US Ambassador accuses the government of anti-Semitism
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023Pro-government commentators angrily rebuff the Ambassador’s claim that the billboards featuring Alex Soros are expressions of anti-Semitism. READ MORE
Further comments on the US-sponsored billboard campaign
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023The pro-government nationwide daily devotes two columns in as many issues to the billboard campaign financed by the US Embassy, which indirectly criticises the position of the Hungarian government on the war in Ukraine. READ MORE
Row continues over judges visiting the US embassy
Friday, November 4th, 2022A left-wing commentator finds the accusations levelled at the two judges who met the US ambassador ridiculous, while a pro-government columnist condemns leftist outlets who take up the defence of the two judges as biased. READ MORE
US Ambassador receives two judges
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022Pro-government outlets urge the two judges to resign, as they interpret their visit to the US Embassy as a political act. A liberal outlet quotes arguments to the contrary. READ MORE
Further reactions to the US Embassy Twitter video
Friday, October 21st, 2022Two authors mentioned in the video reject it as an example of a patronizing US attitude. A left-wing commentator asserts that frictions with the United States are not in Hungary’s best interest. 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
US Embassy sends barely veiled message
Friday, July 29th, 2022As the US Embassy in Budapest has issued a statement in defence of diversity, following the Prime Minister’s controversial remarks last Saturday, some analysts have come to the defence of Mr Orbán. READ MORE
Ban on gay promotion for minors criticised by US Embassy
Thursday, June 17th, 2021As the embassy of the United States in Budapest expresses ‘deep concern’ over the new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among those under 18, a pro-government columnist believes that such ‘propaganda’ is exactly what is unsettling many American children, and threatens to ruin their country. READ MORE
Diplomatic row over remarks by the US charge d’affaires on the press
Friday, October 20th, 2017A pro-government columnist criticizes the US charge d’affaires for accusing the Hungarian government of interfering with the media. A left-wing analyst thinks that Hungarian-US relations are unlikely to improve under the Trump administration. READ MORE
American-Hungarian spy-thriller around a Saudi businessman
Monday, November 28th, 2016Two left-wing analysts disagree on whether the scandal of the residence permit granted to Ghaith Pharaon, a Saudi citizen on Interpol’s wanted list, is part of an immoral business game or an episode in a wider plot against the Hungarian government. READ MORE