Trianon 101
Monday, June 7th, 2021On the 101st anniversary of the peace treaty imposed on Hungary in the wake of the First World War, conservative analysts suggest that Hungarians should be realistic as they digest the legacy of Trianon. READ MORE
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Conservative lawyer opposes ’constitutional revolution’
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021One of the protagonists of the 1989/1990 regime change dismisses the idea, put forward by several opposition-leaning intellectuals, that if the opposition wins the elections next year, the new parliament can simply scrap the Fundamental Law, even without the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. READ MORE
A lone (friendly) comment on PM Orbán’s visit to London
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021While most media have confined their coverage of the British-Hungarian summit to news reports and press reviews, a pro-government political analyst describes as telling the fact that the Hungarian Prime Minister was only the second European leader (after his Irish counterpart) to be received at 10 Downing Street since Brexit. READ MORE
Dr Karikó calls for better vaccine information
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021The main brain behind the mRNA technology on which the most modern anti-Covid vaccines are based exhorts the media to convince sceptics about the science behind the vaccines. Dr Katalin Karikó started studying the idea of messenger RNA in Hungary before she emigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s. READ MORE
May-day obituary
Friday, May 21st, 2021A left-wing author complains about the disappearance of the workers’ movement in Hungary, after Mayday was not celebrated this year – for the first time since World War II. READ MORE
Criticism of Gyurcsány’s ‘there will be no mercy’ comment
Saturday, April 10th, 2021Pro-government commentators take Mr Gyurcsány’s threat at face value, compare him to past communist executioners and question his sanity. READ MORE
Orbán, Salvini and Morawiecki plan a new right-wing alliance
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021Commentators ponder the chances of the three leaders to unite most European parties to the right of the European People’s Party after their meeting in Budapest on 1st April where they agreed to meet regularly and discuss topical issues. READ MORE
Tentative plans for a ‘retirement bond’
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021A left-wing commentator supports the idea of a government bond that would stimulate savings to complement future old-age pensions. READ MORE
Rollout of Chinese Covid vaccine begins
Thursday, February 25th, 2021As family doctors start inoculating hundreds of thousands of Hungarians with the Chinese anti-Covid vaccine, a liberal news site finds government communication on the Sinopharm vaccine confusing, while a pro-government outlet praises the jab. READ MORE
A left-wing take on the state of the Visegrad Group
Saturday, February 20th, 2021A left-wing commentator thinks that the V4 has abandoned its original aims and lacks internal cohesion, and therefore has no future. READ MORE