OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 218, 8 November 1995


HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL ON FOREIGN CURRENCY. The parliament on
7 November passed a bill on foreign currency legislation making the
Hungarian forint convertible in all current account transactions
 of November. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

HUNGARIAN TV BROADCASTS BANNED IN ROMANIA. Hungarian media on 8 November
reported that Romania's National Media Council has decided to ban
broadcasts by Duna TV, a Hungarian satellite program on cable network.
The head of the council told ethnic Hungarian deputy Ferenc Baranyi that
no license will be issued to cable television companies "for a certain
period of time." He said that according to information received by the
council, Duna TV broadcasts create suspicion between ethnic minorities
and the majority and are capable of "whipping up artificial tension." --
Zsofia Szilagyi


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Compiled by Jan Cleave