1300 billion for rural development
Thursday, August 13th, 2015A pro-government commentator hopes that a new programme funded by the European Union will finally halt the progressive depopulation of rural Hungary. READ MORE
Author Archive
Urban ’transit zones’ for migrants
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015A conservative commentator welcomes the creation of provisional migrant care centres next to three Budapest railway stations, and argues that the best the authorities can do is to alleviate the problem. READ MORE
Depopulating small settlements
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015A centrist commentator blames decision makers for not even trying to address the frightening “free fall” in the number of inhabitants in rural areas. READ MORE
Call for European action on migration
Wednesday, July 29th, 2015A conservative columnist thinks that migration flows will force the European Left to reconsider its relation to the developing world, and abandon its former advocacy of anti-colonialist ideologies. READ MORE
Further lessons of the Greek crisis
Monday, July 20th, 2015Opinions diverge sharply on who is at fault for Greece’s financial difficulties and whether the solution accepted by the parties is a step forward or backward. A right-wing author thinks Hungary managed to avoid being plunged into a comparable crisis thanks to the unorthodox policies pursued by the government after 2010. READ MORE
Conflicting conservative views on migration
Monday, July 20th, 2015A commentator in the main pro-government newspaper says Hungary must slow down the current wave of migration and screen the migrants, while a Catholic economist thinks that humaneness and empathy are more important than anything else. READ MORE
Border fence to be completed by November
Saturday, July 18th, 2015As the authorities start building a ‘sample’ border fence section in southern Hungary, a conservative pundit explains why he believes boundless openness to the current wave of migration would be irresponsible. READ MORE
The shootout in western Ukraine
Friday, July 17th, 2015Bratislava’s Hungarian daily fears for the future of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, where the authorities are utterly incapable of providing security for the citizens, as proved by last weekend’s shootout between the guards of a tycoon who is also an MP and armed gun-men affiliated with a far-right party. . READ MORE
Greece and migration – a dual crisis
Thursday, July 16th, 2015An international affairs analyst suggests that a joint European immigration strategy is long overdue, but doubts if the EU can realistically be expected to produce one. It is understandable, she believes, that until that day member states including Hungary will act on their own. READ MORE
The Greek bailout – a lesson for Hungary
Wednesday, July 15th, 2015The leading left-wing daily warns that the harsh conditions imposed on Greece in exchange for a new European bailout scheme might deter new candidates including Hungary from joining the Eurozone. READ MORE