Anti-terror legislation can pass after talks with Opposition
April 16th, 2016
Magyar Nemzet is happy to see a rare case of consensus forming on the floor of Parliament on an important issue. READ MORE
Tags: Parliament, terrorism
Sunday closing decision exposes inner tensions in government
April 15th, 2016
After several high-profile ministers and government MPs abstained from Tuesday’s vote on the bill to abolish Sunday shop closures, Index and Magyar Nemzet delve in intricate Kremlinology. READ MORE
Tags: Balog, Lázár, retail trade
MSZP follows through with the referendum initiative
April 14th, 2016
Considering the kind of flexibility Fidesz displayed with regard to Sunday shop closures, the opposition parties’ only effective weapon against the government remains the theme of corruption, Magyar Nemzet believes. Fidesz, however, is much better at waging jungle war, Magyar Idők warns. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, referendum
Government’s U-turn on Sunday shop closures
April 13th, 2016
Magyar Idők suggests Fidesz’s
Tags: retail trade
Panama papers stir political debate
April 12th, 2016
Magyar Nemzet hails David Cameron as an example and calls on Fidesz to come clean on offshore companies, while the pro government media suspect shady intentions behind the Panama Papers. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, Fidesz, MSZP, off-shore
The balance of two years in government
April 11th, 2016
A liberal analyst thinks Hungary has deviated from its strategic goal of catching up with the most advanced countries, while a pro-government pundit sees the past two years as a succession of positive developments in the economy. READ MORE
Swimming coach resigns as his gang rape conviction emerges – 55 years on
April 9th, 2016
Following the resignation of László Kiss, the coach of Hungary’s national swimming team, pundits disagree on whether his youthful conviction weighs more than the 16 Olympic gold medals he helped to win over the past decades.
Kúria clears the way for referendum on Sunday-closing
April 8th, 2016
Hungary’s top court has authorised an opposition referendum designed to overturn the government ban on shops opening on Sundays. In response, commentators who have for years complained about ‘the end of the rule of law’, express both surprise and cautious satisfaction. READ MORE
Tags: referendum, retail trade
A former banker in the Panama Papers
April 7th, 2016
Following two former politicians, a former prominent banker has also been named as one of the “Panamanian offshore knights.” An independent conservative pundit blames both left and right for talking the talk but not walking the walk on those who dodge tax with offshore accounts. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, MSZP, off-shore
Non-prominent Hungarian politicians traced in the Panama Papers
April 6th, 2016
As the names of two former MPs (one Socialist and one Fidesz) have surfaced in the Panama Papers, Népszabadság suspects that murky off-shore deals are common practice in Hungary’s leading circles, while 444 describes one case in detail. READ MORE
Tags: corruption, MSZP, off-shore