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Article: War, almost. (Hungary and Romania)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- July 2, 1988
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IN AN earlier age, troops might have started moving into positions along the border, guns been heaved into place, hospital trains been shunted into convenient sidings. Such is the level of bitterness between Hungary and Romania.
Their argument is over Romania's treatment of the 1.7m Hungarian inhabitants of its Transylvania region. Since both countries belong to the Warsaw pact, their armies move only when the Soviet Union says so. Indignant Hungarians have therefore had to content themselves with a large demonstration in Budapest on June 27th, including a march to the Romanian embassy. President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania promptly accused Hungary's rulers of ...