European Court rules in favour of gay marriage
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018A pro-government columnist worries about the prospect of unelected officials and judges imposing their own values on nations within the European Union. READ MORE
Constitutional Court postpones discussion of ‘lex CEU’ and ‘NGO’ bills
Thursday, June 7th, 2018A liberal and a pro-government pundit lambast the Constitutional Court for not discussing the constitutionality of the so-called ‘lex CEU’ and the anti-NGO legislation. READ MORE
European court rules against sexual orientation test for asylum seekers
Saturday, January 27th, 2018A pro-government columnist calls for tougher measures against NGOs who help migrants, as the top European court rules against the psychological testing of asylum seekers who seek protection on the grounds of being victims of homophobic persecution. READ MORE
Red sludge catastrophe to be retried
Thursday, February 9th, 2017A conservative commentator welcomes a ruling by the court of appeal to order a retrial of the executive staff members of the MAL aluminium company. READ MORE
Syrian-Cypriot migrant border rioter sentenced to 10 years in jail
Saturday, December 3rd, 2016A conservative columnist thinks that the court was right to sentence a Syrian migrant with residence in Cyprus for inciting a riot, using force against the police and crossing the border illegally. But she finds it deeply problematic that such behaviour is regarded as ‘terrorist activity’ under Hungarian law. READ MORE
Court acquits leaders of alumina plant in red sludge trial
Monday, February 1st, 2016The leading pro-government daily finds it outrageous that the leaders of the MAL Company, responsible for a 2010 industrial accident in western Hungary in which ten people died, were cleared of the criminal charges against them. A left-wing commentator blames the government for suggesting that the management bore responsibility for the disaster. READ MORE
Former Socialist Budapest Deputy Mayor receives suspended sentence
Thursday, January 28th, 2016As 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
Béla Biszku receives suspended sentence
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015A pro-government commentator finds the light sentence handed down to a former high-ranking Communist leader outrageous, and accuses the court of falsifying history and encouraging delinquency. READ MORE
Former police chiefs reprimanded over 2006 riots
Monday, November 2nd, 2015Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light. READ MORE
Far-right militia dissolved by court
Saturday, October 18th, 2014As the Szeged Tribunal disbands the Szebb Jövőért (For a Better Future) organization created by the former leaders of the Hungarian Guard which was dissolved in 2009, the leading left-wing daily predicts that another similarly racist organization will be set up soon. READ MORE