Commenting on President Obama’s remarks on how the United States acted to prevent the erection of a statue to interwar Culture Minister Bálint Hóman, a left-wing newspaper calls the government’s attitude shameful, while a pro-government daily quotes an official statement denying that the government yielded to foreign pressure in scrapping the project. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, diplomacy, Obama, US
A liberal commentator thinks that if the EU disintegrates Hungary will be worse off, as it will be left on the periphery. A conservative historian, on the other hand, cautions against further integration and what he calls the ‘transnationalization’ of the EU. READ MORE
Tags: EU
As the former Deputy Mayor of Budapest gets a suspended prison sentence, commentators both on Left and Right ponder the wider political implications of the court ruling. READ MORE
Tags: Budapest, corruption, court, MSZP
Pro-government columnists condemn a pro-government news site targeting young audiences for publishing a tasteless piece which called MSZP leader Tóbiás’ wife a “masturbation device”. READ MORE
Tags: Conservatism, media, MSZP, Tóbiás
One left-wing and one conservative columnist welcome plans to cut red tape by restructuring and closing down public offices. They fear, however, that the government’s new plan may not quite fulfil the hopes invested in it. READ MORE
Tags: administration, Lázár
A former Socialist representative puts forward a ’personal conspiracy theory’ about Fidesz’s proposal on the planned ‘Emergency State of Terror’ constitutional amendment, while a liberal commentator calls such laws hotbeds of dictatorship. READ MORE
Tags: checks and balances, constitution, democracy, emergency, Parliament, terrorism
A pro-government daily publishes an article by a former minister of health who sounds the alarm over the critical state of the Hungarian health care sector. READ MORE
Tags: health
Liberal commentators portray Wednesday’s decision by the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court to reject a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic games, as politically motivated. READ MORE
Tags: Olympic Games, referendum
An op-ed piece in Magyar Idők crticizes remarks made by Jobbik chairman Gábor
Cabbies partially blocked a major downtown intersection on Monday in the Hungarian capital to protest against Uber – but ran into opposition from angry drivers and commentators. READ MORE