809 result(s) for political editor
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Speech At Kötcse On 9/11
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that our lives will never be the same as they were before 2001, but disagree on PM Orbán’s speech on the anniversary.
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador To UN Criticizes Hungarian Government
- 12 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist rejects the accusations of state-sponsored anti-Semitism suggested by Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the UN. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, thinks that by tolerating racist discourse, the government has endangered good relations with the US.
Xpat Opinion: Budaházy Sentenced To 13 Years
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators ponder the severe sentences handed down to the defendants in the first political terror case in the history of Hungarian democracy.
Lázár: Sport ‘National Cause’
- 26 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government considers sports as a “strategic sector and a national cause”, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a weekly press briefing. The achievements of Hungary’s athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympics and in past years will help the country’s bid to host the Olympics, Lázár said. He called Hungary one of the most successful “sporting nations” in the world.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Outcry As Hungarian State TV Ignores Olympic Refugee Swimmer
- 9 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
A public TV announcer commenting on a broadcast of the Olympics yesterday failed to mention the name of a swimmer representing the Refugee Olympic Team, even after she won her heat, causing an outcry in the press and social media. The Helsinki Committee questioned if the omission was political, but the commentator blamed a technical error.
Xpat Opinion: A Lesson In The Risks Of Referendums
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Dailies On Viktor Orbán’s Tusnád Speech
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing columnists find the PM’s messages ambiguous. A pro-government commentator thinks that Mr Orbán has offered a clear analysis and a feasible proposal to overcome Europe’s multiple crises. A centrist pundit believes the prime minister may become one of the new leaders of the EU.
Xpat Opinion: Lázár’s Words Fuel Huxit Debate In Hungary
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on ambiguous statements by top government officials following the Brexit referendum, left-liberal commentators wonder if Viktor Orbán’s government wants Hungary to leave the European Union. Magyar Nemzet suggests that such declarations were only meant to promote a high turnout at the quota-referendum, due to be held in the autumn.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Speech At Kötcse On 9/11
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that our lives will never be the same as they were before 2001, but disagree on PM Orbán’s speech on the anniversary.
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador To UN Criticizes Hungarian Government
- 12 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist rejects the accusations of state-sponsored anti-Semitism suggested by Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the UN. A left-wing commentator, on the other hand, thinks that by tolerating racist discourse, the government has endangered good relations with the US.
Xpat Opinion: Budaházy Sentenced To 13 Years
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators ponder the severe sentences handed down to the defendants in the first political terror case in the history of Hungarian democracy.
Lázár: Sport ‘National Cause’
- 26 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government considers sports as a “strategic sector and a national cause”, János Lázár, the government office chief, told a weekly press briefing. The achievements of Hungary’s athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympics and in past years will help the country’s bid to host the Olympics, Lázár said. He called Hungary one of the most successful “sporting nations” in the world.
Xpat Opinion: Strange Times (In Hungary)? We’ve Been Here Before
- 10 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The news may sound surprising, but it really isn’t. We have been here before. In what has become an annual tradition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to his party’s summer retreat in Baile Tusnad, Romania, and gave a speech designed to shock. This time Orbán endorsed the American presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the ...
Outcry As Hungarian State TV Ignores Olympic Refugee Swimmer
- 9 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
A public TV announcer commenting on a broadcast of the Olympics yesterday failed to mention the name of a swimmer representing the Refugee Olympic Team, even after she won her heat, causing an outcry in the press and social media. The Helsinki Committee questioned if the omission was political, but the commentator blamed a technical error.
Xpat Opinion: A Lesson In The Risks Of Referendums
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
As Hungary prepares its own referendum designed to show displeasure with Brussels, the government might do well to learn from what just happened in the U.K.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Dailies On Viktor Orbán’s Tusnád Speech
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing columnists find the PM’s messages ambiguous. A pro-government commentator thinks that Mr Orbán has offered a clear analysis and a feasible proposal to overcome Europe’s multiple crises. A centrist pundit believes the prime minister may become one of the new leaders of the EU.
Xpat Opinion: Lázár’s Words Fuel Huxit Debate In Hungary
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on ambiguous statements by top government officials following the Brexit referendum, left-liberal commentators wonder if Viktor Orbán’s government wants Hungary to leave the European Union. Magyar Nemzet suggests that such declarations were only meant to promote a high turnout at the quota-referendum, due to be held in the autumn.















