Press Roundup: Budapest Mayor Accused of Planning to Sell City Hall Pro-government media accuse the Budapest Mayor of intending to sell the City Hall building. A left-wing commentator describes the allegation... 2021.11.12.
DK Sues Public Media for ‘Presenting Elk*rtuk Feature Film’s Conspiracy Theory as Fact’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) decided to sue the public media after one of the radio hosts was talking about... 2021.10.28.
Propaganda or Reality? – Gyurcsány Movie ELK*RTUK Causes Controversy The movie about the 2006 events including then PM Ferenc Gyurcsány's "lie-speech" and police brutality, ELK*RTUK (The cost of deception... 2021.10.26.
October 23 Press Roundup: 65 After 56 On the 65th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, a left-wing commentator and his right-wing counterpart draw diametrically opposing lessons for... 2021.10.23.
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.
Media: Controversial Anti-Márki-Zay Front Pages in Pesti Hírlap Lead to Departures One week after newspaper Pesti Hírlap had published controversial front pages in connection to the opposition primaries, the editor-in chief,... 2021.10.19.
Reactions to Márki-Zay Winning Primaries: Beginning of a New Chapter vs. Gyurcsány’s Fake-Right Candidate Péter Márki-Zay has been elected by a significant majority to lead the opposition alliance against Viktor Orbán and Fidesz-KDNP in... 2021.10.18.
An Unexpected Win: Who is Orbán Challenger, Péter Márki-Zay? On Sunday night it was announced that Péter Márki-Zay had won the opposition’s primary election. Unlike his opponents, he was... 2021.10.18.
Conservative Márki-Zay Wins Opposition Primary Péter Márki-Zay of the Everyone's Hungary Movement (Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom, MMM) won the opposition's primary election with 371,560 votes (56.71... 2021.10.18.
Hungarian Opposition Primaries Conclude with 662,000 Voting in Second Round The final round of the opposition primaries was concluded Saturday evening. The winner, DK's Klára Dobrev or Péter Márki Zay... 2021.10.17.
“Climate Elections:” Green Debate During Primaries After a long debate on Wednesday evening, Klára Dobrev and Péter Márki-Zay, the two remaining candidates for prime minister in... 2021.10.15.
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.
Márki-Zay: Fidesz Media Joined Opposition Primary Campaign on Klára Dobrev’s Side "[Minister of the PM’s Cabinet Office] Antal Rogán has decided to join the election campaign of Klára Dobrev," Péter Márki-Zay,... 2021.10.15.
MSZP Finally Decides to Back PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Primaries The Socialist Party (MSZP) has finally decided who they will support as the joint opposition's prime ministerial candidate in the... 2021.10.14.
Opposition PM Candidates in Third Debate Promise to Help Winner’s Campaign after Primaries The second round of the primary elections is underway, and yesterday the two remaining candidates for prime minister had their... 2021.10.14.
Rivalry between Opposition PM Candidates Márki-Zay and Dobrev Getting More Intense The battle for electing Viktor Orbán's challenger has been narrowed down to two contenders. As the second, decisive round of... 2021.10.12.
Second Round of Primaries Underway with 78k Voting on First Day The second round of the primary elections started on October 10th and on the first day, already 78,000 people cast... 2021.10.11.
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.
Karácsony Withdraws from Primaries Minutes Before Deadline Contrary to his previous statements, Gergely Karácsony announced today that he is withdrawing from the primaries in favor of Péter... 2021.10.08.
DK: House Speaker ‘Threatening Dobrev with Imprisonment’ According to the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), Speaker of Parliament László Kövér has threatened Klára Dobrev, DK's MEP and prime... 2021.10.07.
Neither Opposition PM Candidate Will Step Aside Candidates for prime minister, Gergely Karácsony and Péter Márki-Zay, finally concluded their negotiations regarding the second round of the primaries,... 2021.10.07.
