Hungary: communist-era files released, up to 60,000 former agents revealed
- In spite of Hungary's democratic transition in 1990, efforts to disclose communist-era archives have repeatedly failed, with critics blaming successive governments' reluctance to implicate public figures across the political spectrum.
- Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar ended this stall with a bill in September to grant unrestricted access for the public to the records for the first time.
- "After 36 years, we are finally fulfilling what was once one of the key promises of the 1990 regime change — a promise that was later denied and lied about," Magyar told a media briefing at the state securi
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- In spite of Hungary's democratic transition in 1990, efforts to disclose communist-era archives have repeatedly failed, with critics blaming successive governments' reluctance to implicate public figures across the political spectrum.
- Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar ended this stall with a bill in September to grant unrestricted access for the public to the records for the first time.
- "After 36 years, we are finally fulfilling what was once one of the key promises of the 1990 regime change — a promise that was later denied and lied about," Magyar told a media briefing at the state securi
Sources: Euronews