11.   On Friday, ethnic Hungarian leader Laszlo Toekes warned that a conflict could erupt in Harghita, the private news agency Mediafax reported.

12.   Speaking to reporters after arriving from Greece for talks with Hungarian leaders, Primakov avoided criticizing Washington for threatening airstrikes, as his government has done several times.

13.   Speaking to reporters between talks with Hungarian leaders, Ashcroft warned against complacency in the wake of the arrest.

14.   That came after Romanian Justice Minister Iosif Chuizbaian suggested that moves to organize a council of ethnic Hungarian political leaders in Transylvania were illegal.

15.   U.S first lady Laura Bush met Thursday with Hungarian female leaders in government, arts, sports and media to cheer the power of women activists.

16.   Hungarian leaders are currently seeking to speed up the process of gaining membership of the Atlantic alliance.

17.   A delegation of businessmen accompanying the Hungarian leader met with Egyptian businessmen Monday night to discuss projects to increase investment, the news agency MENA reported.

18.   But Romanian ethnic Hungarian leaders have welcomed it, and insisted on Wednesday that the pact should remain in place.

19.   Ethnic Hungarian leaders in Romania want that clause renegotiated, while it has also been criticised in Romania as infringing territorial integrity.

20.   The treasures have to be restored before being put on display in the Budapest Jewish Museum late this year, Hungarian Jewish leader Gusztav Zoltai said.