OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 242, 17 November 1996

HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER APPOINTS VON HABSBURG AS AMBASSADOR OF
EUROPEAN
INTEGRATION. Gyula Horn on 16 December appointed the 32-year-old
Archduke Georg von Habsburg, grandson of the last king of Hungary, as
Hungary's ambassador for European integration, Hungarian media reported.
Horn said the appointment would enhance Hungary's international
reputation and also serve as recognition for the work of Otto von
Habsburg, Georg von Habsburg's father, who is a European Parliament
deputy from Austria and has been pushing Hungary's case for European
integration. In other news, Horn on 16 December appealed to the EU not
to open simultaneous talks with all countries applying for membership
but to start with those most ready to join. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

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Compiled by Victor Gomez