‘No Longer Necessary’: Hungary Wants to Throw Out IMF

A long-running dispute between Hungary and the International Monetary Fund escalated on the 15 July 2013 when the head of the country's central bank Gyorgy Matolcsy called on the IMF to close its office in Budapest, saying it was no longer needed.

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ESO: Background information: Mission to Hungary starts the negotiations on financial assistance http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-mission-to-hungary-starts-the-negotiations-on-financial-assistance/

IMF: Hungary and the IMF http://www.imf.org/external/country/hun/

EurActiv, 16.07.13: Budapest to symbolically shut down IMF office http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/budapest-symbolically-shut-imf-o-news-529307

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