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The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) poses a major threat to TB control efforts. We report a case of a 50-year-old man with pulmonary TB. The scene investigation had initially suspected for homicide; however, the result of medico-legal autopsy demonstrated natural cause of death. Statistical data suggest that the rates of national mortality by respiratory TB decreased in the last decades in Hungary; however, an increasing TB mortality was detected in the capital Budapest. Facing a new mortality trend in TB, the forensic scene investigation and determination of manner of death represent new challenges for practitioners.

In this study we are looking for the answer to the question of what kind of Hungarian specific aspects can be identified and what national interests and circumstances determine the Hungarian legislation, when concluding bilateral agreements on social security coordination. Not only EU membership itself, but the preparation for it had an important impact on the Hungarian regulatory goals, the applied tools and the formation of the room to manoeuvre in this field. We can conclude that EU principles essentially define the rules and tools of modern Hungarian bilateral agreements. The fast development of the EU legislation in the field of social security also soundly defines the national room for manoeuvre when concluding agreements at bilateral level with third countries. Taking the Gottardo case into consideration in particular, we can see that there is a very clear EU impact on those rules. We analysed several specific issues that are relevant in modern Hungarian agreements in respect of the EU law impact: -the scope of the agreements (material, personal); -the applicable legislative rules and some specific benefits under the scope of the agreements; -the principles in the agreements and the assimilation of facts especially. In conclusion it is clear that Hungary has an effective bilateral system of tools that protect the rights of those affected by mobility. This is a stable set of tools and altogether a system that can operate for many decades. However, it is also clear that it worth building on, and on this basis to develop the system of agreements further.