1992
1992
27 Feb. The International World Expositions Office officially registers the 1996 Budapest Expo.
13 March The first Opel Astra rolls off the production line at the General Motors plant in Szentgotthárd.
13 Apr. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) holds its first annual general meeting in Budapest.
6 May The Visegrád Three (the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary) agree to apply for EEC membership jointly.
19 May Parliament passes the National Expenditure Act, submitted more than 12 months previously.
1 July The National Bank of Hungary raises the “tourist allowance”, the currency purchase limit.
3 July Some 1,500 Bosnian refugees remain in Hungary after Austria subjects Yugoslavian passport holders to visa obligations as of 1 July.
20 Aug. In his pamphlet urging the drafting of a new program for the MDF party, István Csurka requests the government to use power politics and calls upon ailing Prime Minister József Antall to designate a successor.
8 Oct. The removal of labor movement statues from the public areas of Budapest is completed with the demolition of the statues of Marx and Engels.
23 Oct. President of the Republic Árpád Göncz is unable to make his speech at the revolution’s commemoration at Kossuth tér because part of the audience whistles him out, and youths wearing nationalist, arrow-cross insignia also appear at the square.
11 Nov. During his visit to Budapest, Russian Premier Boris Yeltsin promises to repay half of the $1.7 billion Russian debt towards Hungary by supplying military equipment, and an agreement is reached regarding mutual indemnification claims associated with troop evacuation: zero settlement.
13 Nov. Iván Pető prevails over Péter Tölgyessy at the SZDSZ party president election.
33 Nov. Viktor Orbán announces a proposal to eliminate the 35-year age limit for membership in Fidesz.
