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“Israel teaches humanity to hate”–wrote Krisztina Morvai, human rights lawyer in her letter to the Israeli ambassador about the war in the Gaza area.


Ft3.500–is the reduced target price for OTP shares from the earlier Ft11,500, according to analysts at JPMorgan.


“If I see someone wanting to shoot her, I will jump in front of her”–responded László Jászberényi, former chairman of the MDF in Kiskunfélegyháza, when asked whether he likes Ibolya Dávid, shortly before his exclusion from the MDF.


10.1%–was the decrease of industrial production last November on a yearly basis. It means that the GDP decrease may be as high as 2%, in which case Hungary will not be able to keep to its budget, according to analysts at ING Bank.


“Even Haynau treated his men with more honor than her”–said László Jászberényi, former MDF chairman in Kiskunfélegyháza, about Ibolya Dávid, shortly after he was excluded from the MDF for supporting the wrong person.


Euro 99.9M–Hungary’s trade surplus in November 2008, according to first estimate figures released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH) on Friday. The figure compares with a surplus of EUR83 million in October.



Judit Lengyel

15.01.2009