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11-19-2006, 05:52 AM
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Dracolisk
 Join Date: March 21, 2001
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Mayor brings back town crier
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The independent mayor of a Budapest district whose councilors have suspended the local paper and TV station saying they are biased, is hitting back by employing town criers to call out the news. Tamas Derce, the mayor of Ujpest, told Reuters Thursday he is reviving the medieval tradition in protest against the decision of the Socialist-liberal majority in his town hall to silence the local media. "I will hire someone who will stand with a drum at busy junctions of the district, and another one with a loudspeaker," Derce said. The town criers will keep working until the councilors reverse their decision, he said. |
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11-19-2006, 08:43 AM
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Jack Burton
 Join Date: July 19, 2003
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Seriously...the political bickerings in Hungary can be quite pathetic...
Sometimes I'm happy that I'm studying abroad...
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12-04-2006, 05:53 AM
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Baaz Draconian
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Sounds good to me... Do they have the death penalty in Hungary?
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12-04-2006, 06:31 AM
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Jack Burton
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Nope. Death penalty is unconstitutional in Hungary.
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12-04-2006, 02:36 PM
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Baaz Draconian
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And I was already considering moving there...
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12-04-2006, 04:18 PM
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Dracolisk
Join Date: November 1, 2002
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It beggers belief that a European country ( and one so recently free of opression) can allow the TV or press to be silenced
 what next, book burning?
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12-04-2006, 06:36 PM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: July 19, 2003
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It's not easy to know who to believe in Hungary actually (I certainly don't know, studying abroad as I do...). The two political parties hate each other so much that they use up more of their time to diss each other than to actually get work done...at least that is the impression I get half from the outside...
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12-15-2006, 10:38 AM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: October 16, 2001
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Sounds awfully familiar... almost like Democrats and Republicans.
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