Ukraine War Reframes Hungarian Campaign Messages on Both Sides The war in Ukraine and the response and reactions to it, have already left their mark on the ongoing Hungarian... 2022.03.02.
Press Roundup: Tens of Thousands Flee Ukraine A pro-government commentator contrasts the tens of thousands of ‘white and Christian genuine refugees’ from Ukraine, with those he calls... 2022.03.01.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Ukraine The weeklies went to print before the Russian onslaught on Ukraine began in the early hours of Thursday, but they... 2022.02.28.
Press Roundup: More Comments on the Ukraine War Opposition-leaning commentators squarely condemn Russia, while pro-government ones agree to sanctions on Moscow but lambast the opposition candidate for Prime... 2022.02.26.
Press Roundup: First Comments on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine A liberal correspondent believes that Russia intends to topple the Kiev government but will not attempt to keep Ukraine under... 2022.02.25.
Press Roundup: Hungary Joins EU Sanctions against Russia As the EU imposes another round of sanctions in response to Russia’s moves in eastern Ukraine, commentators try to make... 2022.02.24.
Seat Estimations: Fidesz-KDNP Clear Favorite but Two-thirds Majority Unlikely After our usual roundup about the latest survey results, let's see a compilation of the estimation of seats the party... 2022.02.21.
Press Roundup: Opposition Nominates Péter Róna for President Political commentators across the political spectrum find Péter Róna, the opposition parties’ nominee for President, a less than ideal candidate,... 2022.02.21.
Science and Faith: Are They Opposed or Complementary? Budapest received the great honor for the second time after 1938 that the Holy Father – this time Pope Francis... 2022.02.20.
Press Roundup: Diverging Takes on the Ukraine Crisis A pro-government pundit ascribes the Ukraine-Russia tension to the West’s ignorance of Russian geopolitical considerations. A left-wing columnist, on the... 2022.02.19.
Press Roundup: EU Court Rules Payments Can Be Frozen to Poland and Hungary A left-wing and a pro-government columnist ponder the implications of Wednesday’s ruling by the Court of Justice of the European... 2022.02.18.
Press Roundup: Another Controversial Statement by Péter Márki-Zay A pro-government pundit lambasts opposition frontrunner Márki-Zay for suggesting that the opposition represents all currents, including fascists and communists. A... 2022.02.17.
Press Roundup: Reactions to PM Orbán’s State of the Nation Address Left-wing and liberal analysts interpret the Prime Minister’s speech primarily as the opening of the electoral campaign. A pro-government commentator... 2022.02.16.
Number of Anti-Vaxxers and Vaccine Skeptics So High They Cannot Be Ignored ahead of Elections In Hungary, the proportion of anti-vaccination voters is so high that most political parties have been trying to reach out... 2022.02.15.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Electoral Campaign As the electoral campaign officially kicks off, the weeklies analyze the political landscape and the various factors that might play... 2022.02.14.
Press Roundup: Row Over Hungary’s Lost Winter Olympics Gold A left-wing commentator believes the government should protest against the disqualification of the Hungarian winner of the speed skating short... 2022.02.11.
Two Months to Go: Fidesz’s Popularity Growing but Race Still Open The pollsters not close to the Fidesz government found that the two major sides are still roughly neck-and-neck, although the... 2022.02.08.
Press Roundup: OSCE Prepares for ‘Full-Scale’ Electoral Monitoring in Hungary A pro-government analyst sees the decision to send an unusually large (for an EU country) electoral monitoring mission to Hungary... 2022.02.08.
Press Roundup: The Geopolitical Implications of the Ukraine Crisis Pundits right across the political spectrum try to see through the smokescreen in order to make sense of the Ukraine... 2022.02.07.
Press Roundup: More on PM Orbán’s Moscow Visit A left-wing commentator thinks that President Putin’s demand that NATO pull back from Eastern Europe (to the 1997 status quo)... 2022.02.04.
Covid-19 in January: Skyrocketing Case Numbers but Fewer Deaths Shortly after the fourth Covid-19 wave ended in Hungary, the appearance of the Omicron variant reignited the virus. The new... 2022.02.03.
