Hungarian PM vows to ride out the storm

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, said tonight that his leaked comments about lying “day and night” to the people had been meant to jolt a complacent ruling party into taking action to rescue the Hungarian economy.

Facing Hungary’s deepest crisis since the fall of communism, and visibly fatigued after hours of crisis management, Gyurcsany vowed in an interview with to ride out the storm.