Demonstration over neo-Nazis

Budapest - More than 10,000 people turned out yesterday for a second day of demonstrations against neo-Nazis and to commemorate…

Budapest - More than 10,000 people turned out yesterday for a second day of demonstrations against neo-Nazis and to commemorate the liberation of Budapest from Nazi occupation in the second World War, organisers said.

The President, Mr Arpad Goencz, the former prime minister, Mr Gyula Horn of the opposition Socialist Party, and the former Socialist foreign minister, Mr Laszlo Kovacs, were among dignitaries who took part in the silent demonstration.

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