Press Roundup: Márki-Zay Gathers Support Among Intellectuals Critics of both the government and of the opposition parties welcome the result of the opposition primary but wonder what... 2021.10.22.
Press Roundup: Márki-Zay Wants a Base in Future Parliament A conservative columnist believes new fault-lines may appear within the opposition as their newly elected candidate for Prime Minister asks... 2021.10.21.
Press Roundup: Outsider Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary In their first comments after Péter Márki-Zay’s victory was announced late on Sunday night, left-liberal commentators think his unexpected success... 2021.10.20.
Dangers and Possibilities- Political Analysts’ Take on Péter Márki-Zay’s Chances What are the chances and what is the potential Achilles heel of the joint opposition's freshly-elected prime ministerial candidate and... 2021.10.19.
“I view German reports on Hungary extremely critically, with certain dismay” – Interview with Former FAZ Journalist 27 years at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and also political reporting on Hungary- this is how Reinhard Olt's personal history... 2021.10.17.
Press Roundup: Soaring Energy Prices As energy prices skyrocket, a left-wing commentator calls on the government to lower taxes on gasoline. A conservative economist thinks... 2021.10.16.
Press Roundup: Opposition Frontrunners Clash in Third Televised Debate A liberal commentator thinks that despite the tense and personal exchange between Dobrev and Márki-Zay, there is no vast ideological... 2021.10.15.
Will Hungarian-Austrian Relations Change After Kurz’s Resignation? Sebastian Kurz nominated Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg as his replacement as Austria's chancellor after he resigned because of a corruption... 2021.10.13.
Press Roundup: Ruminations on Opposition’s Vision A pro-government columnist thinks that the opposition candidates have so far failed to outline their political vision. An alt-left commentator... 2021.10.12.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Primary Runoff By the time the news broke on Friday that Klára Dobrev will face a single challenger, namely Péter Márki-Zay, in the second round of... 2021.10.11.
Press Roundup: Karácsony Withdraws from the Primary Race A pro-government daily reads Gergely Karácsony’s decision to withdraw from the opposition primary as proof that he is a failed... 2021.10.09.
Nobel Prize: Who Else if Not Karikó? Decades of research have shown that the injection of suitable, synthetically produced mRNA into humans can provide protection against various... 2021.10.07.
“On a Mission towards Hungary” – Interview with Zsuzsánna Haynalné Kesserű, a Key Member of the Hungarian Diaspora in Argentina Hungarians have stood their ground all over the world, and they have made themselves liked in Argentina too, says the... 2021.10.05.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Discord Within the Opposition Over Proposals to Scrap the 2011 Constitution Commentators across the political spectrum wonder whether, if they win the election next April, the opposition could or would revoke... 2021.10.04.
Press Roundup: Dobrev Wins First Round of Opposition Primary A left-liberal author ponders Klára Dobrev’s chances of winning the second round of the opposition primaries, and then of a... 2021.10.02.
Coronavirus in September: Recently Arrived 4th Wave Accelerates in Hungary The coronavirus epidemic is once again spreading at an accelerated pace in Hungary. The trend that started at the end... 2021.10.01.
Press Roundup: First Round of Opposition Primary Concludes A pro-government commentator claims that the opposition primary is a stunt orchestrated by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A liberal columnist commenting on... 2021.10.01.
Press Roundup: Exchange Over Prospects for Fidesz A left-wing political scientist thinks that sooner or later the EU will cut funds to Hungary, and Fidesz will fall... 2021.09.30.
Press Roundup: More on the German Elections The leading dailies all agree that post-electoral German coalition talks may turn out to be more interesting than the campaign... 2021.09.29.
“Despite the many hardships throughout its history, Hungary has always resurrected itself like a Phoenix” – Hungarian-American Designer Anikó Gáal Schott In an attempt to escape the communist terror, Anikó Gáal Schott had to flee Hungary with her family when she... 2021.09.28.
Press Roundup: First Reactions to the German Election In the first snap reactions to the Bundestag election results, pundits across the political scene foretell more tension between the... 2021.09.28.
