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US Ambassador receives judges again

Friday, November 17th, 2023

The main pro-government daily carries two columns lambasting the US Ambassador after he received leading figures of the National Juridical Council. They condemn Ambassador Pressman even more sharply than after the first such meeting a year ago (see BudaPost, November 3, 2022). READ MORE

Chinese electric cars to be built in Hungary

Saturday, November 11th, 2023

A pro-government author welcomes the giant Chinese investment project Hungary has almost certainly snitched from Germany. READ MORE

The sacking of the director of the National Museum draws opposing comments

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

A leftist columnist accuses the government of surrendering to the extreme right by dismissing the director. His pro-government counterpart welcomes the decision as an act in defence of Hungary’s children against harmful LGBT influence. READ MORE

Weeklies on the meagre chances of the opposition

Monday, November 6th, 2023

As half a dozen opposition parties are busy building their own identities rather than preserving the alliance that failed to bring them to government in last year’s election, commentators tried to make sense of it all. READ MORE

An alt-left take on the war between Israel and Hamas

Saturday, November 4th, 2023

A radical leftist commentator condemns both Hamas and Israel and urges the creation of a Palestinian state with millions of Palestinians allowed to return to Israel. READ MORE

Weeklies on the solidity of the position of the Hungarian government

Monday, October 30th, 2023

Opinions sharply diverge on the issue as well was on the chances of the opposition to win an election in the foreseeable future. READ MORE

Leading Momentum MEP accuses Gyurcsány of lying

Friday, October 27th, 2023

Anna Donáth who served as chair of Momentum before she went on maternity leave last year, devotes a full article to why the opposition cannot defeat Fidesz with the Democratic Coalition as its strongest component. READ MORE

Opposition lambasted for its 23 October demonstrations

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

A pro-government news site condemns opposition demonstrators for their ’unserious’ behaviour on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution. READ MORE

Another row with the US ambassador

Friday, October 20th, 2023

A pro-government pundit rebuffs Mr Pressman’s critique of PM Orbán’s meeting with President Putin in Beijing. READ MORE

Conflicting takes on the elections in Poland

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

A former liberal diplomat welcomes the victory of the opposition in Poland, while a pro-government commentator warns the Hungarian Left that it was not PM Orbán who lost his seat in Poland. READ MORE