Washingtoni Krónika, 1989. december-1990. március (14. évfolyam, 2-3. szám)
1990-03-01 / 3. szám
3 Moscow s Empire Collapses mresters carrying a Solidarity flag as they march in Budapest to demand more democracy. HUNGARY JANUARY 1989 THE WASHINGTON POST január 14. vasárnapi száma a fenti cimmel foglalta össze a keleteurőpai államok tö‘rténeti eseményeit. A 34 felvétellel is megöró'kitet t helyszíni tudósítások hét 'oldalas anyagából közöljük hazánk krónikáját. - Szerk. Parliament approves bills legalizing freedom of assembly and freedom of association. 15 FEBRUARY-1L MARCH Hungary, with other East European countries, signs 35-nation human rights agreement^ committing the governments not to delay or deny a citizen’s right to travel abroad. The Communist Party Central Committee approves the creation of independent political parties.______ Seventy-five thousand to 80,000 people march without'interference through Budapest on the anniversary of an 1848 revolt against Austrian rule. Opposition speakers call for free elections and the removal of Soviet troops. MAY Hungary signs U.N. refugee protocol, agreeing not to forcibly return refugees to countries when» the* haCU reason tq fear arosecutwr Hungary begins dismantling the barbed-wire fence along its boundary with Austria, becoming the first Soviet Bloc country to open a border with Western Europe. Hungarian soldiers roll up a of the fence that formed the Iron Curtain along the 245-mile-long border with Austria. BUDAPEST, August 1989 —GYUUV HORN Hungarian foreign minister J We had to look for the humanist solution no matter what sort of conflict might arise.« «.nauAIm.-i in Hungary opens boraer wfm Austria to East Germans, suspending 1968 agreement with East Berlin requiring Hungary to block trave1 of East Germans to a third country. iQ Government and opposition parties agree to create multi-party political system in 1990. ~ 7 The Communist Party abandons Leninism, renames itself the Hungarian Socialist Pa^y-the first time a ruling Communist Partv turns away from rts fundamental Ideology. ___ Hungary is proclaimed a free republic. Sunday, January 14,1990 A37 WASHINGTONI KRÓNIKA XIV. ÉVFOLYAM 1990. MÁRCIUS HÓ
