A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal. READ MORE
Tags: foreign press, Heller, Konrád
A pro-government daily suggests that the warning issued by the US Embassy in Budapest over the Horthy statue amounts to interference in Hungarian politics. An opposition commentator blames the government for what he calls a new low in Hungarian-American relations. READ MORE
A centrist analyst would not rule out the defeat of Fidesz at the next elections, but suggests that the opposition parties have their eyes on 2018 instead, and fight each other in the meantime for control over the Socialist constituency. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy, opposition
A centre-right commentator argues that instead of erecting new statues to Horthy, his era should be evaluated by historians. The Hungarian Reform Church has declared that a right-wing pastor’s key role in the celebration will be investigated. READ MORE
Tags: anti-Semitism, Horthy
An editorial in the most read left wing daily describes the new measures to ease the burden of forex debtors as fair and balanced. READ MORE
Tags: forex debt, Rogán
A right-wing daily thinks that the commission given to a company founded by Mr Gyurcsány shows that Gordon Bajnai has fallen out of favour with left-liberal circles. READ MORE
Left-wing analysts fear fatal consequences for the left after the mutual recriminations during and after the joint opposition rally on October 23rd . Right-wing commentators say the reason is that the Left has nothing to say about the main problems of our age. READ MORE
Tags: Bajnai, Gyurcsány, Mesterházy, MSZP
A young and irreverent commentator urges the leaders of the Socialist Party to resign because of their amateurish handling of the Baja electoral video scandal. READ MORE
Népszabadság calls Magyar Nemzet’s Brussels correspondent a loose cannon after István Lovas excoriated foreign correspondents for misrepresenting facts and events in their reports. READ MORE
Tags: foreign press
Népszabadság suggests that the far-right party is celebrating the rule and person of Admiral Horthy in order to provoke condemnation and thereby find a place on the TV news. READ MORE