Foreign Minister rejects President Biden’s statement on PM Orbán
Thursday, March 14th, 2024On the opposition-leaning ATV channel, Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó explained why the US ambassador was summoned to his ministry on Tuesday. READ MORE
PM Orbán and Donald Trump praise each other in Mar-a-Lago
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024A left-wing columnist thinks PM Orbán is playing Russian roulette by befriending Trump, while his pro-government counterpart suggests Trump is the better choice for Hungary. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s spats with its allies
Monday, January 29th, 2024Commentators agree that hindering first Finland’s then Sweden’s accession to NATO, as well as being sanctioned by the European Union and openly criticised by the US administration, have put Hungary in a unique position within the Western alliance, although they offer conflicting explanations. READ MORE
Biden shakes hands with Orbán alone
Thursday, July 13th, 2023Commentators suspect that the US President didn’t know whom he chose for that handshake while joining the on-camera ‘family photo’ event at the NATO summit in Vilnius. READ MORE
Hungary missing from Biden’s ’Summit for Democracy’
Saturday, April 1st, 2023A liberal analyst sees Hungary’s frequent digressions from joint western geopolitical initiatives as the main reason why it was not invited (for the second time, after 2021) to the virtual ‘Summit for Democracy’ chaired by US President Joe Biden. READ MORE
Speeches by Biden and Putin prompt fears of a long war
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023A pro-government columnist reads US President Biden’s speech in Warsaw and Russian President Putin’s address in Moscow on Tuesday to mean that neither government intends to seek peace in the foreseeable future. READ MORE
Opposing takes on PM Orbán’s ‘State of the Nation’ address
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023The Prime Minister’s annual address to his faithful supporters on Saturday is seen as full of contradictions by a left-wing pundit, while a pro-government commentator describes it as reassuring in an uncertain world. 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
West likened to late Communist world
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022A leading pro-government columnist remarks on Facebook’s admission that it suppressed a news story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. He likens liberal media to Communist era propaganda. READ MORE
More on Tucker Carlson’s interview with PM Orbán
Wednesday, August 11th, 2021Analysing the interview the Prime Minister gave US Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Budapest last week, opposition-leaning authors discover divergences between the positions of the two men –despite their shared opinions on major themes in the ongoing culture war. READ MORE