In the January 3 edition of The Washington Post, the obituary by Emily Langer of Jerzy Kluger, 90: "Late pope's boyhood pal helped mend Catholic-Jewish relations".

In the same issue, a report by the Associated Press on Hungary: "EU hold off on aid amid bank law anger".

In the January 4 edition of The Wall Street Journal, an opinion piece by Mr. Zoltan Kovacs, Minister of State for Government Communication: "Hungary's Reboot"