Prominent left-wing author lambasts the PM
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022A veteran left-wing commentator accuses PM Orbán of playing to the gallery instead of trying to co-operate with the opposition to face the deepening crisis. READ MORE
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Weeklies on sanctions and the war in Ukraine
Monday, October 10th, 2022As the government prepares to launch yet another ’national consultation’ – this time on the sanctions imposed on Russia by the West in retaliation for the war in Ukraine – commentators offer diametrically opposed views on the conflict. READ MORE
Waste collection in Budapest halted for one day
Saturday, October 8th, 2022A pro-government commentator calls the stoppage of garbage collection scandalous. He lays the blame for the strike at the doorstep of the Mayor, whom he describes as unfit for his job. READ MORE
Protest on teachers’ day
Friday, October 7th, 2022Commenting on the unusually large crowd demonstrating in Budapest on Wednesday in support of teachers on strike, opposition-leaning commentators lambast the government for not heeding teachers’ demands for better pay and conditions. READ MORE
Gyurcsány calls PM Orbán a dwarf
Thursday, October 6th, 2022A liberal critic excoriates the former Prime Minister and DK Chairman for using Mr Orbán’s physical stature to attack him politically. READ MORE
8 countries condemn the annexation of Ukrainian land by Russia
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022A left-wing commentator finds it striking that the Hungarian President hasn’t joined her East European colleagues who strongly condemned Russia’s move to annex four Ukrainian regions. READ MORE
Forint hits record low
Tuesday, October 4th, 2022As the national currency sinks below 320 to the Euro, a critic of the government admits that the reasons are largely outside the government’s control. READ MORE
DK shadow government holds first press conference
Friday, September 30th, 2022A pro-government and a liberal commentator both think that the Democratic Coalition shadow government’s first press conference lacked political vision and content. READ MORE
Weeklies on the future of EU funds to Hungary
Monday, September 26th, 2022The five opposition-leaning weeklies doubt whether the European Commission can achieve full transparency in public procurements in Hungary, while pro-government commentators dismiss as unjust the whole procedure of making the transfer of EU funds conditional on rule of law compliance. READ MORE
Government to conduct ’National Consultation’ on EU sanctions
Saturday, September 24th, 2022Opinions diverge sharply on the government’s claim that western sanctions do more harm to EU countries than to Russia and should therefore be scrapped. READ MORE