A onetime leading intelligence service official condemns western allies who have ridiculed the Belgian secret services after the two terror bombing attacks in Brussels. He claims that Belgian counter-espionage operations have been deliberately weakened at the request of partner services, which are omnipresent in Brussels. READ MORE
Tags: Brussels, intelligence, ISIS, terrorism
A conservative and a liberal columnist remember the Communist hardliner, who was found guilty of involvement in war crimes. READ MORE
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As the Constitutional Court blocks the amended National Bank Act, a left-wing and a conservative analyst accuse the government of large scale corruption. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, claims that the verdict shows that the rule of law is alive and well in Hungary. READ MORE
Tags: Constitutional Court, corruption, MNB, National Bank
Commentators across the Hungarian media remember Nobel Prize winner author Imre Kertész. READ MORE
Tags: Kertész
Commenting on a recent jihadist video naming Hungary among potential terror targets, a left-wing columnist accuses the government of using the threat to push its own political agenda. A pro-government columnist calls on the opposition to support the government’s efforts to reduce the threat. READ MORE
A conservative historian thinks that the liberal elites who like to criticize national and Christian values prefer to rely on ‘politically correct’ dogmas and ideology when talking about migrants. READ MORE
As the European Commission decides to withhold structural funds, a left-wing commentator fears that Hungarian taxpayers will have to pay billions of Forints if the projects are rejected by the EU. READ MORE
Obituaries in the Hungarian press depict a man who played a crucial role in promoting change in the late 1980s in Hungary, but who was sidelined after the first democratic election took place in 1990. READ MORE
Right-wing commentators ridicule European Parliament President Martin Schulz for denouncing the planned Hungarian referendum on migrant quotas, and attack the Mayor of Szeged, whom he praised. READ MORE
Left-liberal commentators accuse the government of exploiting the Brussels terror attacks for power and propaganda benefits. READ MORE
Tags: migrants, opposition