Facebook Claims Hungarian Politicians’ Limited Reach ‘Temporary Technical Issue’ Both Hungary's pro-government and opposition politicians reported in the past few days that their posts on Facebook mysteriously reached far... 2021.04.12.
Austrian Journalist’s Questions to Fidesz Spark Diplomatic Tension An Austrian journalist has struck a chord with the Hungarian government after she sent three questions to Fidesz’s European Parliamentary... 2021.04.09.
Medical Chamber Continues to Urge Media Access in Hungarian Hospitals The Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) shared a statement on Tuesday speaking in length about why it would be important for... 2021.04.07.
Media Request for Access to Hungary’s Hospitals Rejected by Gov’t The Orbán government has chosen to reject the requests made by dozens of media outlets to allow independent journalists into... 2021.04.06.
What’s Happening in Hungary’s Hospitals? Lack of On-site Reports Lead to Public Apathy Hungary's hospitals are struggling under the pandemic, but their difficulties cannot be shared with the public. The government has ensured... 2021.03.31.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Journalist Fined for Offending Hungarians Commenting on the verdict of the Kúria (the supreme court), liberal lawyers express outrage, while a representative of the plaintiffs... 2021.03.27.
Journalist Fined for Calling Hungarians ‘Filthy Hungarian Migrants’ in Ironic Op-ed Hungary’s Supreme Court Kúria fined liberal Hungarian journalist Árpád W. Tóta for one of his op-ed articles, in which he... 2021.03.25.
Finance Minister Praises State of Press Freedom in Hungary The freedom of the press is fully guaranteed by Hungarian legislation, media operate on a market basis and the government... 2021.03.05.
Media Watchdog Says Klubrádió Cannot Provide Temporary Services There is no legal means at present to allow Klubrádió to provide media services temporarily, National Media and Infocommunications Authority... 2021.02.20.
Gov’t-Critical Klubrádió Goes Off Air from Sunday Midnight The last government-critical radio station, Klubrádió, switched off analog broadcasting at Sunday midnight and continues airing online. The Media Authority's... 2021.02.15.
Hungarian Press Roundup: George Clooney Criticizes Orbán Gov’t A left-wing pundit thinks that US actor George Clooney is right in calling the Hungarian government a textbook example of... 2020.11.26.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Weeklies on Rule-of-law Criticism by the European Commission Opposition-leaning commentators believe the European Union is still too weak to enforce its rule of law criteria, while pro-government columnists... 2020.10.12.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Weeklies on the End of Index Opposition-leaning weeklies predict that Index will never be the same again, following the resignation of over 80 journalists and staff,... 2020.08.03.
Orbán Gov’t Joins Countries Criticizing Hungarian Emergency Powers without Naming Country and Gov’t Ironically, Hungary has now joined others in backing a statement adopted by EU member states which expresses concern over Hungary's... 2020.04.03.
Coronavirus – Justice Minister to Concerned EU Gov’ts: Epidemic Bill in Line with EU Values The novel coronavirus outbreak has posed a unique challenge to the European Union, where traditional solutions "have been proven to... 2020.04.02.
Coronavirus: 13 EU Govt’s Express Concern over Hungary Epidemic Response Law Enhancing Gov’t Powers Thirteen European Union countries expressed concern over Hungary's new law which enhances government powers to tackle the novel coronavirus epidemic... 2020.04.02.
Law on Enhanching Gov’t Powers: Is Democracy Over? What Exactly is in the New Legislation? On Monday, the majority of the National Assembly passed a law regulating coronavirus measures, essentially extending the duration of government... 2020.03.31.
European Commission: Emergency Measures Should be Proportionate and Necessary, Freedom of Press Important On Monday, the opposition voted against deviating from house rules in connection with the parliamentary debate on indefinitely extending the validity... 2020.03.24.
