Tax authority chief sues US Chargé d’Affaires
Saturday, December 13th, 2014A conservative columnist welcomes Ildikó Vida’s libel lawsuit against André Goodfriend. A left-wing pundit considers the ongoing Hungarian-US skirmishes harmful. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Magyar Hírlap’ Category
US accused of hypocrisy
Friday, December 12th, 2014A conservative columnist commenting on the CIA interrogation tactics report contends that the US likes to take the moral high ground but acts in a morally abhorrent way, reminiscent of Nazi Germany. READ MORE
Shops to close on Sundays
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014As plans to close stores on Sundays are announced a liberal weekly accuses the government of acting mindlessly. A right-wing commentator, on the other hand, believes that the government has a simple and pragmatic reason for the ban: making sure that multinational retail chains will pay taxes. READ MORE
Angela Merkel to visit Budapest
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014Commenting on Angela Merkel’s announced visit to Budapest, a left-wing columnist suggests that the German chancellor wants to pressurise PM Orbán to abandon what he calls his pro-Russian course. A conservative commentator believes that the German chancellor understands Hungary’s position. READ MORE
Did ‘Monday of Outrage’ herald the birth of a new opposition?
Monday, November 24th, 2014Left-wing analysts are sceptical about the future of this autumn’s protest movement, while a conservative commentator claims that as long as the protesters don’t know themselves what they want, they will not pose any threat to the incumbent government. More radical authors believe that influential circles abroad would not mind toppling PM Orbán. READ MORE
Economic indicators point to growth
Friday, November 21st, 2014A conservative analyst who used to be critical of Hungary’s “unorthodox” economic policies, now admits that they seem to have proved efficient in creating favourable conditions for GDP growth. READ MORE
Escalation in Hungarian-US diplomatic skirmishes
Monday, November 17th, 2014As the Hungarian government reveals an aide memoire by the US Embassy’s document on corruption, a conservative columnist accuses the US of trying to pressure the Hungarian government in defense of American business interest. Left-wing commentators accuse the Hungarian government of closing its eyes over institutional corruption. READ MORE
Imre Kertész accuses The New York Times of censorship
Friday, November 14th, 2014Two conservative columnists accuse The New York Times of bias for deciding not to publish an interview with Imre Kertész Nobel prize winning novelist who dismissed the idea that Hungary was a dictatorship. READ MORE
FX loan settlement scheme announced
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014Commentators welcome the government’s decision to convert FX mortgages into Forint loans at market rates. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s pledges to reindustrialize Hungary
Thursday, November 6th, 2014A left-wing commentator contends that instead of boosting industrial output, the government should help the service sector. A conservative economist on the other hand notes that reindustrialization is in fashion both in the EU and in the US. READ MORE