A left-wing take on the Ukrainian presidential election
Thursday, April 25th, 2019A left-wing analyst hopes the newly elected ‘outsider President’ of the Ukraine will bring relief to Hungary’s tormented north-eastern neighbour. READ MORE
Mike Pompeo’s visit to Budapest
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019The left-wing nationwide daily reports that Hungary has soothed Washington’s concerns over Russian and Chinese ‘penetration’ with promises to boost economic and military cooperation with the United States. READ MORE
Ukraine under martial law
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018Pondering the implications of the Russian-Ukrainian naval incident, a pro-government columnist finds Hungary’s position diplomatically and geopolitically extremely delicate. READ MORE
Tension between Hungary and Ukraine
Monday, October 15th, 2018Pro-government sites claim that extreme right-wing Ukrainian organisations which publish the addresses of ethnic Hungarians denouncing them as traitors are being supported by the government in Kiev. A liberal weekly accuses the Hungarian government of playing into Moscow’s hands with its attitude towards Ukraine. READ MORE
Hungary-Ukraine skirmish over dual citizenship
Saturday, October 6th, 2018As Ukraine and Hungary exchange diplomatic blows over Hungarian dual citizenship in Ukraine, a pro-government and a left-wing columnist ponder how Budapest can best protect the interests of the Hungarian minority in that country. READ MORE
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 blocks Ukraine’s NATO integration
Friday, December 8th, 2017Magyar Nemzet agrees with the government’s assessment that the recently adopted Ukrainian education act severely curbs education in minority languages, but finds it misplaced for Hungary to be a lonely protester against embattled Ukraine. READ MORE
The West blamed for the Ukraine crisis
Thursday, December 7th, 2017A conservative commentator lambasts the United States and Europe for being unable to make up their minds on what to do about Ukraine. He thinks this is the cause of the political instability and the ensuing nationalist drive there. READ MORE
A proposal to solve the row over the Ukrainian law on public education
Thursday, October 12th, 2017A researcher on international law believes Hungary should give the majority of Ukrainian politicians the benefit of the doubt, and negotiate an amendment to their new law which violates the right of minorities to be taught in their mother tongue in the public school system. READ MORE
Ukrainian education law backed by Soros’s local foundation
Saturday, September 16th, 2017A conservative commentator finds it surprising that the Ukrainian subsidiary of a network of foundations financed by American-Hungarian financier and philanthropist George Soros agrees with the new Ukrainian law which bars state owned schools from teaching minority students in their mother tongues. READ MORE