15 November 1998 MONEY TALKS: “It is unacceptable to suspend newspapers critical of the government on the pretext of financial difficulties,” said Laszlo Kovacs, chairman of the opposition Hungarian Socialist Party, after government-controlled Postabank cut off funding on 1 October for Kurir, the fourth-most popular daily in the country, and for Magyar Narancs, an independent liberal weekly. The bank said […]

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