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Népszava, the social democratic daily, is in socialist hands again
Among the many pieces of bad news both inside and outside of Hungary, I am happy to report a good piece of news. It looks as if Népszava, Hungary’s oldest continuously published newspaper, has been...
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Botka’s formal introduction as MSZP’s candidate for Hungary’s new prime minister
Two days have gone by since László Botka, mayor of Szeged and MSZP’s candidate for the premiership, delivered a fifty-minute speech which has since received mixed reviews. The most quoted part of the...
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Is Ferenc Gyurcsány jumping the gun by talking about the 2022 national election?
Ferenc Gyurcsány didn’t waste any time. On January 2 he reminded his approximately 250,000 Facebook readers and fellow politicians that it is time to think about the 2022 national election. It is in...
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Viktor Orbán and other Fidesz heavyweights didn’t spend their vacations at...
The eyes of the investigative journalists at Átlátszó have been peeled on a Bombardier Global 6000 luxury private jet which, although registered in Austria, is normally parked at the Budapest Airport....
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What is the real message of Orbán’s essay, “Together we will succeed again”?
A political scientist published an opinion piece in Mérce in which he confesses that he waded through “the deadly boring article” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán published yesterday in Magyar Nemzet only...
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Taking stock after the election in Borsod
Today’s news is dominated by assessments of Sunday’s by-election in the 6th electoral district of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Fidesz is obviously incredibly relieved that Zsófia Koncz, the candidate...
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Ákos Hadházy’s political blunder
At about 9 o’clock last night Ákos Hadházy, an independent member of parliament and the indefatigable watchdog of the widespread corruption in connection with the European Union’s convergence program,...
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The Russians took notice, and they are not happy
A few days ago, I devoted a post to the departure of David B. Cornstein, Donald Trump’s close friend and appointee as American ambassador to Budapest. He was in Hungary for less than two-and-a half...
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