VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > B. Europe, 1945–2000 > 7. Eastern Europe, 1945–2000 > c. Hungary > 1992, March 3
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1992, March 3
 
The Constitutional Court ruled unconstitutional a bill passed in 1991 that would have allowed prosecutions of political crimes committed under the Communist regime.  1
 
March 11
 
The State Property Agency launched the second phase of its privatization program.  2
 
April 7
 
The National Assembly approved the second compensation law for state-caused damages that occurred between 1939 and 1949.  3
 
April 25
 
Jozsef Torgyan, leader of the rump of the Independent Smallholders' Party, organized between 15,000 and 20,000 people to demonstrate in Budapest, calling for resignation of the government for betraying the anticommunist revolution.  4
 
May
 
Hungary was admitted as a participant in the Eureka initiative on high-technology projects.  5
 
May 13
 
The National Assembly passed the third compensation for expropriations from 1939 to 1989.  6
 
June 11
 
Jozsef Torgyen was suspended as chair of the Independent Smallholders' Party.  7
 
June 23
 
Zoltan Kiraly announced the formation of a new left-wing party, the Social Democratic People's Party.  8
 
Aug. 19–21
 
The World Federation of Hungarians held its third congress in Budapest, after an interval of 54 years. More than 15,000 Hungarians, living in Hungary and abroad, attended.  9
 
Sept. 19
 
Several thousand supporters of right-wing ideologue Isatvan Csurka protested outside the National Assembly to demand the resignation of President Árpád Goncz.  10
 
Sept. 24
 
A major counterdemonstration organized by the Democratic Charter Movement marched against the recent rise of the far right and related racist attacks.  11
 
Sept. 29
 
A bill of rights to protect national and ethnic minorities was introduced in the National Assembly.  12
 
 
 
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