as do lasting public suspicions [...] |
2008-09-23 13:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
| 08BUDAPEST933 | BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS - LESS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] Summary. In a day of Budapest demonstrations September 20, approximately 4,000 supporters of the government's newly-organized Magyar Charta (Hungarian Charter) and 1,000 Roma peacefully carried their message of tolerance and inclusion through the streets of the Capital, culminating in a ral [...] |
2008-09-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU |
| 08BUDAPEST934 | HUNGARY - WANTED OR NOT IN IRAQ? [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with Pol/Off September 22. Hamikus commented that although the Hungarians plan to keep their current NTM-I, three-person team in Iraq through the end of 2009 based on requests at the Bucharest summit, they [...] |
2008-09-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO HU |
| 08BUDAPEST935 | HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRS EAID GG RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST936 | HUNGARY ON NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE NRC [...] (C) MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on September 23. Sztaray agreeing that the NRC meetings should not be held, initially commented that the Prepcom meetings would provide an avenue for discussion on areas of mutual NATO/Russia concern. Acknowledging the re [...] |
2008-09-23 16:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS HU |
| 08BUDAPEST940 | DAS MERKEL'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary. During his September 9-11 visit to Budapest, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russia David Merkel focused on energy and the Russia/Georgia conflict with a broad range of senior Hungarian officials. Encouraging greater visible support for Nabucco and a slow down/suspension of Sou [...] |
2008-09-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS GG UP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST946 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE: FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Goncz arrives in Washington after a banner week for the GOH. With the approval of the last in a series of agreements needed to join our visa-waiver program and final steps toward a deal on the Papa airbase, Budapest can celebrate the achievement of two longstanding goal [...] |
2008-09-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST950 | COALITION OF THE UNWILLING: THE MSZP AND THE SZDSZ [...] (SBU) Following a succession of publicized meetings and a series of private contacts, the MSzP and the SzDSz appear to have moved from open conflict to ambiguous accord. 2. (U) In public comments following a meeting with SzDSz Party President Gabor Fodor September 23, Prime Minister Gyurc [...] |
2008-09-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST954 | CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IN HUNGARY: ROAD TO [...] (C) It is an open secret among Hungarians that their politicians spend ten times more than the legal limit allowed for a campaign, often circumventing the law by conducting transactions with "bags full of cash" before every election. But this political imperative levies a high price on busines [...] |
2008-09-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST963 | HUNGARY: VIEWS ON EU BIOFUELS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hungary is supportive of EU efforts on biofuels, which are generally in accord with steps Hungary is already taking. However, there are some differing viewpoints between the two ministries principally involved in formulating Hungary's approach to renewable energy. The Energy [...] |
2008-10-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST964 | THE WALLS HAVE EARS: DOMESTIC ESPIONAGE [...] (U) Accusations continue to circulate as Hungary's Prosecutor-General and domestic intelligence service investigate expanding charges of domestic espionage. SURVEILLANCE: ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY 2. (C) Though allegations of surveillance by ) and against ) the government are standard fare i [...] |
2008-10-01 12:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST965 | CAN THE CENTER HOLD?: HUNGARY'S SMALL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Hungary's "independent opposition parties" find themselves locked in conflict for centrist voters, fighting for what little oxygen is left from the raging conflict between the MSzP and FIDESZ. THE SZDSZ: INTERNAL BLEEDING 2. (SBU) In the past weeks, the SzDSz has lost both public [...] |
2008-10-01 12:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HU |
| 08BUDAPEST974 | HUNGARIAN CHIEFS OF PROTOCOL CONTACT INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KCOM OVIP HU |
| 08BUDAPEST980 | HUNGARY MAKES WORLD'S FIRST CO2 EMISSIONS SALE UNDER KYOTO [...] Summary: On September 29, Hungary announced it had sold its quota of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions to Belgium, in what it calls the world's first international emissions sale under the Kyoto Protocol. Reportedly Hungary plans to use the revenues from this sale to fund its Green I [...] |
2008-10-06 05:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL EU HU |
| 08BUDAPEST983 | DELIVERY OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 2, Econoff met with Ministry of Economy Bilateral (Non-EU) Relations Director Katalin Csorba and delivered reftel points. Csorba agreed that the Financing for Development (FfD) Outcome Document should be balanced and should be an accurate reflection of countries' economic pol [...] |
2008-10-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST992 | SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS MANISHA SINGH [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the minority government's attention is largely focused on the passage of its 2009 budget and tax bill in Parliament. Hungary's economic problems, reform fatigue and sharp partisan divisions have resulted in considerable political gridlock. Embat [...] |
2008-10-10 12:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL HU |
| 08BUDAPEST993 | HUNGARY MOVING TO SUPPORT U.S. FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNGA HU |
| 08BUDAPEST995 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC KNNP HU IR |
| 08CHISINAU1079 | HUNGARY PLAYS ROLE ASSISTING MOLDOVA'S [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 courtesy call, Hungarian Ambassador Gyorgy Varga discussed Hungary's active role in assisting Moldova's European integration. The Hungarian Ambassador favored a firm EU decision to bring Moldova into the EU club, and suggested giving Moldova associate member st [...] |
2008-10-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID RS EU HU MD |
| 08DAMASCUS167 | HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is a trip report by PRM Jay Zimmerman. The international community's response to the needs of Iraqi refugees has expanded the numbers and scale of humanitarian agencies in Syria, however, humanitarian space remains confused and uncoordinated. Local UNHCR represen [...] |
2008-03-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | HU PREF PREL |
| 08SECTIN01OF02BUDAPEST836 | HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...] |
2008-08-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU |
| 08STATE111310 | SOUTH STREAM - BACKGROUND FOR POSTS' USE [...] (U) Department is aware that posts do or may contend with questions about South Stream. In the interest of keeping posts apprised of Washington thinking on this issue, we offer the below background on South Stream for your use in discussing the issue with host governments. This background su [...] |
2008-10-17 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EU BG GR HU RS SL SB IT AS |
| 08STATE12290 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050085871 for the export of rifles and ammunition to Hungary. Post is requested to complete t [...] |
2008-02-06 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC HU KOMC |
| 08STATE26678 | REPLY LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN [...] Secretary Rice received a letter dated January 31, 2008 from Dr. Kinga G"ncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary, requesting support for the election of Hungary to the non-permanent seat available for the Eastern European Group in the United Nations Security Council for the term [...] |
2008-03-13 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC HU |
| 08STATE33647 | DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR U.S. AIRCRAFT TRANSIT [...] (U) Department requests that Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two requesting transit of U.S. aircraft to Croatia through Romanian airspace to assist with air support coverage during the President,s visit, April 4 and 5, 2008. 2. (U) Begin text of diplomatic note: The [...] |
2008-04-01 21:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO HR HU |
| 08USEUBRUSSELS1006 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND HUNGARIAN REPRESENTATION [...] (SBU) European Commission Officials and the nuclear energy desk officer at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU do not foresee any problems with the EU's approval of the required Hungary-Russia bilateral agreement required to move Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent [...] |
2008-07-02 14:08:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG HU KNNP OTRA RS TRGY |
| 08USUNNEWYORK883 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 27 continued discussing the food, energy and financial crises; United Nations democratization; terrorism; and regional conflict resolution. Russia defended its actions in Georgia with a criticism of the anti-terrorism coal [...] |
2008-09-30 16:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA RS SW TS HU ZA LT ID |
| 08VIENNA1156 | OMV Abandons MOL Bid, Mulls Next Steps [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's flagship energy concern OMV is abandoning a takeover bid for Hungarian counterpart MOL but will retain a sizable stake for now. OMV posted record first-half earnings and a positive outlook. While the bid was unlikely to succeed -- given the opposition of MOL and conce [...] |
2008-08-12 12:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON AU HU |
| 09ASTANA102 | KAZAKHSTAN STILL UNDECIDED ON NABUCCO SUMMIT IN [...] (C) Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla called on the Ambassador January 20 to deliver the current Hungarian draft of the Budapest Nabucco Summit scheduled for January 27. He expressed deep frustration that one week before the summit he has yet to pin down who will represent Kazakhstan, if anyon [...] |
2009-01-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS HU KZ |
| 09BAGHDAD1446 | RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...] |
2009-06-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ |
| 09BERLIN424 | (C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG [...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...] |
2009-04-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM |
| 09BRATISLAVA240 | FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK RAISES RED FLAG ABOUT [...] (U) This message has been coordinated with Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) Introduction and Comment: Foreign Minister Lajcak recently raised his deep concerns with Charge about Hungarian opposition party Fidesz's intended citation of the Ahtisaari plan as a model for the treatment of ethnic minori [...] |
2009-06-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO HU |
| 09BRATISLAVA370 | SLOVAKS RAISE OPTION OF DENYING ENTRY TO HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On August 21, FM Miroslav Lajcak convoked an urgent meeting with the Chiefs of Mission of Bratislava's diplomatic corps to explain Slovakia's opposition to the planned visit of Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom this afternoon at 6 pm (Bratislava time.) Solyom plans to attend an un [...] |
2009-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO HU |
| 09BRATISLAVA390 | LOW EXPECTATIONS IN ADVANCE OF FICO-BAJNAI BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LO HU |
| 09BRATISLAVA401 | FICO/BAJNAI MEETING: PROGRESS WITH RESERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Following last week's Fico/Bajnai meeting, the reactions across the Slovak political scene indicate that while the meeting may be the start of a beautiful relationship, we're not quite there yet. Fico used the joint press conference to score a few points against Hungarian nationalists, d [...] |
2009-09-18 08:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU LO |
| 09BRATISLAVA406 | SLOVAKIA: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FM LAJCAK [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Eddins met with Foreign Minister Lajcak on September 18, prior to Lajcak's departure for the U.S. Lajcak reviewed his recent trips to Moscow and Minsk. Other topics included Afghanistan, Iran, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Balkans, and Guantanamo detainees. [...] |
2009-09-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO HU BH |
| 09BRATISLAVA449 | ORBAN IN SLOVAKIA: FOMENTS FEARS ABOUT INTENTIONS [...] Summary: Victor Orban, Chairman of Hungary's Fidesz (Hungarian Civic Union) party was a guest speaker at the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) convention on Saturday, October 17, in Rimavska Sobota, Eastern Slovakia. Orban provoked the consternation of many in Slovakia by alluding to autonomy f [...] |
2009-10-21 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HU LO |
| 09BRATISLAVA470 | SLOVAKIA AGREES TO RESETTLE THREE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary: In a November 4 meeting with Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan Fried, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed to accept three Guantanamo detainees for resettlement in Slovakia. After further discussion of details and logistics with Foreign Minister Lajcak and Interior Min [...] |
2009-11-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LO HU PHUM |
| 09BUDAPEST10 | HUNGARY WELL-POSITIONED TO WEATHER RUSSIA-UKRAINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 5, Hungary joined the ranks of Central European countries experiencing disrupted supplies of Russian natural gas as a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine dispute. Hungary's significant stored gas reserves should ensure that gas continues flowing without int [...] |
2009-01-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU SR BH MK |
| 09BUDAPEST100 | STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW FOR [...] Post conducted an annual review of the Hungary-specific MOA regarding security responsibility for DoD personnel in country. There is one change to Annex A covering personnel under COM authority (C-12 mechanic) and one change to Annex B covering personnel under COCOM (CDRUSEUCOM) authority (U. [...] |
2009-02-03 16:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST101 | BUDAPEST NABUCCO SUMMIT: SOME NEW MOMENTUM BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoH-hosted Nabucco Summit in Budapest brought together twelve national delegations representing potential Nabucco suppliers (including Iraq, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan), transit states, and consumers, including three EU prime ministers, the EU Energy Commissioner, [...] |
2009-02-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST113 | HUNGARY: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post provides the following responses provided by the MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department, keyed to questions outlined in ref A, paragraph 8. 3. A. (C) What are the host government's objectives for the NPT in general, and [...] |
2009-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NPT MNUC ENGR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST120 | HUNGARY WILL NOT ATTEND FEBRUARY 23-27 CARTAGENA [...] On February 11, ESTH Officer delivered reftel talking points to Hajnalka Homoki of the Ministry of Environment's Biodiversity Department. Homoki advised us that Hungary will not be represented at the February 23-27 meeting in Mexico City for the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concernin [...] |
2009-02-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HU |
| 09BUDAPEST121 | HUGARY'S RESPONSE TO EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 6, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Miklos Szoboszlay, Director General of the Department of Environment at the Ministry of Transport (MOT). Post stressed that the U.S. has serious legal and economic concerns regarding the EU directive, which seeks to unilaterally extend [...] |
2009-02-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EU HU SENV |
| 09BUDAPEST129 | HUNGARY'S "SILENT SUPPORT" ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Budapest February 13 and met with Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz, other MFA and Justice Ministry Officials, and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor Karoly Banai to discuss detainee issues, the GOH's role in the EU process, and [...] |
2009-02-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST131 | 2009 GYURCSANY PLAN: A POSITIVE STEP, BUT "NOT A [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST132 | (CORRECTED VERSION) 2009 GYURCSANY PLAN: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gyurcsany on February 16 presented to Parliament a package of proposed measures intended to plug a roughly $1 billion hole in this year's budget and stabilize Hungary's careening economy through incentives to increase employment and investment. The tax adjustmen [...] |
2009-02-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST135 | HUNGARY: MALEV'S ACTING CEO REVEALS ITS TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Foley on February 18, Malev Hungarian Airlines, acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Geza Fehervary, provided details on the company,s current financial situation. Pulling aside the veil of the current state-of-play with Malev,s Russian financia [...] |
2009-02-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST138 | OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered Ref A talking points to the Ministry of Agriculture on February 20. The Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that Hungary will vote for a continued ban on GMOs, in line with its previously stated position (Ref B). Although the Ministry of Agriculture is showing si [...] |
2009-02-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO HU |
| 09BUDAPEST142 | VISIT OF CODEL LYNCH TO BUDAPEST, MARCH 2-3, 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Budapest grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Lynch to Budapest from March 2 - 3, 2009. We look forward to your visit and would like to provide the following information in preparation for your arrival. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE IN HUNGARY 2. [...] |
2009-02-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PREL EFIN OTRA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST143 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post is unable to identify any critical infrastructure or key resources in Hungary that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Foley [...] |
2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP HU |
| 09BUDAPEST146 | HUNGARY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE NATO TRAINING [...] MFA NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on February 24, stating that the Hungarian Government is politically committed to staying with the NATO Training Mission-Iraq at least through the end of 2009. Acknowledging that the three-person Hungarian team awaits an agreeme [...] |
2009-02-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS NATO PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST149 | HUNGARY, HATE SPEECH, AND RACISM [...] Coincidental, but timely, one day following the shooting death of a 27-year-old Romani man and his five year-old son in the village of Tatarszentgyorgy, the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) released their February 24 report that examined Hungarian racism and intoleranc [...] |
2009-02-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU |
| 09BUDAPEST152 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO MARCH 2 CONFERENCE, SHARM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST153 | (CORRECTED COPY) HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO MARCH 2 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV EFIN KPAL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST155 | HUNGARY: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Hungary continues to make headway on its Special 301 initiatives, as well as IPR regulatory enforcement more broadly. The National Board Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (HENT) -- which acts as an overarching structure for information sharing, police and jud [...] |
2009-03-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST160 | HUNGARY INFORMED OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar did not have any immediate comment, but said she would provide the information to appropriate MFA offices for further [...] |
2009-03-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST168 | NEW VIOLENCE AGAINST ROMA TURNS FOCUS TO POLICE [...] (U) The string of violence against Roma continued on February 23 when two people were murdered in their home in the village of Tatarszentgyorgy in central Hungary. The victims, a 27-year-old father and his 5-year-old son, were inside when attackers threw a Molotov cocktail into the home and s [...] |
2009-03-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST180 | HUNGARY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. MFA Senior State Secretary Marta Fekzsi told the Ambassador March 3 that the Hungarian Government continues to move forward on accepting a small number of Guantanamo detainees. Although ruling out accepting Uighurs due to [...] |
2009-03-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST186 | HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW, MARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will lead a delegation of eight Ministers to Moscow for intergovernmental consultations with their Russian counterparts on March 10. Following a courtesy meeting with President Medvedev and PM Putin, the bi-lateral discussions will focus on strengt [...] |
2009-03-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ENRG TSPL HU RS |
| 09BUDAPEST188 | HUNGARY'S PLEDGE - MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAL KWBG EFIN PHUM PTER EUN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST189 | A BUMPY START TO 2009: EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the period between January 1 and March 5, 2009, the Hungarian forint lost nearly 15 percent of its value against the euro and approximately 23 percent against the dollar. Hungarian policymakers are becoming increasingly concerned about the forint's volatility, but have not b [...] |
2009-03-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST195 | GOH MATCHES PROGRESS ON NABUCCO WITH NEXT MOVES ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) In characteristically non-transparent fashion, Prime Minister Gyurcsany led a delegation comprised of cabinet ministers and business executives to Moscow on March 10 for a series of intergovernmental consultations and to sign [...] |
2009-03-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST197 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) In a March 11 written response to reftel demarche, the Hungarian MFA stated that "Hungary welcomes the opportunity to provide its views on Afghanistan and contribute to the development of a new U.S strategy...and we welcome the emerging transatlantic unity and commitment on this issue." [...] |
2009-03-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF HU PK |
| 09BUDAPEST198 | HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEMATIC RUSSIAN [...] (C) In two separate meetings on March 12, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Zsolt Nemeth and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, provided their views on the Prime Minister's recent trip to Moscow (ref A) for Ambassador Foley and visiting U.S. NATO Ambassado [...] |
2009-03-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ENRG TSPL RS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST203 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY HU |
| 09BUDAPEST206 | TRAVEL PLANS GONE AWRY - PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Embassy Budapest/Embassy Bucharest coordinated cable. 2. (U) Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom, a staunch advocate of ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring countries, faced significant diplomatic difficulties while searching for opportunities to commemorate Hungary's 1848 revo [...] |
2009-03-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST210 | BIOTECH OUTREACH TO HUNGARY: VISIT OF JACK BOBO, [...] (SBU) Summary: DOS Senior Biotech Advisor Jack Bobo conducted biotech outreach to Hungary during his March 9-13 visit. Bobo attended the CODEX Alimentarius Meeting in Balatonalmadi March 9-11. He then proceeded to Budapest for briefings with FCS and American biotech firms Monsanto and Pione [...] |
2009-03-19 08:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO BTIO ECON ETRD SENV EAGR ENRG KGHG HU |
| 09BUDAPEST215 | HUNGARIAN ACTION ON HCOC "INREACH" [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST216 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS RS GG HU |
| 09BUDAPEST217 | HUNGARY WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] MFA Security Policy and Non-proliferation Department Deputy Director Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff March 19. He said that Hungary representatives will be Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz, State Secretary Gabor Szentivanyi, and MFA Department for International Development Cooperation [...] |
2009-03-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF HU |
| 09BUDAPEST218 | HUNGARY STILL TOGETHER ON THE NATO KFOR MISSION [...] (C) MFA Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Director Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff March 19. Horvath stated that "we must be cautious" in reducing forces in the Balkans, and he does not envisage a reduction in the more than 400 Hungarian soldiers in Pec, Kosov [...] |
2009-03-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV HU |
| 09BUDAPEST221 | HUNGARY ON EFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN [...] (C) On March 17, Embassy met with Finance Ministry Director General for International Relations Zsuzsanna Varga and with Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr. Joszef Szuper on March 20 to deliver reftel demarche. The Ambassador is scheduled to meet with Minister for National Development Ec [...] |
2009-03-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST224 | NANOTECHNOLOGY IN HUNGARY [...] (U) Summary: In February and March 2009, Post investigated Hungary,s nanotechnology capabilities through a series of meetings with experts and government officials. We found that Hungary has solid scientific expertise in certain nanotechnology areas, but lacks a national strategy for nanosci [...] |
2009-03-23 16:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL TNGD TPHY TBIO ETTC ETRD PREL RS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST225 | PM GYURCSANY'S NO CONFIDENCE OFFER - SINCERE OR [...] (U) Summary. Prime Minister Gyurcsany's surprising intention to step down from his post following a planned constructive vote-of-no-confidence on April 14 adds further heat to the already polarized political environment. While Viktor Orban's opposition party Fidesz and the small Hungarian De [...] |
2009-03-23 16:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST226 | PM GYURCSANY MAYBE OUT OF OFFICE BUT NOT OUT OF [...] (U) Summary. In a surprise announcement at the Socialist Party (MSzP) Congress on March 21, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany told party members that he will step down as Prime Minister following a successful constructive-vote-of-no- confidence scheduled for April 14. Apologizing to party memb [...] |
2009-03-23 16:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST231 | IS THE PARTY OVER FOR THE HUNGARIAN DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Faced with internal party disagreements over the selection of former Finance Minister Lajos Bokros as the top party candidate for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections, the parliamentary caucus of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) ceased to exist on March 18. The di [...] |
2009-03-24 11:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST234 | NEW HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER OR EARLY ELECTIONS? [...] (U) Summary. Negotiations continue between the ruling Socialist party and their former coalition partner Free Democrats on a Prime Minister candidate to replace Ferenc Gyurcsany. Gyorgy Suranyi, former National Bank governor, appears to have SzDSz support, but he publicly states he will only [...] |
2009-03-25 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST249 | HUNGARY UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC SR KV HU ICJ |
| 09BUDAPEST250 | GYURCSANY - OUT AS PRIME MINISTER, OUT AS PARTY [...] (U) Summary. The Socialist and Free Democrats have agreed on a new Prime Ministerial candidate, Economic Minister Gordon Bajnai, with a constructive vote-of-no-confidence planned for April 14. With the largest opposition Fidesz and the extreme right-wing Jobbik parties continuing their call [...] |
2009-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST251 | GORDON BAJNAI: HE WHO WOULD BE PM...FOR NOW [...] (SBU) The Socialists (MSzP) and the Free Democrats (SzDSz) identify Minister of National Development and Economy Gordon Bajnai as their choice to replace outgoing Prime Minster Gyurcsany (septel). A political outsider and investment banker by training, forty-one year old Gordon Bajnai is not a [...] |
2009-03-30 15:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST252 | GORDON BAJNAI: HE WHO WOULD BE PM...FOR NOW [...] (SBU) The Socialists (MSzP) and the Free Democrats (SzDSz) identify Minister of National Development and Economy Gordon Bajnai as their choice to replace outgoing Prime Minster Gyurcsany (septel). A political outsider and investment banker by training, forty-one year old Gordon Bajnai is not a [...] |
2009-03-31 04:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST254 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche to the MFA's NATO Section Head Peter Sztaray on March 27. Sztaray who had the lead in preparing Hungary's response to the USG's request for inputs to the AFPAK strategy review, commented that the white paper is "in line with our views" on the way forward ( [...] |
2009-03-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF HU |
| 09BUDAPEST265 | MOL, GOH GIRD FOR DEFENSE AGAINST RUSSIAN TAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary: While Hungary's political establishment has been singularly absorbed in the country's unfolding internal political drama, al--including top management at MOL--appear to have been caught off guard by the announcement on March 30 that Austria's OMV had sold its 21.2 percent stake in [...] |
2009-04-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST270 | HUNGARY REFINES GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph four. 2. (C) In an April 1 meeting with the DCM, MFA Senior State Secretary Marta Fekszi provided a non-paper related to Hungary's request for further information on several Guantanamo detainees. The non-paper states that Hungary is considering [...] |
2009-04-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST274 | HUNGARY: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN [...] The following responses are keyed to reftel questions. --The Government of Hungary is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. This funding includes Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and International Military Education and Training (IMET) assistance. --Hungary's cent [...] |
2009-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST275 | THE BAJNAI RECOVERY PLAN: DRASTIC MEASURES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST276 | HUNGARIAN SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER HEATS UP THE [...] (U) Summary. Socialists and Free Democrats agree on Gordon Bajnai as the Prime Minister candidate during weekend meetings. Parliamentary vote scheduled for April 14 to replace resigning Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany. Socialists also elected Ildiko Lendvai to eplace Gyurcsany as Party Presi [...] |
2009-04-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST28 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, the GoH has been reacting to a series of crises that have gripped the nation's attention, beginning with the financial market crisis in October, followed by an ongoing diplomatic row with Solvakia, transportation sector strikes in December, and now the growing [...] |
2009-01-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST281 | HUNGARY: MALEV, AN EU CARRIER WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 18, the nearly bankrupt Hungarian airline, Malev, received a life-saving $13.6 million cash infusion from Russian-owned bank, Vnyshekonombank (VEB). Although Hungarian representation increased slightly on the company's board of directors, this latest addition to VEB's [...] |
2009-04-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST282 | HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points on April 7 to Krisztina Kovacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights at the GOH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kovacs said the GOH welcomed the news that the United States is interested in assuming a position o [...] |
2009-04-09 08:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST284 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE - 2009 USG INTELLECTUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD HU |
| 09BUDAPEST286 | HUNGARY WITH THE EU ON BURMA ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) MFA Asia/Pacific Deputy Director Laszlo Kuti and desk officer David Ambrus discussed reftel with PolOff on April 9. While acknowledging that Hungary has very limited contact, including trade, with Burma, Kuti said that the GOH fully supports the EU Common Position, and expects no changes [...] |
2009-04-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD BM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST288 | NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT ON MISSILE [...] (S) During a meeting on April 9 unrelated to reftel, MFA Asia and Pacific Department Deputy Director Laszlo Kuti told PolOff that he met with the Vienna-based North Korean Deputy Chief of Mission on April 8 to discuss the recent missile launch. Kuti stated that the North Korean diplomat was un [...] |
2009-04-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST289 | BLOOD, SWEAT, BUT NO TEARS: EMBASSY BUDAPEST [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Budapest rolled-up its sleeves and came out in force in support of the 2009 International Roma Day (IRD). Officers and local staff participated in three events around Hungary to mark the occasion and pay tribute to the important contributions of the Hungarian Roma communit [...] |
2009-04-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST297 | ONE YEAR, ONE GOVERNMENT, ONE FORINT [...] (U) Summary. As expected, in a constructive vote-of-no-confidence, with opposition parties abstaining or not voting, Hungarian Socialist and Free Democrat parliamentarians joined forces to elect Gordon Bajnai as Prime Minister April 14. Prior to the vote, Bajnai outlined his economic reform [...] |
2009-04-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST298 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Zita Szatmari, Head of Section for Southern Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She expressed concurrence with the general content of the points and agreed that the EU, the African Union (AU), and the U.S. need to speak with a common voice i [...] |
2009-04-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST30 | HUNGARY MAKES DUE AMID GAS CRISIS; STEPS UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoH continues to improvise at home and abroad as it responds to the January 5 cutoff of Russian gas supplies via Ukraine. Hungary is currently tapping both its commercial and strategic gas storage reserves to the maximum extent possible while the GoH continues to tinker wit [...] |
2009-01-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU SR BH MK |
| 09BUDAPEST301 | HUNGARY SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Andras Simor, Hungarian Central Bank Governor and Hungary's IMF governor, and to Laszlo Keller, Hungarian Ministry of Finance Senior State Secretary and Hungary's alternate World Bank governor. Both indicated that Hungary strongly supports IMF and World [...] |
2009-04-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KV ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST302 | HUNGARY - NEW GOVERNMENT, NEW MINISTERS [...] During remarks to Parliament prior to his election as the new Hungarian Prime Minister (reftel), Gordon Bajnai announced six new Heads of Ministries and two additional minister-level appointments. Short bios of the new ministers follow: - Minister of Foreign Affairs: Peter Balazs (replacin [...] |
2009-04-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS HU |
| 09BUDAPEST304 | HUNGARIAN SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In a meeting April 16 with MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray and an April 17 meeting with MOD Policy State Secretary Jozsef Bali to discuss reftel, both first emphasized that GOH commitments for Afghanistan will depend on updated budget guidance from newly elected Prime Minister Gordon [...] |
2009-04-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF HU |
| 09BUDAPEST305 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (U) Embassy Budapest's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Economic Officer Steven Weston. Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Jeffrey Jordan. Requested contact information follows: TFCO: Steven Weston Economic Officer (36-1) 475-7595 Unclassified email: westons@state.gov Clas [...] |
2009-04-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER HU |
| 09BUDAPEST306 | HUNGARY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel diplomatic note and talking points (ref A) to Krisztina Kovacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations and Human Rights at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kovacs reiterated the GOH's support for the U.S. candidacy for the UN Hu [...] |
2009-04-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST309 | HOLOCAUST DENIAL - HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. As the far-right Magyar Garda crossed the line into holocaust denial, Budapest observed the 60th anniversary of the holocaust. The "March of the Living" event the evening of April 19, attended by new Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, as well as the Charge and Parliamentarians across [...] |
2009-04-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI HU |
| 09BUDAPEST310 | REQUEST: HUNGARIAN HCOC OUTREACH [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Chief, Gabor Horvath, contacted PolOff April 20 to request USG concurrence for their proposed outreach to several countries under the aegis of Hungary's current Hague Code of Conduct [...] |
2009-04-21 12:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HU |
| 09BUDAPEST312 | THE BAJNAI PACKAGE: REAL REFORM AT LAST OR MERELY [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Bajnai announced details of his HUF 1.3 trillion (USD 4.6 billion) economic recovery plan, which involves substantial cuts to social welfare programs, ministry budgets, and public sector workers' benefits. The plan also includes a shifting of the tax burden away [...] |
2009-04-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL HU |
| 09BUDAPEST319 | GOVERNMENT RESUMES REGULAR BOND AUCTIONS [...] (U) On April 16, the Hungarian Debt Management Agency (AKK) announced it would restart regular long term government bond auctions. Regular auctions were suspended last October when demand for Hungarian government securities dropped significantly, contributing to Hungary's need to negotiate a [...] |
2009-04-24 13:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV ECON HU |
| 09BUDAPEST32 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC HU |
| 09BUDAPEST320 | MOL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING: ALL QUIET ON THE SURGUT [...] (SBU) Hungarian oil and gas giant MOL appears to have successfully barred the door, at least for the time being, against a possible takeover attempt by Russia's Surgutneftegaz (Surgut) (reftel). Econoff attended MOL's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 23, which, in light of widely-percei [...] |
2009-04-24 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST323 | PRIME MINISTER BAJNAI- A FRIEND IN NEED [...] (SBU) Summary. During Charge's meeting to deliver President Obama's congratulatory letter, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai outlined his views on the current economic restructuring plan and his first official international travel to the EU, NATO and Vienna. Noting a "slight shift in foreign poli [...] |
2009-04-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR HU |
| 09BUDAPEST331 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO THE 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On April 29, Pol/EconOff delivered the demarche (Ref A) talking points to Lazslo Varkonyi, Trade Representative, Ministry of Economy (MOE), and Andras Szorenyi and David Horvath, U.S. Desk Officers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). All were pleased that the USTR recognized the efforts [...] |
2009-05-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU HU ETRD KIPR |
| 09BUDAPEST336 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. In his intital meeting with the Charge, the new Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Balazs, highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai's first official international visits to the EU, NATO and Austria on April 27 as part of a "great offensive" in foreign affairs. Balazs also said h [...] |
2009-05-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NATO HU |
| 09BUDAPEST338 | HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEXT STEP TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Hungary's Parliament recently approved the next step towards the eventual expansion of nuclear energy in Hungary. A feasibility study and tender offer will soon be underway for the probable addition of two new 1000MW reactors at the Paks nuclear plant at a total cost of about fi [...] |
2009-05-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US HU |
| 09BUDAPEST34 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA EU External Relations Section Head Andras Dekany on January 9 to discuss reftel. Dekany first stated that there was no information from their EU representative in Brussels that the EU-Syrian Association Agreement would be on the January 26-27 GAERC agenda. He commente [...] |
2009-01-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY HU |
| 09BUDAPEST356 | SHADY GAS FIRM EMFESZ LATEST FRONT IN BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hungarian press has been swirling with speculation surrounding the recent cutoff of gas supplies to shadowy Hungarian gas firm Emfesz and its subsequent disputed change of ownership. To some analysts, Emfesz is being squeezed out as part of a recent agreement between Russia [...] |
2009-05-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU UK HU |
| 09BUDAPEST357 | HUNGARY: ETHICAL CODEX ENCOURAGES FOOD STORES TO [...] (U) Summary: On April 9 2009, representatives of major supermarket chains, food producers and processors signed a voluntary ethical codex that "requires" 80 percent of shelf items to be Hungarian products. Although portrayed as a symbol of good faith, international retailers such as Tesco (UK) [...] |
2009-05-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ETRD EAID ECON EU HU |
| 09BUDAPEST359 | HUNGARY RESPONSE TO DISCUSSIONS ON MUTUAL LEGAL [...] This is an action request, see paragraph five. 2. On May 12 2009, Poloff discussed ref A talking points and draft documents with Dr. Eva Grunwald, a treaty specialist within the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs International and EU Public Law Department. In principle, Grunwald agreed with [...] |
2009-05-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA CJAN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST360 | READING BETWEEN THE CRIMES: JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (U) During a breakfast attended by EmbOffs on March 4, Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics offered insights into the current situation of increasing violent attacks against Roma people. 2. (U) According to Draskovics, four broad crime trends are at play currently in Hungary. First, there ha [...] |
2009-05-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HU |
| 09BUDAPEST361 | GAUGING THE HUNGARIAN PUBLIC'S TOLERANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Despite frequent admonishments by key government and human rights leaders to respect the rights of the Hungarian Roma, several indicators point to a growing anti-Roma climate in Hungary. Two recent public opinion surveys indicate an overwhelming majority of Hungarians harbor str [...] |
2009-05-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINS SOCI HU |
| 09BUDAPEST362 | JOBBIK AND RISING HUNGARIAN NATIONALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. As the European Parliamentary (EP) elections approach on June 7, many Hungarian political analysts and pollsters believe that the extreme-right Jobbik party will win at least one seat in the EP, providing it a potential "bounce" for the national elections currently scheduled fo [...] |
2009-05-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL |