Meteorology Service on Sulfur Dioxide Cloud Rumors: “Stupidity Spreads Faster than Light” In reaction to rumors spreading on social media about the arrival of a "dangerous sulfur dioxide cloud," the National Meteorology... 2021.10.21.
Justice Minister Accuses German News Agency DPA of Spreading Fake News on Hungary Justice Minister Judit Varga on Tuesday accused German news agency DPA of disseminating fake news in connection with the European... 2021.07.07.
Orbán: Restrictions Could Only Slow Down Covid, Vaccination Only Way to Stop Virus Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said late on Wednesday that vaccination was the only way to stop the coronavirus epidemic, adding... 2021.04.01.
Ministry of Human Resources: Minister’s Alleged Statement that Christmas Fairs Could be Held ‘Fake News’ Today, the Ministry of Human Resources released a statement saying that the RTL Klub news report on Christmas fairs incorrectly... 2020.10.15.
Media Authority Launches Campaign to Help People Identify Fake News Hungary's media authority (NMHH) has launched a campaign to help people identify fake news, with an emphasis on helping the... 2020.09.07.
Survey: Hungarians Only Read News Presented to Them, Without Fact-Checking A new study from the Institute of Information Society at the National University of Public Service found that although Hungarian people say... 2020.06.25.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Is Hungary Still a Democracy? A liberal columnist suggests that Hungary is no longer a democracy. A centrist critic of the government agrees with much... 2020.06.22.
Constitutional Court: March Law on Scare-Mongering Not Unconstitutional On Wednesday, Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled that the new amendment to the Penal Code related to scare-mongering, which must be... 2020.06.17.
State Secy: EC ‘Systematically Working to Weaken Effective Action against Migration’ The state secretary for international communications said on Wednesday that the European Commission 'is working systematically to weaken effective action... 2020.06.11.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Coronavirus Emergency ‘to End in mid-June’ A pro-government commentator believes that the termination of the emergency proves that the government did not want to misuse power.... 2020.05.28.
Coronavirus: Two Sentenced to Community Service for Spreading Rumours A court in south-east Hungary has sentenced two Békéscsaba residents to community service for spreading fake news about the novel... 2020.05.22.
Coronavirus: Modest Rise in Number of New Registered Cases, but Number of Hospital Patients Declining, says Chief medical officer The number of Covid-19 hospital patients in Hungary is declining, with only one-third of active cases now requiring hospital treatment,... 2020.05.18.
Independent MP Writes Complaint Against Himself For ‘Spreading Fake News’ Independent member of Parliament János Bencsik, posted a video on his Facebook page last Wednesday in which he "uncovers useless... 2020.05.18.
Coronavirus: DK Wants Parl’t C’ttee to Discuss Man Detained for Spreading Rumours The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the interior and justice ministers to testify before parliament's defence and law... 2020.05.13.
Police Investigating Facebook Users for ‘Spreading Fake News’ Causes Uproar in Hungary During the state-of-emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus, under the Authorization act, the so-called "coronavirus law," the government... 2020.05.13.
Foreign Minister to Summon Five Ambassadors over ‘Spreading Fake News’ The foreign ministry will summon the ambassadors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on Monday, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign... 2020.05.11.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Opposition Refuses Accelerated Vote on Emergency Extension A pro-government columnist accuses the opposition of using Monday’s parliamentary session to smear the Prime Minister, while a critic of... 2020.03.25.
Coronavirus: Police Arrest Youtuber for Spreading Rumour about Budapest Shutdown Police have arrested and questioned a 30-year-old man suspected of spreading a rumour over the internet that the authorities were... 2020.03.15.
Gov’t: Reports of Planned Budapest Lockdown ‘Fake News’ The interior ministry on Friday dismissed reports of plans to lock down Budapest over the new coronavirus outbreak as "fake... 2020.03.13.
Fake News Spreading Faster than Coronavirus Although the first coronavirus cases in Hungary have just been identified and confirmed on Wednesday evening, a number of conspiracy... 2020.03.04.
Hungarian State Media Says Politico’s Claims on Listing Politically Sensitive Topics ‘Coordinated Attack’ Politico published an article on Monday reporting that according to internal emails they obtained, Hungarian public media (MTVA) employees need... 2020.03.03.
