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Kuria to set standards for forex mortgage trials

Thursday, November 28th, 2013

It is high time for the top court, economic analysts say, to give clear directions to courts in the civil lawsuits by forex mortgage debtors against banks, yet the Kuria is not expected to scrap forex mortgage contracts or order to convert them into forint-based debt. READ MORE

Radnóti’s statue shattered – Magyar Hírlap condemns Der Spiegel’s reaction

Friday, November 22nd, 2013

The pro-government daily believes Hungarian liberals and foreign observers should apologise for having characterised a simple late night road accident as an expression of anti-Semitism in Hungary. READ MORE

Controversial 1956 commemorations

Friday, October 25th, 2013

Analysts across the political spectrum agree that politicians used the anniversary of the 1956 revolution to kick off the election campaign. READ MORE

OTP Ceo’s row with Fidesz politicians over football debacle

Friday, October 18th, 2013

Several left-wing and liberal commentators suspect that the harsh words addressed to Sándor Csányi, as president of the Hungarian Football Association by important Fidesz politicians may be due to to his main job as CEO of  Hungary’s number one Bank. READ MORE

Centre-right journalist finds provost’s dress code excessive

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

A moderate pro-government weekly defends controversial measures to tackle the homeless, but excoriates the provost of Kaposvár University for introducing a strict dress code for students. READ MORE

Baja by-election: Fidesz wins, amidst mutual recriminations

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

A left-wing daily says the close call can be interpreted as a success for, as well as a threat to Fidesz in 2014, while a liberal commentator thinks the difference in votes is less important than the unprecedented “show of force” on the ground by Fidesz activists. A pro-government daily, on the other hand, accuses the united opposition of threats and unlawful behaviour in the campaign. READ MORE

Opposition stages anti-Orbán performance

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

A conservative columnist accuses the left of radicalism, after Together 2014 leader Gordon Bajnai urged PM Orbán to step down and disappear from public life. Centrist pundits find Mr Bajnai’s performance pathetic, while the leading left-wing daily regrets the lack of a meaningful dialogue between the right and the left. READ MORE

Transborder Hungarians on Băsescu’s harsh words

Thursday, August 15th, 2013

Hungarian commentators in Transylvania paint a gloomy picture of the inter-ethnic landscape in Romania, after President Băsescu called Hungary a hotbed of ethnic instability and threatened to ban Fidesz’s annual summer “Free University”. READ MORE

Vona raises Trianon issue in Romania

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Magyar Nemzet acknowledges that Hungarian far-right extremists do proselytise in Transylvania, but dismisses a claim by the Romanian Foreign Ministry that the Hungarian government should dissociate itself from Jobbik leader Vona’s statements. Népszabadság blames PM Orbán for exporting Hungarian party politics to Romania and setting an example for Jobbik’s absurd campaign. READ MORE

PM Orbán in Transylvania

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Both left and right-wing commentators missed Romanian politicians at this year’s Fidesz summer university at Tusnádfürdő. A left-wing columnist, however, accuses PM Orbán of trans-border vote hunting while his pro-government counterparts believe that the electoral impact of the Hungarian diaspora will be miniscule. READ MORE