Hungary's opposing parties to collaborate for Malina

Fidesz foreign affairs specialist Zsolt Németh and House foreign affairs committee chairman and Socialist deputy chairman Vilmos Szabó held a joint press briefing yesterday to pledge that Hungary will take action to help Nyitra-based ethnic Hungarian student Hedvig Malina.

Németh claimed that "a show trial is being prepared against Malina. Not only ethnic minority rights, but basic democratic principles are at stake in Slovakia. The Hungarian parties will consult on how to notify and involve the EP if necessary, to seek a fair settlement for Malina," he promised.

Szabó said "the two parties share a basic position, but nuances differ, as the Socialists do not call into question the Slovak rule of law, but consider Malina's a precedent case for democracy."

The above story is just one of more than two dozen published today by Hungary Around the Clock, the most comprehensive source of daily English-language news about Hungary. For a free trial of HATC, click here. Hungarian news sources include Népszabadság; Magyar Hírlap; Világgazdaság; Napi Gazdaság; Magyar Nemzet; Népszava; Kossuth Rádió news and Hungarian television's nightly news broadcast.

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