Car thefts and corruption
Friday, August 12th, 2016Commenting on improving car theft statistics, a conservative pundit fears that the decline in the number of cars stolen may weaken the public’s awareness of large scale corruption. READ MORE
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The implications of Turkish-Russian rapprochement
Thursday, August 11th, 2016Commentators disagree on whether Turkish-Russian diplomatic rapprochement is to be judged as a worrisome development by Europe. READ MORE
Dispute over National Bank recruitment
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016A conservative columnist criticizes the National Bank for hiring former counterespionage officers. A pro-government economist, on the other hand, alleges that its critics want to take revenge on the National Bank for cutting into the profit of financial speculators. READ MORE
The politics of the Olympic Games
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016A left-wing commentator accuses the main public TV channel covering the Rio games of spreading the government’s anti-immigrant message. A conservative pundit thinks that the Left is using the Olympic games to criticize the government. READ MORE
Terrorism in Europe – a clash of civilizations?
Monday, August 1st, 2016Conservative papers interpret the recent terror attacks as harbingers of a clash of civilizations in Europe. Left-wing commentators, on the other hand, fear that the civilizational war rhetoric is used by authoritarian governments to justify their methods. READ MORE
Clinton camp criticised over Russia
Saturday, July 30th, 2016A conservative and a centrist columnist ridicule the US Democrats for vilifying Russia and reviving Cold War propaganda in 2016. READ MORE
Hungarian-Austrian rapprochement
Friday, July 29th, 2016Commenting on PM Orbán’s meeting with Austrian Chancellor Kern, a conservative columnist suggests that the Hungarian government’s migration policy is becoming mainstream in Europe. READ MORE
Hungarian political cleavages and the US Presidential election
Thursday, July 28th, 2016The leading pro-government daily thinks that the Hungarian left supports Hillary Clinton’s candidacy because they hope that she will help them by criticizing the Orbán government. The leading left-wing daily contends that PM Orbán risks little by endorsing Donald Trump. READ MORE
German terror spree in focus
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016Left-wing pundits commenting on the German terror attacks caution against fear mongering and fomenting anti-migrant hysteria. Conservative columnists, on the other hand, think that the events prove the failure of multicultural integration and even suggest that Chancellor Merkel is complicit in the horrible crimes. READ MORE
Leading dailies on Viktor Orbán’s Tusnád speech
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016Left-wing columnists find the PM’s messages ambiguous. A pro-government commentator thinks that Mr Orbán has offered a clear analysis and a feasible proposal to overcome Europe’s multiple crises. A centrist pundit believes the prime minister may become one of the new leaders of the EU. READ MORE