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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 195, 8 October 1998

HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS CLINTON. After meeting with
U.S. President Bill Clinton at the White House, Viktor Orban
told reporters that he is the first Hungarian prime minister
to arrive in the U.S. as an "ally," Hungarian media reported
on 8 October. Clinton said he is deeply impressed by the new
Hungarian government's program, and he praised Hungary's
"energetic economic policy." Orban emphasized that Hungary no
longer belongs to the Russian economic sphere, nor is it
affected by the Russian crisis. He also raised the issue of
the U.S. lifting visa requirements for Hungarians. MSZ

ROMANIAN EDUCATION MINISTER AGAINST HUNGARIAN-LANGUAGE
UNIVERSITY. Andrei Marga told his Hungarian counterpart,
Zoltan Pokorni, that there will be no university instruction
in Hungarian in Romania, MTI reported on 6 October. Marga
made that comment during the World Higher Education
Conference in Paris. Pokorni said further details on Marga's
position are required to determine if the opinion is that of
the minister or of the government. The Romanian government
approved a resolution last week allowing for the
establishment of a Hungarian- and German-language university,
to be called Petoefi-Schiller. PB

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