media
March 12, 2010, 09:47 CET
Foreign minister denies report V4 plans EU boycott
The Visegrad Four - Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland - has not threatened to stay out of the European Union's new foreign service, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs told MTI on Thursday, denying a Russian media report earlier in... [read complete entry]
March 08, 2010, 10:32 CET
Fidesz rejects Socialist invitation to broadcast debate
Conservative party Fidesz on Sunday rejected a call by the Socialist party's prime-minister candidate to take part in a broadcast debate on their respective campaign programmes. Attila Mesterhazy had asked Viktor Orban, the Fidesz leader, and the party's top policymakers... [read complete entry]
February 26, 2010, 09:50 CET
Socialists to boycott MTV talk show
Socialist leader Ildikó Lendvai has asked MTV to remove Magyar Hírlap deputy editor László Zöldi Szentesi from the morning programme "Ma Reggel," of which he is a co-host, the newspaper reports. Szentesi commented in Magyar Hírlap recently that anyone who... [read complete entry]
February 05, 2010, 10:24 CET
Media under spotlight at human rights conference in Budapest
The segregation of Hungary's Roma community and the role of the media in sustaining prejudices against them were in the focus of a Budapest human rights conference on Thursday. The conference had the aim to assess progress in human rights... [read complete entry]
January 26, 2010, 03:16 CET
Vona reveals Jobbik's "enemies list": IMF, United States, Israel, Slovakia and terrestrial commercial television stations
In a speech held in Esztergom over the weekend, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona (also the party's prime ministerial candidate) revealed what can be considered to be the party's "enemies list", origo.hu reports. If the party were to come into power,... [read complete entry]
January 26, 2010, 03:08 CET
Prime Minister to sue documentary maker and daily for libel
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai is turning to the courts over an interview conducted with László Pesty in daily Helyi Téma, which was subsequently reproduced in a documentary by Pesty, government portal magyarorszag.hu announced. The name of Pesty's documentary is "Time... [read complete entry]
January 25, 2010, 09:06 CET
Slovakian public television station refused to air Hungarian debate show
The Slovakian public television station STV refused to air a Hungarian debate, Slovak Hungarian daily Új Szó reports. Leaders of the station explained their decision by saying that the program, called "Terítéken" ("On the Agenda"), was "unbalanced." Of the debate's... [read complete entry]
January 22, 2010, 02:05 CET
Small parties call on big parties to recall Radio and Television Board members
According to kreativ.hu, the newly harmonious alliance between the Democratic Forum and Free Democrats has called for Fidesz and the Socialists to pull their delegates from the National Radio and Television Board (ORTT), following its controversial radio license decision. Democratic... [read complete entry]
December 22, 2009, 10:32 CET
Jobbik leader Vona rejects debate challenge by MDF's Bokros
Democratic Forum prime ministerial candidate Lajos Bokros has challenged Jobbik leader Gábor Vona to a public debate. Vona has rejected the invitation. In a letter to Vona, Bokros asked for 90 minutes to prove that Jobbik's policies will destroy and... [read complete entry]
December 22, 2009, 10:29 CET
New details over secret recording of former PM's infamous speech
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's speech to Socialist MPs at Balatonőszöd in May 2006, was recorded within the building, not by anyone with a listening device outside the building, MTV1 News reported. The leak of the speech in September of... [read complete entry]
December 18, 2009, 10:01 CET
Socialist PM candidate attacks president over magazine interview
The Socialist party's prime minister candidate Attila Mesterhazy on Thursday criticised President Laszlo Solyom for comments made in an interview in which he said it would have been better for the country had there been early elections after Ferenc Gyurcsany... [read complete entry]
December 01, 2009, 10:37 CET
Parliamentary committee to investigate radio frequency scandal
Parliament's constitutional and justice committee on Monday unanimously approved a proposal to set up a body to examine a decision to award tenders for radio frequencies previously used by two pop radio stations. The decision made by Hungary's top media... [read complete entry]
November 30, 2009, 11:40 CET
"Hungary a frontrunner in fiscal stability," Bajnai tells Newsweek
Hungary has become a frontrunner in terms of fiscal stability, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said in an interview published by the online edition of Newsweek on Friday. Asked about the impact of the economic crisis in Hungary, he said, "Hungarians... [read complete entry]
November 06, 2009, 01:16 CET
The Politics.hu Interview: Bálint Molnár, Freedom House Europe
Yesterday's news of the collapse of cross-party talks over campaign finance reform again put the spotlight on the murky nexus between money and elections in Hungary. The negotiations, which were taking place in advance of next year's general elections, were... [read complete entry]
November 04, 2009, 01:01 CET
Squabbling parties kick off new corruption cooperation deal with joint radio appearance
If you've ever gotten the feeling that all the hysterical finger-pointing by members of Hungary's leading political parties over allegations of corruption is just a big pantomime aimed at keeping the populace distracted while they carve up the country... [read complete entry]
November 03, 2009, 01:27 CET
Owner of Kuruc.info revealed to be owner of gay nightclub in Tel Aviv
Just kidding, but don't tell anyone at Hungary's leading far-right portal, because they might end up thinking it's true and printing it on page one! Here's why: According to the folks at the Reakció Blog, they recently submitted a... [read complete entry]
October 29, 2009, 10:43 CET
Gov't spokeswoman resigns, takes same post at Socialist Party
Government Spokeswoman Bernadett Budai confirmed on Wednesday that she would leave her post to become the spokeswoman of the ruling Socialist Party from November 1. Budai has filled the post of government spokesperson since June 2007. From November 1, the... [read complete entry]
October 20, 2009, 09:57 CET
TV journalist films evidence of electoral fraud
A staff member of MTV's "A szólás szabadsága" show paid local residents Ft 1,000 each to sign local election nomination slips, and recorded his actions on camera to prove that anybody can obtain such signatures for cash. By-elections will be... [read complete entry]
October 19, 2009, 02:46 CET
Wall Street Journal writers beware: Fidesz going to win 2010 elections no matter what
Just saw a piece go up over on the Wall Street Journal's "New Europe" blog with a rather combustible headline: "Gypsies, Jews, Homosexuals Beware: Fidesz Eyes 2010 Elections". The nut graph is as follows: If Fidesz cracks down on extreme... [read complete entry]
October 19, 2009, 11:58 CET
News Flash: Not everything that happened since '89 is worth celebrating
The notable American journalist - and former Budapest denizen - Matt Welch has an interesting piece in the current issue of the libertarian magazine Reason bemoaning the indifference on the part of the American media and the United States in... [read complete entry]
October 06, 2009, 02:43 CET
Fidesz MP ensnared in online porn non-scandal
Since all of the recent political scandals in Hungary have been due to corruption, you can almost understand how Blikk got excited when they thought they had busted Fidesz MP Zsolt Horváth leering at a pic of a topless woman... [read complete entry]
October 05, 2009, 12:19 CET
Prison sentences handed out for 2006 attack on TV building
The Central District Court of Budapest, acting as a court of first instance, on Friday handed out prison sentences to six people involved in the siege of the headquarters of Hungarian Television (MTV) in central Budapest three years ago. One... [read complete entry]
October 05, 2009, 10:52 CET
Orbán says accountability more important than country's finances
"I consider holding accountable those responsible for Hungary's present position as more important than the country's finances," Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán told MTV talk show "Ma reggel" (This Morning) on Friday. Antall-era Justice Minister István Balsai will oversee strategic planning... [read complete entry]
October 02, 2009, 11:00 CET
Socialists boycott new public television talk show
Leading Socialist politicians will not take part in MTV's "Ma reggel" morning talk show until at least next Wednesday, when the state TV network's board of trustees meets. The show is a replacement for "Nap-kelte," the long-running morning programme that... [read complete entry]
September 30, 2009, 09:21 CET
Democratic Forum chairwoman featured in upcoming issue of Playboy
Before some of you get excited, no, Democratic Forum Chairwoman is not the subject of a celebrity pictorial in the upcoming issue of Hungarian Playboy; that distinction goes to television presenter Klaudia Liptai. Dávid, however, is this month's celebrity interview... [read complete entry]
September 22, 2009, 10:27 CET
Parliament passes new civil code; sweeping changes include 1,200 provisions
Parliament passed a new civil code yesterday, approving Hungary’s most extensive and complex legislation, containing some 1,200 provisions. The bill will now go to President László Sólyom for endorsement or rejection. It received 191 affirmative votes, as all Socialist MPs... [read complete entry]
September 18, 2009, 12:19 CET
Hungarian center-right wilts under siege by far-right cyber-barbarians
Despite the recent relative quiet this past week, longtime visitors to this site (and the other All Hungary sites) have probably noticed that over the previous year, the nature of the comments left here has become increasingly vulgar and far-right... [read complete entry]
August 10, 2009, 10:32 CET
Jobbik leader heckles TV journalists over Holocaust denial question
Leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party Gabor Vona insulted a journalist in response to a question about Holocaust denial on a morning television programme on Monday. Vona said "if you are so interested in Jewish issues I suggest you... [read complete entry]
August 05, 2009, 11:06 CET
Magyar Gárda said to consider patrolling village where Roma woman killed
The mayor of Kisleta, the NE Hungary village where a Roma woman was shot dead, told MTI on Tuesday that an unidentified caller connected to the paramilitary Hungarian Guard had threatened to send bikers to the village to mount "patrols".... [read complete entry]
August 04, 2009, 02:55 CET
Another minister drops another terror bombshell dud
It's hard to believe this could possibly be true, but just a few days after the Justice Ministry was forced to issue a humiliating apology for its minister's use of bogus video to dramatize the government's efforts to clamp down... [read complete entry]
July 17, 2009, 11:11 CET
Wife-beating report black eye for Magyar Gárda
While the government and media continues to hunt, in vain, for any evidence of physical attacks by members of the Magyar Gárda on Gypsies, Jews or other groups allegedly targeted by the paramilitary nationalist self-defense organization, stop.hu is claiming that... [read complete entry]
July 01, 2009, 09:47 CET
Freedom House "democracy rating" for Hungary declines
Hungary was graded down in a democracy rating by the independent US-based Freedom House in a report published on Tuesday. The report warns of radicalisation tendencies in Hungarian politics. "Democratic institutions are robust and likely to hold despite reckless party... [read complete entry]
June 22, 2009, 09:41 CET
Newspaper charges Justice Minister ordered framing of journalists
Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics last spring illegally instructed National Bureau of Investigations director general Attila Petőfi to plant drugs in the car of HírTV reporters Ákos Krakkó and Szabolcs Kisberk, Magyar Nemzet reported on Saturday. Draskovics reportedly told Petőfi on... [read complete entry]
June 16, 2009, 12:44 CET
Hírszerző overexcited by opposition leader's bare foot
Hirszerzo.hu, a news portal normally known for serious pieces, went gaga over photos of Fidesz Chairman Viktor Orbán playing football, especially the fact that in one of the photos, (part of which can be seen to the left) the opposition... [read complete entry]
June 04, 2009, 10:16 CET
Parties shun pre-election TV debate
In the absence of an agreement between Hungary's political parties, the leading European Parliamentary candidates will not take part in a television debate which had been planned earlier, public television station MTV told MTI on Wednesday. The ruling Socialist party... [read complete entry]
June 03, 2009, 09:11 CET
Party EP list leaders expected for TV debate on Friday
State satellite channel DunaTV is ready to host and broadcast live a debate among heads of the party lists for the EU elections, station president László Cselényi announced on Tuesday. He proposed that the leading ethnic Hungarian candidates from other... [read complete entry]
May 27, 2009, 09:44 CET
Bajnai bemoans political animosity, says far right reminiscent of 1930s
Hungary has to face problems arising not only from the global economic crisis, but also those arising domestically, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai told the Austrian Der Standard newspaper. The interview is to appear in the daily's Wednesday's issue. The "animosities"... [read complete entry]
May 18, 2009, 10:42 CET
Fidesz calls on government to halt PR in advance of EP election
Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party has called on the government, its agencies and state-run companies to stop advertising their activities or promoting their achievements during an election campaign, Fidesz official Zsolt Nyitrai told reporters on Sunday. Fidesz also wants to... [read complete entry]
May 08, 2009, 08:43 CET
Jobbik demands media give party better press coverage
Radical nationalist party Jobbik on Thursday criticised the Hungarian media, accusing it of failing to cover its manifesto while slandering the party. "With a month to go until the European parliamentary elections, it is high time to end the silencing... [read complete entry]
April 29, 2009, 09:07 CET
SZDSZ calls for public debates during EP election campaign
Hungary's liberal opposition Free Democrats are calling for two public debates to be held as part of the European parliamentary elections campaign, party leader Gabor Fodor told the press on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
April 16, 2009, 09:19 CET
Foreign press assess new PM
Most foreign press reports depict Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai as a non-political character who hopes to form a technocratic government to lead Hungary out of its dire financial straits.... [read complete entry]
April 14, 2009, 11:53 CET
No need to worry, it's just a terrorist onslaught
So is it just me, or does the reaction in Hungary to the recent surge in planned and executed attacks on government officials seem weirdly muted? On Friday, just before everyone took off for the three-day weekend, Justice Minister Tibor... [read complete entry]
April 07, 2009, 12:29 CET
Leftist daily says Fidesz courting far-right voters
Fidesz, Hungary's main conservative opposition party, has given warning to supporters of Jobbik, a radical nationalist party, that their vote would be wasted on the non-parliamentary party and it would be better to cast their ballots for Fidesz in the... [read complete entry]
March 27, 2009, 02:19 CET
Does Hungary's Socialists have a PR deal with the UK Guardian?
We get so many emails from readers about perceived weaknesses in the foreign media's coverage of Hungarian politics that we tend not to follow up on them. But earlier this week one tipster put us on a case involving... [read complete entry]
March 26, 2009, 07:49 CET
Paper explores possible scenarios leading to new PM
Népszabadság examines a number of possible scenarios regarding a change of prime minister today.... [read complete entry]
March 19, 2009, 08:02 CET
Polls indicate only two Hungarian parties to win European Parliament seats
Only Hungary's two biggest parties will win seats in the June European parliamentary elections, according to a poll conducted by Nezopont Institute.... [read complete entry]
March 18, 2009, 09:41 CET
High-profile newspaper piece urges Gyurcsány to step down as PM
Tuesday's Népszabadság carried an essay calling for Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány to step down for the good of the Socialist Party. The commentary by political scientist Béla Galló and economist Péter Gábor said that Gyurcsány has got to go, the... [read complete entry]
March 10, 2009, 09:27 CET
PM hired private consulting firm to craft €180 billion bailout proposal
Prime Minister Gyurcsány commissioned consultants McKinsey to help prepare his proposal for a €180 billion East European bailout package, it was revealed yesterday.... [read complete entry]
March 09, 2009, 07:49 CET
Orbán calls Hungary "bankrupt" in annual state-of-the-nation speech
Hungary "has in fact gone bankrupt", Viktor Orban, leader of the main opposition Fidesz party, said in his traditional state-of-the-nation speech held in Budapest on Friday.... [read complete entry]
March 06, 2009, 12:29 CET
International press portrays Hungary as increasingly isolated
Hungary appears increasingly isolated in its efforts to obtain EU support for the Central and Eastern Europe region, the Wall Street Journal wrote on Thursday. In a Budapest-datelined report, the daily said Hungary's slide separates it from its neighbours, who... [read complete entry]
February 27, 2009, 02:25 CET
New Free Democrat ad campaign aims low
We're not entirely certain what to make of these ad campaigns by Hungary's liberals, who have essentially admitted that all they're hoping to achieve is to barely get enough votes to send someone to Brussels in the European Parliamentary... [read complete entry]
February 26, 2009, 01:24 CET
US State Dep't human rights report highlights plight of Hungary's Roma
Hungary is included in a 2008 US State Department report published on Wednesday among countries where social violence against Gypsies was on the rise.... [read complete entry]
February 17, 2009, 05:16 CET
PM downgrades "fuck-up" to "serious mistake"
Perhaps because of the examples set by Barack Obama (and before him John McCain), it is now fashionable for politicians to admit they have "screwed up." Now Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány seems to be trying to get in on... [read complete entry]
February 17, 2009, 09:58 CET
In televised speech, PM offers Hungarians "difficult venture"
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany called the people of Hungary to a difficult venture, which will yield only in several years' time.... [read complete entry]
February 16, 2009, 09:27 CET
Thousands protest gov't boycott of conservative daily
Over 2,000 people demonstrated on Friday afternoon against Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's call to cut off state advertising in and subscriptions to Magyar Hírlap over a commentary that referred to the Roma killers of Romanian handball player Marian Cozma as... [read complete entry]
February 13, 2009, 08:43 CET
Five parties hold meeting on campaign finance reform
Hungary's five parliamentary parties on Thursday held a meeting on issues concerning reform of political campaign finance.... [read complete entry]
February 12, 2009, 09:30 CET
Joke magazine nets government funding for PR articles
Satirical magazine Hócipő reportedly received Ft 3 million (€10,000) from the government for publishing a single article celebrating the hundredth ever International Women's Day and a further Ft 4 million for a series of articles popularizing the government's secret services,... [read complete entry]
February 11, 2009, 09:57 CET
Gyurcsány demands state bodies cut off conservative daily
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is asking state companies and institutions to cancel subscriptions to Magyar Hírlap and not to place any advertisements in the daily, in response to a commentary in Monday's edition.... [read complete entry]
February 04, 2009, 02:11 CET
Orbán, Gyurcsány win 2-0 in latest match with Financial Times
Hungary's two political "tops dogs" aren't particularly known for their ability to get good press for themselves in the foreign media. But two pieces in the Financial Times this week show they can still manage to hoodwink the occasional unsuspecting... [read complete entry]
January 29, 2009, 10:21 CET
Gyurcsány emerges as least popular politician in new poll
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany is the least popular official of his minority Socialist government, according to a Nezopont Institute poll.... [read complete entry]
January 28, 2009, 09:36 CET
Transparency International, foreign gov'ts to fund reporting on party financing
Anti-corruption groups Transparency International (TI) and Freedom House (FH) are organising cohesion among Hungarian investigative journalists. The project is also supported by the embassies of the UK and the Netherlands in Budapest. The joint investigation team will attempt to uncover... [read complete entry]
January 08, 2009, 08:21 CET
Regime-change documents to be posted online
The Budapest-based Open Society Archives (OSA) and MTI will jointly publish a vast array of transcripts and recordings to mark the 20th anniversary of the change of political system in 1989.... [read complete entry]
December 02, 2008, 12:10 CET
Endless voting means hazardous duty for parliamentary fingers
In case you think being a Hungarian parliamentarian isn't hard work, think again: on just one day last week (Tuesday the 25th) the country's 381 MPs had to vote 400 separate times in order to enact the latest round of... [read complete entry]
November 17, 2008, 04:44 CET
Shots fired at TV station; attack follows threats against "racist" programming
Shots were fired at the Budapest headquarters of commercial television channel ATV over the weekend, the channel told MTI in a statement on Monday.... [read complete entry]
November 13, 2008, 04:17 CET
Former New York governor honored for bringing yet more disrepute on Hungary
From the website of Hungarian State President I see that former New York State governor George Pataki yesterday was up at the presidential palace getting a medal. In announcing the award - the very spiffy-sounding Commander's Cross with the Star... [read complete entry]
November 13, 2008, 09:22 CET
Gyurcsány owns up to government mistakes
The government is partly to blame for Hungary's current dire situation, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Prime Minster Ferenc Gyurcsány told French daily Le Monde.... [read complete entry]
September 17, 2008, 10:37 CET
Fico says Slovakia/Hungary relations better than media claims
Interstate and political relations between Slovakia and Hungary could be better, but they are not as bad as the media claims, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told the Hungarian nationwide daily Nepszabadsag in an interview published on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
September 08, 2008, 01:44 CET
PM's right-hand man denies shadowy right-wing Christian/liberal Jewish plot to seize power
Given all the various challenges facing Ferenc Gyurcsány these days, it's not surprising that some of the rumors about the tenuous position of our esteemed PM would turn out to be both false and distasteful. Here's my favorite so far:... [read complete entry]
September 08, 2008, 12:31 CET
Former gov't spokesman to teach seminar in double standards
Among the new teachers expanding the minds of Hungarian students this fall is former government spokesperson Zoltán J. Gál, who will be instructing at the school of politics of the left-leaning Demos Foundation this semester. In addition to giving his... [read complete entry]
September 03, 2008, 03:38 CET
Fidesz furor at party big's icky Playboy tell-all
Way back in 1976, a little-known American politician named Jimmy Carter causes a ruckus when he gave an interview to Playboy magazine in which he admitted to having "lust in his heart" at other women. Fast-forward 32 years, and to... [read complete entry]
August 19, 2008, 12:06 CET
One Freudian slip and the prime minister dies
This interesting juxtaposition of illustrations for stories about Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and the war in Georgia spotted last night on the homepage of Gyurcsány-hating daily Magyar Nemzet was probably just a coincidence. Though if one were going... [read complete entry]
August 12, 2008, 03:33 CET
Oh for the carefree days of 1986
While we're savoring the joys of Socialist-run Hungary circa 1996, we also see that Index.hu's Tegnapi újság ("yesterday's news") blog has unearthed an amazing bit of cyber-history dating from ten years before that. Back on August 11, 1986, the "international"... [read complete entry]
August 12, 2008, 09:56 CET
Far-right provocateur website blamed for threat on journalist
Controversy over who called for lynching of conservative essayist. [read complete entry]
July 23, 2008, 08:56 CET
Leader of Hungary's Afghan military contingent slams local media
Inaccurate press reports and leaks only serve to make soldiers tense and endanger their security, commander charges. [read complete entry]
June 30, 2008, 12:30 CET
Government-sponsored media "shockingly" biased
While Hungary's mainstream or rather "large audience" media is considered to be free with some minor restrictions, the Hungarian National Journalist's Association doesn't feel the same way about local media, writes gazdasagiradio.hu. In a statement released last Friday, the organization... [read complete entry]
April 28, 2008, 11:45 CET
Report: Government collapse excellent, terrible for former coalition partners
Despite a corporate slogan ("The Plain Facts") that succinctly sums up the straight and boring reporting (the word "plain" has two meanings, folks) that MTI routinely provides on its English bulletin, Hungary's state news wire does sometimes come up... [read complete entry]
April 21, 2008, 07:46 CET
We give you 20,000 reasons to guess why this former government spokesman is smiling
If you're still wondering why so many bright and attractive young Hungarians gravitate towards government service, or just an economic system where government holds all the cards, here's another clue. Former government spokesman András Batiz (the happy-looking guy pictured... [read complete entry]
April 02, 2008, 08:26 CET
Western press analyzes cost of coalition split
German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung said on Tuesday that although the Hungarian government is facing collapse, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány still enjoys strong support among party members, Magyar Hírlap reports.... [read complete entry]
March 31, 2008, 09:44 CET
Incidents at Hungarian Guard inauguration ceremony
Scattered violence as far-right group adds 600 new members [read complete entry]
February 04, 2008, 08:07 CET
Russians Tanks Mass on Border; Hungarian Army to Respond with Targeted PR Campaign
As you may have heard, Hungary is in deep doo-doo with its NATO allies for failing to live up to its commitments in the area of defense spending and preparedness. But that doesn't mean the country is wholly neglecting its... [read complete entry]
January 28, 2008, 11:47 CET
"New Hungary" government propaganda effort stymied by "old Hungary" business practices
A company that landed the plum job of delivering a key state propaganda publication has disappeared, leaving behind some angry creditors and thousands of empty mailboxes that were supposed to have been graced with a copy of a pamphlet glorifying... [read complete entry]
January 08, 2008, 02:20 CET
TV2 has Hungarian president as the man who knew too little
TV2, often considered one of Hungary's most liberal television channels, aired a part of State President László Sólyom's New Year's Day address cut into the middle of the Bill Murray spy comedy "The Man Who Knew Too Little," news portal... [read complete entry]
November 29, 2007, 11:22 CET
Opposition media predicts trouncing of governing party's logo
Most recent polls have seen the Socialists (MSZP) losing what little support they managed to retain after the Balatonöszöd scandal. Based on a recent poll by TÁRKI, if the election where held this weekend, Fidesz would win a constitution-changing supermajority.... [read complete entry]
November 08, 2007, 02:25 CET
US rejects complaint against far-right Hungarian website
Justice Department says Hungarian government fails to make case to shut down an anti-Semitic site hosted in America [read complete entry]
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