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RFE/RL NEWSLINE 13 September 1999
HUNGARY CELEBRATES BORDER OPENING ANNIVERSARY. Austrian,
German and Hungarian leaders on 10 September attended a
commemorative session of the parliament in Budapest that
marked the 10th anniversary of the day when Hungary opened
its border to Austria. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
called the free passage of tens of thousands of East German
citizens to Austria "a turning point in European history."
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he "brought the
gratitude of the German people," who will never forget the
deed that "made German reunification possible." MSZ
ROMANIAN COURT DECLINES COMPETENCE TO RULE ON OUTLAWING
EXTREMIST PARTY. Bucharest's Appeals Court on 10 September
ruled that it is not competent to decide whether the Greater
Romania Party (PRM) should be outlawed and sent the case to
the Constitutional Court, RFE/RL's Bucharest bureau reported.
The Justice Ministry, the Association of Romanian Lawyers for
the Defense of Human Rights, the Assistance Center for Non-
Governmental Organizations, and the Party of Democratic
Solidarity requested that the PRM be outlawed on the grounds
of violating constitutional provisions forbidding racial
incitement. They cited an article published in the PRM weekly
"Romania Mare" in August 1998 inciting discrimination against
ethnic Hungarians and Roma. MS
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE 14 September 1999
SLOVAK HUNGARIAN LEADER WANTS BENES DECREES ABOLISHED.
Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) honorary chairman Miklos
Duray, in an interview with SITA on 13 September, said that
as a member of the ruling coalition, the SMK strives to
"remove all undemocratic elements" from Slovak politics,
including the Benes decrees. Duray was responding to Czech
Premier Milos Zeman's statement that the Benes decrees have
"faded away." He said the SMK will not raise the issue in
the cabinet because the coalition agreement does not
mention it. However, if a petition garnered enough support,
the cabinet would have to deal with it, he noted. MS
HUNGARIAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY INAUGURATED IN ROMANIA.
Reformed Church Bishop Laszlo Toekes inaugurated the
Partium Christian University for ethnic Hungarians in
Oradea on 11 September, Romanian Radio reported. The
university will comprise both religious and non-religious
faculties and will have some 700 students. It is to be
funded by private donations and the Hungarian government.
Asked by Romanian Television to respond to the opening of
the new university, Education Minister Andrei Marga said he
"knows nothing" about it. MS
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