Earlier in the day, radical nationalist Jobbik called for the withdrawal of the Hungarian ambassador Vince Szalay- Bobrovniczky because he “did not behave in a proper way” when he was laughing along with the humourists.

The ministry said that it refuses “to take a stand against those that made the programme in Austrian public television and also those that find such a programme humorous.” The ministry is working towards developing relations, and the ambassador carries out his work in this spirit, the statement added.

News website 444.hu reported on Wednesday that during the Austrian television show Wir Staatskunstler humourists asked Szalay-Bobrovniczky whether making fun of the holy crown constituted a violation of national symbols which could result in up to one year in prison.

After the ambassador confirmed this, the humourists pulled out a plastic replica of the crown and were fooling around with it.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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