OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 8, 13 January 1997

HUNGARIAN CABINET CALLS ON BELGRADE TO RESPECT LOCAL ELECTION
RESULTS.
The Hungarian government on 12 January expressed concern at recent
developments in Belgrade, Hungarian dailies reported. The government
expects Serbian leaders to find a democratic and peaceful resolution to
the crisis over the recognition of the opposition's local election
victories. The cabinet also said that the Serbian government should
fully and unconditionally implement the OSCE's recommendations. In other
news, Sandor Lezsak, president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum,
addressed an opposition rally in Belgrade on 11 January. Lezsak said the
recent developments in Serbia and Bulgaria amount to a new anti-
Communist revolution. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

[As of 12:00 CET]

Compiled by Victor Gomez

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DATE=1997-JAN-10
UNIT=HUF
SOURCE='NAPI Gazdasag, 1997-JAN-11, p.12'
GBP;  275.92;  274.56;  277.24;  279.92;    1;  angol (skot,eszakir) font
AUD;  127.13;  125.63;  126.91;  128.19;    1;  ausztral dollar
BEF;  503.06;  498.39;  503.54;  508.69;  100;  belga (luxemburgi) frank
DKK;   27.24;   26.97;   27.25;   27.53;    1;  dan korona
FIM;   34.82;   34.48;   34.83;   35.18;    1;  finn marka
FRF;   30.75;   30.45;   30.76;   31.07;    1;  francia frank
GRD;    0.00;   65.77;   66.44;   67.11;  100;  gorog drachma
NLG;   92.45;   91.52;   92.47;   93.42;    1;  holland forint
IEP;  271.04;  270.65;  273.33;  276.01;    1;  ir font
JPY;  141.94;  139.73;  141.15;  142.57;  100;  japan jen
CAD;  121.12;  119.83;  121.02;  122.21;    1;  kanadai dollar
KWD;  545.90;  540.17;  545.50;  550.83;    1;  kuvaiti dinar
DEM;  103.77;  102.74;  103.80;  104.86;    1;  nemet marka
NOK;   25.66;   25.16;   25.41;   25.66;    1;  norveg korona
ITL;  106.34;  105.31;  106.37;  107.43; 1000;  olasz lira
ATS;   14.75;   14.60;   14.75;   14.90;    1;  osztrak schilling
PTE;  104.12;  102.84;  103.89;  104.94;  100;  portugal escudo
ESP;  123.98;  122.18;  123.44;  124.70;  100;  spanyol peseta
CHF;  119.41;  118.33;  119.58;  120.83;    1;  svajci frank
SEK;   23.79;   23.42;   23.66;   23.90;    1;  sved korona
USD;  163.77;  162.06;  163.65;  165.24;    1;  USA-dollar
XEU;  201.81;  199.90;  201.94;  203.98;    1;  European Currency Unit (ECU)