A mix of history and politics in interpretations of 1956
Monday, October 26th, 2020Articles on the 64th anniversary of the revolution tend to reflect the well-known polarisation of public opinion on cultural and political issues. READ MORE
Remembering the 56 revolution
Friday, October 23rd, 2020Sporadic references of the revolution appear on media outlets one day before the anniversary – a national holiday, with no newspapers published. READ MORE
Hungary remembers the 1956 revolution
Friday, October 25th, 2019A left-wing commentator accuses Prime Minister Orbán of turning his back on the ideals of the 1956 revolution. A pro-government columnist finds such accusations absurd. READ MORE
Imre Nagy’s statue removed
Monday, December 31st, 2018A left-wing columnist interprets the removal of Imre Nagy’s monument from the immediate vicinity of Kossuth Square as the completion of Viktor Orbán’s ideological turn and his betrayal of his 1989 democratic vision. A conservative historian welcomes the decision, claiming that Imre Nagy was a nationalist communist rather than a hero of democracy. READ MORE
Hungarians deeply divided on the anniversary of the revolution
Thursday, October 25th, 2018Commentators are just as divided on the speeches by leading politicians as the latter were in their interpretations of 1956 and current political matters. READ MORE
Lessons of the 1956 revolution
Monday, October 22nd, 2018A conservative and a liberal pundit recall the 1956 revolution and interpret contemporary politics in the light of past events. READ MORE
Imre Nagy statue to be removed to new site
Tuesday, July 24th, 2018A conservative critic of the government accuses the governing party of failing to find a place in its ideology for the remembrance of the martyred Prime Minister of the 1956 revolution. READ MORE
The 61st anniversary of 56
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017Commentators on all sides agree that the opposition’s performance on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution was pathetic. They disagree, however on PM Orbán’s statement on Sunday that Hungary must now, once again, defend its independence. READ MORE
Diplomatic demarche against Russia TV comment on 1956
Thursday, October 27th, 2016A conservative pundit welcomes the move by the Foreign Ministry to summon the Russian ambassador to express indignation over a Moscow TV programme in which Hungary’s 1956 Revolution was characterized as a fascist uprising sponsored by the CIA. READ MORE
’56 commemorations interrupted by whistling
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016Commentators see the incidents in front of the Parliament building on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution as signs of a deep division within Hungarian society. READ MORE