PM Orbán declines doorstep after morning mass
Saturday, December 17th, 2022Opinions diverge on whether it was ill-bred of a journalist to try and interview the Prime Minister as he was leaving a church service. READ MORE
Archive for the ‘Mandiner’ Category
Government scraps fuel price cap
Thursday, December 8th, 2022Pundits from across the political spectrum find the government’s decision to lift the fuel price cap with immediate effect reasonable but draw conflicting conclusions from the matter. READ MORE
Weeklies on withheld EU funds
Monday, December 5th, 2022Four opposition weeklies find the government guilty of running the risk that at least some of the EU transfers destined for Hungary will be lost. A pro-government pundit attributes the suspension of payments by the European Union to the political arrogance of its leaders. READ MORE
President Novák’s visit to Ukraine
Tuesday, November 29th, 2022Left-wing and liberal sites believe that government supporters oppose the President’s friendly gesture to Ukraine, while a pro-government analyst writes that Ms Novák’s visit to Kyiv was consistent with the government’s stance in favour of a just peace for Hungary’s war-torn eastern neighbour. READ MORE
Trump compared to Gyurcsány
Friday, November 18th, 2022A conservative analyst believes that the Republicans are doomed to lose the next presidential election if Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination. READ MORE
First reactions to US midterm elections
Friday, November 11th, 2022Commentators from across the political spectrum ponder the implications of the US midterm election results – on the US, and beyond. READ MORE
Left-wing mayor ignores pro-government journalist
Thursday, November 10th, 2022A liberal and a right-wing journalist offer diametrically opposed takes on the decision of Budapest 9th district Mayor to ignore questions by a pro-government interviewee on ATV. READ MORE
Weeklies on Hungary’s looming crisis
Monday, November 7th, 2022Five opposition-leaning weeklies ponder the possible political consequences of soaring inflation and the government’s conflicts with the western mainstream. But they doubt whether the opposition parties will be able to take advantage of the crisis. The two pro-government weeklies believe that the government is ‘on the right side of history’ in its international conflicts. READ MORE
Opposition ‘still in a quagmire’
Thursday, October 27th, 2022Six months after the Parliamentary election, a conservative analyst ponders the strategies of the opposition parties and their chances of challenging Fidesz in the 2024 European Parliamentary and local elections. READ MORE
Weeklies on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution
Monday, October 24th, 2022Opposition-leaning weeklies excoriate the Prime Minister’s latest remarks comparing the war in Ukraine to the Russian invasion of Hungary in 1956. A pro-government commentator advises Hungarians to draw strength from the example of the revolution in facing today’s hardships. READ MORE