The international community should not use the threat of financial ruin to overrule Hungary's democratically elected government.

Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, describes how the country's dire economic situation has required some unusual short-term solutions to run alongside more conventional long-term budgetary management.

Erste Group CEO Andreas Treichl is comfortable that his Austrian bank represents a call option on prospects in central and eastern Europe.

One of the world’s fastest-growing regions during the boom years, eastern Europe became one of the major victims of the credit crunch as aggressive lending strategies turned sour. But there are still plenty of banks in a position to thrive. Writer Jan Cienski in Warsaw.

Banks have made little impact on the Hungarian economy. Is that what is keeping US players interested in the market? Nick Kochan reports.

Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungary’s prime minister, tells Karina Robinson how he plans to rein in public spending yet confound the polls and get re-elected .

Zsigmond Jarai
Governor, Magyar Nemzeti Bank, Hungary