Further repercussions of the teachers’ demonstration
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016Commentators on both Left and Right ponder the broader implications of the teachers’ rally against the centralized education administration on Saturday. READ MORE
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Court acquits leaders of alumina plant in red sludge trial
Monday, February 1st, 2016The leading pro-government daily finds it outrageous that the leaders of the MAL Company, responsible for a 2010 industrial accident in western Hungary in which ten people died, were cleared of the criminal charges against them. A left-wing commentator blames the government for suggesting that the management bore responsibility for the disaster. READ MORE
Government accused of corruption
Monday, February 1st, 2016Commenting on Transparency International’s recent Corruption Perception Index and the selling of state-owned farmland, both a left-wing and a conservative columnist accuse the government of corruption. READ MORE
Obama discloses pressure against Hóman’s statue
Saturday, January 30th, 2016Commenting on President Obama’s remarks on how the United States acted to prevent the erection of a statue to interwar Culture Minister Bálint Hóman, a left-wing newspaper calls the government’s attitude shameful, while a pro-government daily quotes an official statement denying that the government yielded to foreign pressure in scrapping the project. READ MORE
Ruminations on EU centralization
Friday, January 29th, 2016A liberal commentator thinks that if the EU disintegrates Hungary will be worse off, as it will be left on the periphery. A conservative historian, on the other hand, cautions against further integration and what he calls the ‘transnationalization’ of the EU. READ MORE
Former Socialist Budapest Deputy Mayor receives suspended sentence
Thursday, January 28th, 2016As the former Deputy Mayor of Budapest gets a suspended prison sentence, commentators both on Left and Right ponder the wider political implications of the court ruling. READ MORE
888 condemned for insulting post on MSZP chairman’s wife
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016Pro-government columnists condemn a pro-government news site targeting young audiences for publishing a tasteless piece which called MSZP leader Tóbiás’ wife a “masturbation device”. READ MORE
Government announces plans to streamline bureaucracy
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016One left-wing and one conservative columnist welcome plans to cut red tape by restructuring and closing down public offices. They fear, however, that the government’s new plan may not quite fulfil the hopes invested in it. READ MORE
Holocaust denier sentenced to fine – or jail
Monday, January 11th, 2016As a Facebook commenter is sentenced to pay a high fine or go to prison for Holocaust denial, commentators wonder whether sanctioning hate speech makes sense as a means of fighting anti-Semitism. READ MORE
PM Cameron’s visit to Hungary
Saturday, January 9th, 2016Commenting on the meeting of the two prime ministers, a left-wing columnist cautions against hoping that the UK and Hungary are becoming strategic allies in reforming the EU. A conservative commentator dares to believe that Hungary can become an important player in revamping the Union. READ MORE