On February 28, two wildly adventurous Hungarians submerged in the parallel universe of Fidesz vs. independent media in Hungary. (The rules of the experiment.)
| 01.03.19 Fidesz Media |
01.03.19 Independent Media |
| EPP: Sufficient number of member parties initiated the expulsion of Fidesz from EPP (index.hu) | |
| Public sector working hours increased by 30 mins every day, 5 less holiday days per year from 1 March (index.hu) | |
| Council of Europe – Government keeps the content of the corruption dossier of Hungary secret (index.hu) | |
| Rare interview with EU-commissioner Tibor Navracsics on civil radio reviewed by all independent news portals. According to headlines, he feels that the Orbán-government may have sent him to Brussels as a punishment and he may not be able to mediate between the two. | |
| Incredibly rare interview with Orbán’s son, who is the head of a new Jesus sect and their movement is transitioning into something bigger. (hvg.hu) | |
| Budapest’s Fidesz mayor gets Orbán’s support for local elections later this year but Orbén doesn’t let him touch the infamous parking fee mafia 444.hu has reported about last week. (444.hu, index.hu) | |
| The unpopular Red Bull Air Race that always gets Budapest for free to do the stunts will be staged by Balaton this year (index, 444) | |
| Kim Jong-Un’s offer proved to be insufficient (Hirado.hu) | |
| EU elections to be held at 26 May (Hirado.hu) | President set date of EP-elections (index.hu) |
| EP-election poll: Jobbik weakens, Gyurcsány coming up (index.hu) | |
| “this is not racism but Fidesz’ fuel” 444.hu | |
| Soros’ candidate for EU Chief Prosecutor has a good chance to get job, despite being accused of corruption, and according to Romanian Hungarian MEP – has been cooperating with American and Romanian secret services. (Origo) | |
| European Commission’s counter-camapign against Orbán’s anti-EU, anti-Juncker, anti-Soros bullboard forest. (index.hu) | |
| Wife of the minister hijacks a regular pub quiz for a photo op and pockets 30 thousand euros of public money for it (444.hu) | |
| This is how migrants have taken over Brussels (Origo) Brussels wants to help migration with migrant visas (Origo) |
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| Fidesz may become Europe’s most successful party after the election (Magyar Nemzet) | |
| Agreement on 10% wage increase at Magyar Posta (Magyar Nemzet) | Wage agreement, rise at Magyar Posta (index.hu) |
| The pro-immigration opposition politicians avoid work, despite receiving more than one million forints in salary (888.hu) | |
| Ripost’s homeless-targeting hate report last year was only calling to action against expulsion, says Media Council. So it was fine. (index.hu) | |
| Márton Gyöngyösi, who wanted to make a list of Jews have been caught in another lie (888.hu) | |
| Security guards at Pak nuvóclear power station on strike against outsourcing their jobs. 444.hu) | |
| Migrant visas on Agenda in Brussels (888.hu) | |
| UPS has decided not deliver packages in one of Sweden’s no-go zones (888.hu) | |
| Despite denials by Brussels, migrants visas have approved in December, and is already under way (Lokál) | |
| Zsolt Nyerges, an oligarch, donates his “sport wealth” to a town (index.hu)(probably a high-maintenance, empty stadium) | |
| Brussels has confessed to it’s pro-migration plans (Lokál) | |
| Gyurcsány wants to hand control over to Brussels ( Magyar Hírlap) | |
| Matolcsy-plan, healthcare chapter analysed (portfolio.hu) He wants mandatory enrolment into private as well as public health insurance for every Hungarian. (444.hu) (Yesterday, Matolcsy announced his 330-point, 12-year plan for the economy.) | |
| The president has appointed György Matolcsy as governor of the Central Bank for another 6 years (Magyar Hírlap) | |
| After last month’s pension payment delay fiasco, family subsidies are late (napi.hu) | |
| Pakistan has handed over the Indian pilot who was shot down (Magyar Hírlap) | Pakistan has handed over the Indian pilot (index.hu, 444.hu) |
| Fake tax agent collected 100 million by promising to help bribe higher-ups (index.hu) | |
| Foreign minister Szijjártó has held talks in Stuttgart (Magyar Hírlap) | |
| Academy of science: They’ve been told to just accept the government’s demand to hand over its research network’s money (444.hu) | |
| GDP growth in Hungary exceeds 5% (Echo TV) | |
| Long reads on: – the history of Metro Klub (index.hu), – Lego-exhibition (index.hu), – Momo is back (index.hu), – Walt Disney’s link to the FBI (index.hu) – young people would even pay for a fancier job title (444.hu) |
HVG.hu front page: “The government throws away so much money that’s impossible to spend honestly”
Observations:
- Still no word on the EPP-issue in Fidesz media.
- Heavy migrant scaremongering in the Fidesz media – although not as heavy as during election campaign when the word ‘migrant’ featured 30-70 times on the front pages of every news portal, always accompanied with ‘murder’, ‘rape’, ‘Muslim’, etc.
- Navracsics-interview is interesting. The independent media samples it heavily – why is it not on Fidesz media? He was Orbán deputy PM before he was demoted to Brussels (the real money in Fidesz is at home).
- Orbán’s son gives and interview to a non-Fidesz paper!!!!!!! They are kind to him, but then again, what can they do? He keeps talking piously about their lovely, Jesus-y mission.
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