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Politicians not named in prostitute ring investigation

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015

A liberal website has got hold of the documents of an ongoing police investigation against a man suspected of directing a ring of prostitutes and offering their services to businessmen and politicians. The politicians involved have not been identified. READ MORE

Syrian immigrants not needed in Hungary

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

As five thousand migrants are taken by bus each day through western Hungary from the Croatian to the Austrian border, a conservative economist argues that despite its demographic decline, it would not be in Hungary’s interest to encourage them to stay – even if they wanted to. READ MORE

Cases of migrant violence attributed to illusions

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

As sporadic cases of violence are reported from migrant centres in western Europe, a right-wing commentator accuses the European Left of arousing false expectations among migrants and asylum seekers about Europe. READ MORE

Holocaust-comparisons in migration debates

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

A left-wing pundit protests against the use of the Holocaust as an argument in controversies over the current migration wave. He warns that such practices are tantamount to trivialising the Holocaust. READ MORE

PM Orbán’s diplomatic initiatives on migration

Monday, September 28th, 2015

Commentators disagree on whether the Prime Minister has been successful in promoting his ideas on solving the migrant crisis among European leaders. Meanwhile the conviction is gaining ground that Europe is late in meeting the migration challenge.   READ MORE

Hungary in international media crossfire

Saturday, September 26th, 2015

A conservative historian thinks Hungary’s effort to keep the migrant crisis within boundaries will be appreciated once the turmoil is over, but for the moment she is being unfairly attacked by an international press chorus. READ MORE

Summit rejects Orbán’s plan to guard Greece’s borders

Friday, September 25th, 2015

After the EU summit agreed to try and keep Syrian refugees outside the European Union, but declined the Hungarian proposal to set up a joint force to guard Greece’s maritime borders, left-wing commentators think the Prime Minister has gone too far in criticising Chancellor Merkel of Germany. READ MORE

Compulsory migrant quotas

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

As Hungary and its East European allies fail to block the approval by Brussels on compulsory migrant quotas, an anti-terrorist expert complains that Hungary is subjected to unfair international criticism, and that key European leaders still refuse to face the essence of the migrant crisis. READ MORE

Army to be deployed to defend the border

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

As Parliament authorises the deployment of army units to police Hungary’s borders, left-wing newspapers suspect that the real aim of the government is to increase its own popularity by giving the impression of protecting the population against mass immigration. They also lambast the Socialist Party for not taking a clear stance. READ MORE

PM’s plan for EU action on migration

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

As Prime Minister Viktor Orbán prepares to propose that all EU members contribute one per cent of their budgets to finance an all-European programme to tackle the migrants crisis, a left-wing reporter believes that his proposals might be supported by international leaders. READ MORE