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.
Press Roundup: PM Orbán’s Visit to Moscow A pro-government commentator thinks that PM Orbán managed to broker important economic deals with President Putin. A liberal commentator, on... 2022.02.03.
Press Roundup: Teachers Launch Warning-Strike A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the legitimate demands of teachers and trying to limit their right to... 2022.02.01.
