Béla Biszku dies at 94
Monday, April 4th, 2016A conservative and a liberal columnist remember the Communist hardliner, who was found guilty of involvement in war crimes. READ MORE
Béla Biszku receives suspended sentence
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015A pro-government commentator finds the light sentence handed down to a former high-ranking Communist leader outrageous, and accuses the court of falsifying history and encouraging delinquency. READ MORE
More bitter ruminations on the Biszku ruling
Thursday, June 4th, 2015Right-wing columnists fulminate against the appeal court which annulled the prison sentence handed down to former Communist Party chieftain Béla Biszku for his role in the post-revolution reprisals in 1956. An expert says while the ruling was well founded legally it signals a defeat for the Judiciary. A left-wing commentator suggests that Biszku is despised in Hungary – even without a sentence. READ MORE
Biszku’s trial back to square one
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015A conservative commentator is disgusted by the ruling of the Budapest Appeal Court to scrap a five year prison sentence handed down by the first instance court to Béla Biszku, who as a key member of the Communist Party leadership in 1956 was accused of responsibility for the massacre of unarmed demonstrators after the anti-Communist revolt was crushed by the Soviet Union. READ MORE
Victims of Communism day
Friday, February 27th, 2015Commenting on the commemorations for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism, a leading webmagazine suggests that the spiritual damage caused by decades of Communism still weighs heavily on Hungarian society. READ MORE
Béla Biszku indicted for war crimes
Saturday, October 19th, 2013A pro-government editorial says Biszku should have been charged earlier – now, even if the 92 year old is sentenced, the desire of Hungarians for justice cannot be satisfied. READ MORE
Béla Biszku under investigation for war crimes in December 1956
Thursday, September 13th, 2012Right-wing pundits believe that the criminal inquiry into the suspected war crimes of the former Communist politician is an important symbolic act which could serve historical reconciliation. Liberal columnists, however, worry that the government wants to use Biszku’s case against the opposition parties. READ MORE