EU criticized – from the Left
Thursday, June 23rd, 2022A left-wing commentator suspects that Hungary supports Bosnia-Herzegovina’s EU candidacy application in order to paralyse the EU and keep Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia out. READ MORE
EU to discuss new membership applications
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022A conservative analyst echoes Prime Minister Orbán’s view that the EU should offer candidate status not only to Ukraine, at its summit on 23-24 June, but to countries in the West Balkans as well. READ MORE
Weeklies on the fallout of the war in Ukraine
Monday, June 20th, 2022Commentators try to make sense of the changes the war is triggering in Hungary’s international standing, in attitudes towards Russian culture as well as in Hungary’s national economy. READ MORE
Criticism of Ukraine’s accelerated EU accession
Saturday, June 18th, 2022A pro-government analyst depicts the EU plans to grant Ukraine fast track membership as an impossible enterprise. READ MORE
Hungarians willing to defend their country – poll
Friday, June 3rd, 2022According to a recent survey, half the Hungarian adult population would take up arms to defend their country in case of an attack from abroad. READ MORE
EU brokers deal on oil embargo
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022In a first swift reaction to news of an agreement on the partial ban of Russian oil by the EU, a conservative pundit praises the Hungarian government for defending Hungarian interests and securing cheap oil for the country. READ MORE
Weeklies on the row over banning oil imports from Russia
Monday, May 23rd, 2022Opposition-leaning weeklies accuse the government of conniving with Moscow, by rejecting the proposed ban on importing Russian crude oil without significant compensation from the European Union. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, argue that Hungary’s position is dictated by plain common sense. READ MORE
Ruminations on Putin’s Victory Day address
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022A conservative commentator dismisses Russian President Putin’s Victory Day speech, as a collection of ‘big fat ideological lies’ aimed at sustaining the ‘phantasm’ of a just war in Ukraine – to motivate those Russians who still believe it. READ MORE
Weeklies on the opposition a full month after its electoral defeat
Monday, May 9th, 2022Commentators on both sides of the political spectrum suggest that the weaknesses which sealed the opposition’s fate during the elections have further deepened over the past weeks. READ MORE
Hungary opposes the planned European ban on Russian oil
Friday, May 6th, 2022A pro-government commentator fears that Hungary would find itself in war-like conditions if it has to cut oil imports from Russia, in line with the latest European Commission proposals. READ MORE