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The Imre Nagy anniversary

Saturday, June 18th, 2016

A pro-government correspondent hopes that the Prime Minister will always keep in mind the importance of the moral principles that guided him 27 years ago when he made his historic speech on the day of the reburial of the martyred Prime Minister of the 1956 revolution. READ MORE

Index and Népszabadság for sale?

Friday, June 17th, 2016

Widespread rumours that Lajos Simicska will buy Index and that a pro-government consortium plans to take over the main left-wing daily prompt a right-wing analyst to suggest that Index will be put at the service of Jobbik. READ MORE

Hungary beats Austria

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Hungary’s victory against the favourite in the first match the Hungarian side has played in an important international football championship for 44 years fills the cover pages of Wednesday’s dailies. Commentators ponder the political implications. READ MORE

Next year’s budget passed

Wednesday, June 15th, 2016

A conservative commentator draws a positive balance of the economic policies pursued by the government over the past six years. READ MORE

EURO 16 battlefield

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Commentators  are baffled by the spectacle of violence surrounding the first days of the European Football Championship.

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Hungary in Europe 2016

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Hungarian pundits are overwhelmed by football fever, as Hungary makes it into the European Championships for the first time in 44 years. READ MORE

Wage rise for health care workers

Saturday, June 11th, 2016

Papers on both the left and the right welcome a pay rise deal struck by the government, health care trade unions and professional chambers. READ MORE

Bank mogul falls out of favour with government

Friday, June 10th, 2016

News analysts come forward with elaborate theories to explain what appears to be the sudden downfall of Hungarian bank mogul Zoltán Spéder from the echelons of power, but they admit that they lack facts to corroborate their explanations. READ MORE

Parliament passes anti-terror legislation

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

While left-liberal Népszabadság no longer regards the constitutional amendments as a threat, Népszava thinks they are the beginning of the end of the republic. READ MORE

Dunaújváros election makes waves in national politics

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

The national media continue to analyse how a minor local election that served as a testing ground for parties could be a game changer for the whole left in Hungary. READ MORE