Govt plans for George H. W. Bush statue to be erected in Budapest

A statue of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, will be erected in Hungary, the official gazette Magyar Kozlony said on Friday. The government has set aside 34.4 million forints (EUR 115,000) for the purpose, it said. The exact site of the statue will be specified later, Bertalan Havasi, deputy state secretary heading the prime minister's press staff, told MTI.