A pro-government pundit and a liberal analyst both identify Mr Orbán’s words about the European Union as the core message of his address on the 67th anniversary of the 1956 revolution. READ MORE
Commentators see the result as a big loss for Hungary’s right-wing government. READ MORE
Although the regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse were won by the Christian Democratic parties (CSU and CDU respectively), commentators focus on the success of the anti-immigration protest party which came second in both regions. They refrain from calling the AfD a far-right party.
The author of the first left-wing analysis on the massive onslaught by Hamas on Israeli civilians over the weekend believes PM Netanyahu’s intransigence paved the way for the brutal Hamas attack. READ MORE
A left-wing analyst blames the government for higher-than-expected inflation and public deficit. READ MORE
Commentators are elated at the news that one day after Katalin Karikó’s Nobel Prize in medicine, Ferenc Krausz won the Nobel Prize in Physics with French physicists Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier, for their superfast pulses of light to study electron dynamics. Just like the previous day, the celebrations are accompanied by political remarks. READ MORE
Commentators offer sharply opposing interpretations of the census data released this week. READ MORE
In a lengthy article in the nationwide left-wing daily, the shadow premier of the Democratic Coalition outlines her party’s programme for the forthcoming years. READ MORE
A critic compares the PM to undemocratic rulers but ascribes his undisturbed reign to the weakness of the opposition. READ MORE
Left-wing commentators lambast Cardinal Erdő, the head of Hungary’s Catholic Church attending the annual Fidesz gathering at Kötcse where PM Orbán drew up his plans for the immediate future. READ MORE