TV2’s new ownership contested
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015As two rival tycoons claim to have bought Hungary’s number two commercial television company, analysts tried to disentangle the legal maze surrounding the matter. READ MORE
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Holocaust-comparisons in migration debates
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015A left-wing pundit protests against the use of the Holocaust as an argument in controversies over the current migration wave. He warns that such practices are tantamount to trivialising the Holocaust. READ MORE
Compulsory migrant quotas
Thursday, September 24th, 2015As Hungary and its East European allies fail to block the approval by Brussels on compulsory migrant quotas, an anti-terrorist expert complains that Hungary is subjected to unfair international criticism, and that key European leaders still refuse to face the essence of the migrant crisis. READ MORE
Hungary’s first day behind the fence
Thursday, September 17th, 2015As hundreds of migrants gathered on the Serbian side of Hungary’s border fence, and many hundred more set off towards Croatia, commentators discuss the implications of Hungary’s tough stance on immigration. READ MORE
Intra-EU divergences over migration
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015Conservative columnists criticise the European Union for its poor performance in facing the migration crisis and believe that the polarization of opinions within the EU is likely to increase. READ MORE
PM Orbán is ‘no black sheep’ in Europe
Thursday, July 30th, 2015A liberal commentator claims that PM Orbán’s critics are mistaken when they assume that the Hungarian Prime Minister’s views on migration are unusual and marginal. READ MORE
Call for a pension system reform
Tuesday, July 21st, 2015A conservative columnist thinks that Hungary has no choice but to raise the retirement age, otherwise the pension system will become insolvent. READ MORE
A first comment on the Greek referendum
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015A left-liberal news portal compares the victory of the ”no” in Greece to a referendum held against co-payment in higher education and the health service in Hungary in 2008 which sealed the defeat of the Left. READ MORE
Border fence debate rolls on
Monday, June 22nd, 2015The press and the internet are awash with highly diverging opinions about the government’s plan to build a fence along the border with Serbia, in order to curb the continuing wave of migration directed from the Balkans towards Hungary and ultimately to the West. Opinions vary from approving the project to branding it as a cynical propaganda move. READ MORE
Anti-immigration posters targeted
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015A pro-government columnist criticizes left-wing activists for defacing the government’s giant anti-immigration billboards. The leading anti-government daily, on the other hand, finds it abhorrent that the police have cracked down on the activists. READ MORE