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RFE/RL NEWSLINE  10 March 2000

U.S. AMBASSADOR CRITICIZES HUNGARIAN MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS. U.S.
Ambassador to Hungary Peter Tufo told "Magyar Hirlap" of 9
March that Hungary must preserve its international reputation
as a country with a multi-party democracy that respects the
freedom of the press. He stressed the importance of the
media's continuing objectivity. Jozsef Szajer, the
parliamentary group leader of the Federation of Young
Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party, responding to similar
criticism made by EU Ambassador Michael Lake earlier this
week said it was the opposition's fault that it failed to
elect members to the media boards. MSZ

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL SEEKS HUNGARY'S HELP. The UN war crimes
tribunal is seeking Hungary's cooperation in bringing to
justice indicted war criminals from the former Yugoslavia,
Carla del Ponte, the tribunal's prosecutor-general, told
journalists in Budapest on 9 March. She said that Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan
Karadzic and Ratko Mladic must appear before the tribunal at
the earliest possible date. "Vilaggazdasag" reported that
Hungarian police are investigating whether suspected Yugoslav
war criminals hold bank accounts in Hungary, but so far they
have found no such evidence. MSZ

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