Budapest Pride as an opposition march
July 27th, 2021
As for the first time in its history, the LGBTQ march through Budapest was also an anti-government demonstration, opinions sharply diverge on its message. READ MORE
Hungary seen as an island of ‘normality’
July 26th, 2021
Conservative commentators accuse the ‘West’ and ‘Brussels’ of attacking Hungary in order to punish it for defending traditional Christian and European values. READ MORE
Tags: European Union, LGBTQ
Left-wing weeklies on Pegasus allegations
July 26th, 2021
Liberal and left-wing weeklies take it for granted that the government used counter-terrorism spyware to monitor its critics. READ MORE
Third dose of coronavirus vaccine offered from August
July 24th, 2021
As the government makes a third dose of Covid vaccine available for citizens, a left-wing columnist accuses it of ignoring science. A pro-government commentator defends the government’s early decision to use the Chinese vaccine to speed-up immunization. READ MORE
Tags: vaccination
PM Orbán calls referendum
July 23rd, 2021
A pro-government commentator welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to call a referendum on the controversial child abuse legislation. A liberal columnist interprets the referendum as an act of ‘political paedophilia’. READ MORE
Tags: child abuse, Fudan, Gays, LGBTQ, referendum
Left-wing analyst defends inclusion of Jobbik in opposition alliance
July 22nd, 2021
A left-wing political scientist acknowledges that some of the values espoused by Jobbik are anathema to left-wing and liberal voters, but he nonetheless believes that Jobbik should be part of the opposition cooperation. READ MORE
Tags: 2022, Jobbik, LGBTQ, opposition
Storm of accusations over spyware allegations
July 21st, 2021
A prominent left-wing columnist and the leading pro-government daily give diametrically opposing interpretations of the Pegasus spyware scandal. READ MORE
Tags: Pegasus
Government accused of using spyware
July 20th, 2021
As the government stands accused of using spyware to monitor critical journalists and other individuals, a left-wing pundit likens PM Orbán to the dictators of the East. Pro-government commentators are skeptical that the government illegally tapped its critics. READ MORE
Weeklies on conflicts with the EU
July 19th, 2021
The weeklies are sharply divided on the issues which pit the Hungarian government against the European Commission, but all consider these controversies serious and lasting. READ MORE
EU starts legal action against Hungary (and Poland)
July 17th, 2021
Reacting to the infringement procedure launched by the European Commission over LGBTQ issues, a pro-government historian thinks this controversy resembles the clash over asylum-seekers in the late 2010s. A left-wing commentator, by contrast, sees a clear political motive behind the ‘child protection law’ identified as homophobic by the European Commission. READ MORE