RFE/RL NEWSLINE 
Vol. 1, No. 82, 28 July 1997

HUNGARIAN, US EXTRADITION TREATY TAKES EFFECT. An extradition
agreement signed by Hungary and the U.S. in December 1994 went
into effect on 25 July, Hungarian media reported. The agreement
provides for the mutual extradition of those who committed fraud,
embezzlers, and counterfeiters in cases where the authorities of
either country suspect someone of, or have sentenced a person for, a
crime punishable by more than one year in prison, a Justice Ministry
official said. The treaty does not apply to persons accused of political
and military crimes.


HUNGARIAN FLAG SAGA IN CLUJ. The Hungarian flag hoisted at the
recently opened consulate in Cluj was stolen on 25 July by three
employees of a company that works for the local mayoralty, an
RFE/RL correspondent in the city reported. The employees, who were
apprehended by the police the following day, face prison sentences
of between three and 15 years. Nationalist Cluj Mayor Gheorghe
Funar claimed he had nothing to do with the incident, but the wife of
one of the three said her husband had acted on orders received from
the mayoralty. Prefect Grigore Blaga said charges may be filed
against Funar for having instigated the theft. Funar commented that
the three are "Romanian heroes" and that the chairman of the
Greater Romania Party, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, will award them 1
million lei (some $143) and 3 million lei to anyone who burns the
Hungarian flag.

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