Far right party leader fantasizes about annexing Sub-Carpathia
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022A liberal analyst believes that rumours about Ukraine’s neighbours intending to chop off Ukrainian territories originate from Moscow. READ MORE
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Weeklies on Hungary’s looming crisis
Monday, November 7th, 2022Five opposition-leaning weeklies ponder the possible political consequences of soaring inflation and the government’s conflicts with the western mainstream. But they doubt whether the opposition parties will be able to take advantage of the crisis. The two pro-government weeklies believe that the government is ‘on the right side of history’ in its international conflicts. READ MORE
Hungary’s revolution was crushed 66 years ago
Saturday, November 5th, 2022Commentators on both sides of the political divide remember the Soviet invasion in 1956 with an eye on contemporary controversies. READ MORE
Row continues over judges visiting the US embassy
Friday, November 4th, 2022A left-wing commentator finds the accusations levelled at the two judges who met the US ambassador ridiculous, while a pro-government columnist condemns leftist outlets who take up the defence of the two judges as biased. READ MORE
US Ambassador receives two judges
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022Pro-government outlets urge the two judges to resign, as they interpret their visit to the US Embassy as a political act. A liberal outlet quotes arguments to the contrary. READ MORE
Weeklies on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution
Monday, October 24th, 2022Opposition-leaning weeklies excoriate the Prime Minister’s latest remarks comparing the war in Ukraine to the Russian invasion of Hungary in 1956. A pro-government commentator advises Hungarians to draw strength from the example of the revolution in facing today’s hardships. READ MORE
’Partizán’ posts film about ’the agony of the MSZP’
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022The nationwide left-wing daily suspects a deliberate political design behind a documentary by an opposition-minded influencer, who depicts the Socialist Party on the verge of extinction. READ MORE
Further reactions to the US Embassy Twitter video
Friday, October 21st, 2022Two authors mentioned in the video reject it as an example of a patronizing US attitude. A left-wing commentator asserts that frictions with the United States are not in Hungary’s best interest. READ MORE
US Embassy cautions Hungary against ‘moving apart’
Thursday, October 20th, 2022The leading pro-government daily describes as ’scandalous’ the US embassy reaction to ‘anti-American remarks’ by government and government-funded commentators. Meanwhile, a pro-government TV Station ’responds in kind’. READ MORE
Klára Dobrev calls for demonstrations on 23 October
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022A pro-government pundit describes the appeal launched by the ‘shadow prime minister’ of the Democratic Coalition as an expression of ‘communist impudence’. READ MORE