Ruminations on Ukraine war
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023Right-wing commentators contend that the war in Ukraine is unlikely to end unless the US makes a U-turn. A left-wing commentator is confident that Russia will lose the war. READ MORE
Row over Hungary’s lost Winter Olympics gold
Friday, February 11th, 2022A 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
Commentator warns against new Cold War
Wednesday, December 29th, 2021A pro-government analyst advises the Western world to open a new, blank page in its relations with Russia and stop waging what he describes as a Cold War against two eastern giants, Russia and China simultaneously. READ MORE
Opposition protests against Fudan university
Tuesday, June 8th, 2021Commentators express strongly opposing views about the planned Chinese university campus in Budapest, and its implications. READ MORE
Left-wing Budapest city leaders oppose Chinese University
Friday, June 4th, 2021A left-wing commentator describes the plan to set up a Chinese university in Budapest as an expression of Chinese expansionist policies, while a China expert warns against offending China. READ MORE
Competing visions of colonisation
Thursday, April 29th, 2021A left-wing columnist fears that Chinese and Russian investment will weaken Hungary’s economic and cultural sovereignty. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, sees EU federalization as the gravest threat to Hungary’s independence and freedom. READ MORE
Chinese University to open campus in Budapest
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021An analyst dismisses political misgivings about the plan to establish a Chinese university in the Hungarian capital but questions the financial sustainability of the project. READ MORE
Chinese Fudan university to build campus in Budapest
Saturday, April 17th, 2021Opinions diverge sharply on the plan to open a Chinese university campus in Budapest in 2024. This will be the first campus the Shanghai-based Fudan University opens abroad. The Hungarian government plans to fund the project from Chinese loans. READ MORE
Foreign Minister slams EU sanctions against China
Thursday, March 25th, 2021A left-liberal columnist accuses the government of subservience to China, while a pro-government columnist finds a liberal MEP more sensitive towards the rights of Uighurs than those of ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine. READ MORE
Coronavirus and vaccination as political battlefields
Monday, March 22nd, 2021As the third wave of the pandemic sweeps through Hungary, commentators from across the political divide discuss the government’s strategy and speculate on the possible date of the end of the emergency. READ MORE