BUDAPEST, Hungary-- Hungarian police detained former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and several other opposition politicians Friday during a protest against government policies outside Parliament.

HUNGARY'S ruling Socialists are desperately seeking a new prime minister. Ferenc Gyurcsany resigned dramatically on March 23rd, telling his party congress that, “I hear that I am the obstacle to the ...

Gyurcsany calls for zero tolerance for rioters during cabinet meeting in Budapest on September 20 (epa) PRAGUE, September 20, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The political crisis continues in Hungary as police and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When I interviewed Hungary’s new prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, in 2004 his opening gambit was: “Call me ...

Ferenc Gyurcsany is busy chopping onions and carrots to throw into a pot of boiling lentils. It's not your typical Hungarian breakfast, but he wants his house guests to feel at home. Gyurcsany served ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hungary news every morning. Hungary’s prime minister has not just deceived his voters since coming to power in 2004: he also tried to ...

Protesters clashed with police and stormed the headquarters of Hungarian state television early Tuesday in an explosion of anger over a leaked recording of the prime minister admitting his government ...

Hundreds of police fired water cannons and tear gas at demonstrators seeking to force Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany from office in a second day of protests, but he stood his ground Wednesday and ...

Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will resign in light of the economic crisis. Gyurcsany said he was prepared to step down from his position to allow a new government with a new leader to take ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has ruled out stepping down from his post since anti-government rioters in Budapest briefly occupied Hungarian national television on Monday night. It was a ...

The traditional pattern in Hungary used to be that governments dramatically widened the budget deficit before elections. The epitome of this came in the 2006 general elections. The deficit for that ...