US-Hungarian FM talks
Saturday, June 2nd, 2018A left-wing commentator suggests that the government had to make concessions as the price for Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó’s meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. READ MORE
Hungary indicted in the Sargentini report
Saturday, April 28th, 2018A pro-government columnist dismisses a report by Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini, which accuses Hungary of jeopardising European values, as biased and motivated by hostility to the Hungarian government view on migration. READ MORE
Hungary satisfied with the Rome declaration
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017Two days after PM Orbán signed the joint declaration of EU heads of state and government on the 60th anniversary of the founding Rome Treaty, commentators emphasise the controversies between Hungary and the bulk of the Union. READ MORE
FM unveils harsh past exchanges with State Department
Friday, December 23rd, 2016In an interview with the ATV television website, Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó said Hungary has been regularly under heavy pressure from the US State Department and he had unpleasant personal exchanges with Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland with both of them speaking at the top of their voice. READ MORE
Diplomatic row over Romania’s national holiday
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016Commentators disagree on whether the Foreign Minister was right to ban his diplomats from attending the commemoration ceremony of the Romanian Embassy in Budapest on Romania’s National Holiday that symbolises the transfer of Transylvania from Hungary to Romania in 1918, after World War I. READ MORE
Hungary skipped the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Trump
Thursday, November 17th, 2016As Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó
Foreign Minister Szijjártó on European “no-go zones”
Saturday, September 24th, 2016Pro-government columnists side with Foreign Minister Szijjártó, who in successive interviews with