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Hungary braced for big protests Nationalists protest in Budapest
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Hungary is marking its National Day amid fears of violence like that which marred last year's 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising. Thousands of people have protested against Hungary's Socialist government in the capital Budapest on the country's National Day.
Police are on full alert as rival demonstrations are set to take place in the capital, Budapest. There was tight security, amid fears of a repetition of last October's clashes that marred the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising.
The centre-left government led by Socialist Prime Minster Ferenc Gyurcsany is under pressure to resign. Despite some unruly behaviour, the protests were largely peaceful.
Mr Gyurcsany's admission that he had lied during the 2006 election campaign sparked rioting last October. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany was booed by a few hundred protesters, who shouted "Go, Gyurcsany, go!"
Police say they arrested a young man on Wednesday who had stored 81 bottles to make a stack of petrol bombs in his Budapest apartment, the MTI news agency reports. Later, Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky, an ally of Mr Gyurcsany, had to be protected with an umbrella against eggs thrown by protesters during his speech.
Rival political demonstrations are scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Budapest, the main event featuring a rally by the largest conservative opposition party, Fidesz. Right-wing protest
It has repeatedly called for the government to quit, following Mr Gyurcsany's admission that he had lied during the 2006 election campaign about the state of Hungary's finances. Last October, major clashes erupted, following Mr Gyurcsany's admission that he had lied during the electoral campaign about the state of Hungary's finances.
The admission, coming amid tough austerity measures, sparked riots in October 2006, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the anti-communist uprising. Some protesters threw eggs at the mayor
The main conservative opposition party, Fidesz, held its own rally on Thursday afternoon, attended by tens of thousands of supporters.
Fidesz made clear it had nothing to do with the far-right protesters, among them the leader of the Miep party, Istvan Csurka. He welcomed British historian David Irving, who was imprisoned until recently in Austria for Holocaust denial.
Organisers asked participants at the Fidesz rally to carry only the official flag and not the traditional Hungarian Arpad flag, a modified version of which was used by the pro-Nazi government of 1944-1945.
Yet some participants still carried the Arpad flag and sang songs lamenting the demise of Greater Hungary after World War I.
Fidesz has been accused in the past of not dissociating itself from far-right elements. The party is in the main centre-right group in the European Union - the European Popular Party - and has vehemently denied that it harbours xenophobic or anti-Semitic views.