Márki-Zay dismissed as ‘unfit’ for the job
February 12th, 2022
A pro-government daily carries two articles on the same day sharply criticising the opposition candidate for Prime Minister. READ MORE
Tags: Márki-Zay
Row over Hungary’s lost Winter Olympics gold
February 11th, 2022
A left-wing commentator believes the government should protest against the disqualification of the Hungarian winner of the speed skating short track event in Peking. A pro-government commentator expresses his outrage at the judges’ decision. READ MORE
Tags: China, Olympic Games
The prospect of a hung Parliament
February 10th, 2022
A left-wing commentator speculates on the possibility of a stalemate after the April election. Such a turn of events could eventually lead to a decisive opposition victory, he suggests. READ MORE
Tags: elections, Fidesz, Our Country, Twin-Tailed Dog
Fidesz appears to be ahead in electoral race
February 9th, 2022
A liberal author reports that, just 54 days before the parliamentary elections, Fidesz stands a fair chance of defeating the opposition. She estimates that the governing party will do so by winning roughly the same number of votes for its national list, whilst reaping more mandates from individual constituencies. READ MORE
OSCE prepares for ‘full-scale’ electoral monitoring in Hungary
February 8th, 2022
A pro-government analyst sees the decision to send an unusually large (for an EU country) electoral monitoring mission to Hungary as part of a campaign to explain away the probable defeat of the opposition at the elections in April. A liberal expert thinks even a large number of monitors will have limited means to oversee the election. READ MORE
The geopolitical implications of the Ukraine crisis
February 7th, 2022
Pundits right across the political spectrum try to see through the smokescreen in order to make sense of the Ukraine crisis, and gauge the potential scenarios which may develop, and their possible implications for Hungary. READ MORE
Márki-Zay depicted as a foreign agent
February 5th, 2022
The leading pro-government daily accuses the opposition frontrunner of ‘collusion with foreign actors’. The paper claims that Márki-Zay’s movement as well as pro-opposition NGOs and journalists are financed by foreign sources who promote globalist and pro-migration views. READ MORE
More on PM Orbán’s Moscow visit
February 4th, 2022
A left-wing commentator thinks that President Putin’s demand that NATO pull back from Eastern Europe (to the 1997 status quo) means the Hungarian government can no longer sit on the fence. A pro-government pundit accuses those who side with Ukraine of treason. READ MORE
Tags: gas, Orbán, Putin, Russia, Transcarpathia
PM Orbán’s visit to Moscow
February 3rd, 2022
A pro-government commentator thinks that PM Orbán managed to broker important economic deals with President Putin. A liberal commentator, on the other hand, thinks that President Putin used the Hungarian leader’s visit for propaganda purposes. READ MORE
PM Orbán calls for peace in Ukraine
February 2nd, 2022
On the day of Prime Minister Orbán’s visit to Moscow, a conservative commentator welcomes the Hungarian government’s efforts to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis, and stay out of the – for now – diplomatic conflict between the US and Russia. READ MORE