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Budapest is set to hold a referendum on euro adoption (Photo: European Commission)

Hungary re-elects centre-left government

Hungary has re-elected its centre-left government led by current prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who now faces a huge task to trim his country's soaring budget deficit.

Hungarians voting in the second round of general elections on Sunday (23 April) granted a second term to the ruling coalition of socialists and liberals, while the conservative opposition saw its support slip back.

The socialist-liberal victory represents the first time since the fall of communism that a governm...

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Budapest is set to hold a referendum on euro adoption (Photo: European Commission)

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