Will October 23rd demonstrations be a showdown between pro- and...
A pro-government columnist argues that with former Prime Minister Bajnai on the stage, anti-government demonstrators may draw the crowds, but pure hatred does not equal a political alternative. A...
View ArticleArts Academy, National Theatre and universities as battle grounds in the...
A leading pro government columnist likens the current student demonstrations in Hungary to what happened in France in 1968 and warns the students that the organisers of this year’s “peace marches”...
View Article’Hunger Marchers’ reach Budapest
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up...
View ArticleAnother ’Peace March’ ahead?
One of the organisers of a series of pro-government mass demonstrations says that despite the government’s resistance, another so-called ‘Peace March’ will be held in order to react to recent...
View ArticleThe end of the ‘Peace Marches’?
Gábor Bencsik, the younger of the Bencsik brothers, defends András Bencsik’s statement that a pro-government ’Peace March’ could not be organised nowadays, because people are disappointed with the...
View ArticleNew ’Peace March’ scheduled for March 15
As leading government supporters announce a mass walk in Budapest for the anniversary of the 1848 revolution, a critic of the government thinks Fidesz cannot simply trash its anti-Soros campaign,...
View ArticlePeace marchers intend to put hope into pro-government side
One of the organisers of the pro-government march planned for March 15 thinks many supporters of the government have been discouraged and need a show of force to regain their self-confidence. In a long...
View ArticlePro-government ‘Peace March’ on national holiday
A prominent pro-government columnist explains that he and his friends have called for a pro-government demonstration in order to save Hungary from the opposition and the threat they believe it...
View ArticleMarch 15 kicks off the electoral campaign
Commentators continue to analyse the Prime Minister’s speech on the anniversary of the 1848 revolution, and the chances of the fragmented opposition in the forthcoming parliamentary election. On 24.hu,...
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