US Congressman Lobbies for Weapons for Ukraine in Budapest, Gets Meeting with Opposition Politician US Ambassador David Pressman (L) and Rep. Jason Crow (R) are entertained by Klára Dobrev (back) It was a busy... 2023.09.01.
Contrasting Views Mark the EP’s 70th Birthday The European Parliament held a ceremony in its Strasbourg’s hemicycle on Tuesday, marking the creation of the Common Assembly of... 2022.11.23.
Election 2022: DK’s Dobrev Convinced Hungary “Now Has A Democratic Majority” Ferenc Gyurcsány, head of the opposition Democratic Coalition, and the party's MEP Klára Dobrev, his wife, cast their ballots in... 2022.04.03.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay Calls on Christians Not to Vote for Fidesz One cannot be a Christian and vote for ruling Fidesz and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who heads the most corrupt... 2022.03.28.
Fidesz: Opposition Undermining Hungary in Brussels Fidesz has accused Hungary's left wing of "quietly sabotaging" Hungary in Brussels amid the war in Ukraine. Undermining Hungary "is... 2022.03.11.
Most Influential Hungarian Women: Fidesz Dominates Top 10 Fidesz's candidate for president, the Prime Minister's daughter and a pro-Fidesz historian are Hungary's most influential women in public life, according... 2022.03.09.
DK President Gyurcsány Takes in Group of Ukrainian Hungarian Refugees Former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány posted on his Facebook page that a group of refugees from Ukraine had arrived on... 2022.03.04.
Márki-Zay: Hungary Going Down Rather than Forward since 2010 "Hungary has been plundered," Péter Márki-Zay, prime ministerial candidate of the united opposition, said in a speech assessing the state... 2022.02.18.
Opposition Lambasts Orbán Gov’t after EU Top Court’s Dismissal of Hungarian Rule of Law Challenge "Orbán was defeated at the European Court of Justice, but Hungary and the Hungarian people won,” said Momentum MEP Katalin... 2022.02.16.
Opposition in Race against Time to Collect Signatures for Referendums After weeks of decreased activity and some internal skirmishes, the representatives of the opposition alliance's parties have finally stood up on... 2022.01.06.
Philosopher Ágnes Heller’s Portrait Bust Inaugurated in Brussels The portrait bust of Széchenyi National Prize-winning philosopher, Ágnes Heller, has been inaugurated in the European Parliament. The world-known Hungarian... 2021.12.09.
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.
