The PM’s new rhetoric

Wakeup call for the opposition

A left wing pundit finds it sad that the opposition hasn’t been able to exploit the many mistakes made by the government. READ MORE

Hard to stop this wave of migration

A former high ranking intelligence officer calls on the  West to launch massive non-profit investment programs in the Third World, as the only way to stop the current wave of migration to the north which is a serious threat to societies in the northern hemisphere. READ MORE

More bitter ruminations on the Biszku ruling

Right-wing columnists fulminate against the appeal court which annulled the prison sentence handed down to former Communist Party chieftain Béla Biszku for his role in the post-revolution reprisals in 1956. An expert says while the ruling was well founded legally it signals a defeat for the Judiciary. A left-wing commentator suggests that Biszku is despised in Hungary – even without a sentence. READ MORE

Biszku’s trial back to square one

A conservative commentator is disgusted by the ruling of the Budapest Appeal Court to scrap a five year prison sentence handed down by the first instance court to Béla Biszku, who as a key member of the Communist Party leadership in 1956 was accused of responsibility for the massacre of unarmed demonstrators after the anti-Communist revolt was crushed by the Soviet Union. READ MORE

Catholic university’s Holocaust course

Conservative pundits disagree over a decision by the Péter Pázmány Catholic University to launch a mandatory course on the Holocaust.
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PM Orbán’s five-year balance sheet

Left-wing commentators find no novelties in the Prime Minister’s assessment of his government’s five years in power. A right-wing analyst on the other hand believes that he announced a new era of moderation after the conflicts of the recent past.

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The Greek case proves Hungary right

A conservative analyst argues that Hungary might have found herself in the same tragic position as Greece, had the government not sent the International Monetary Fund packing in time. READ MORE

Plans for an all-inclusive ID card

A left-wing pundit voices privacy concerns over the new ID bill which plans to replace at least half a dozen ID cards with one single ‘e-card’. READ MORE

PM slammed by Juncker  

A pro-government commentator deems European Commission chairman Jean-Claude Juncker completely unfit for the job, after he jokingly called Hungary’s Prime Minister ’Dictator’ last week and slapped him on the back of the neck with his left hand while shaking his hand with the right. READ MORE