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HUNGARY TODAY

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Area: 93,030 sq km (35,920sq miles)
Population: 10.1m (108 per km) (2005)
Capital City: Budapest (population: 2m)
Languages: Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
Religion(s): Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, Jewish 5%, atheist and other 2.5%
Currency: Forint
Major political parties: minority Socialist government: Hungarian Socialist Party (MSzP), Alliance of Free Democrats (SzDSz); Opposition: Federation of Young Democrats-Hungarian Civic Party (FIDESZ), Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) , Christian Democratic Party (KDNP).
Government: Unicameral Parliamentary Democracy
President: László Sólyom
Prime Minister: Ferenc Gyurcsány
Foreign Minister: Kinga Göncz
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Australia Group, BIS, Group (AG), British Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE), CEE, Central and Eastern Europe Free Trade Association (CEFTA), CE, CEI, CERN, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), European Union (EU), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Development Association (IDA), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Inmarsat, International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), Interpol, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) (guest), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Partnership for Peace (PfP), United Nations (UN), Western European Union (WEU) (associate), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Hungary is a democratic republic. It joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. It became a member of NATO on 12 March 1999. Hungary completely transformed itself politically and economically in the 1990s.

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