Hungary's MPs Fined For Banner Stunt
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
Parliament has meted out fines totalling Ft 235,000 to Dialogue for Hungary MPs Gergely Karácsony and Péter Szilágyi. Karácsony will have to pay Ft 50,000 and Szilágyi Ft 185,000 for holding up a poster with the caption You Are Stealing, Cheating and Lying, in the auditorium in protest against the amendment to the act on tobacconist store licence bids and on information freedom.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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