Jarai sees euro entry hopes unlucky before 2013

Hungary's central bank (NBH) governor Zsigmond Jarai said on Tuesday 1 August that Hungary's economy was not on the right track and that it has become questionable whether euro adoption could be possible even in 2013.

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has said several times that the second half of 2010 or the first half of 2011 would be appropriate for euro zone accession.

"Somehow we managed to achieve that we're still 5-6 years away from the euro. I also fear that the 2013 date, which the market

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