Hungary president quits in college plagiarism row

Hungarian president Pal Schmitt is resigning after a row over plagiarism in a university doctorate he got almost 20 years ago.

Mr Schmitt, elected in 2010 for a five-year term, said he was stepping down because his “personal issue” is dividing Hungary.

Mr Schmitt’s 1992 doctoral thesis was revoked last week after an investigation found that most of it was copied from two other authors.