Jourová’s Solution to Protecting Free Speech: Ban Twitter In an interview for the Czech national broadcaster the Czech Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency... 2023.06.14.
Another Hungarian News Site Canceled by U.S. Social Media Giant On April 4, the U.S. social media giant Facebook has decided to shut down yet another national conservative news site's... 2023.04.05.
Justice Minister Congratulates Elon Musk and Hopes All Opinions Will Be Equally Visible on Twitter Both Fidesz and far-right party Mi Hazánk welcomed the news that Elon Musk is buying the social media site Twitter.... 2022.04.27.
Thousands Demonstrate in Support of Finnish Christian Politician Accused of Hate Crime against Homosexuals According to organizers, 3,000 people gathered in front of the Finnish Embassy in Budapest on Sunday for a sympathy rally... 2022.02.14.
Coach Petry Claims Press Misrepresented His Comments Hungarian football coach, Zsolt Petry, fired by German football club Hertha BSC for controversial statements about migration and same-sex marriage,... 2021.04.12.
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.
Press Roundup: Diplomatic Row Between Hungary and Germany Over the Sacking of Coach Petry The German Foreign Ministry has rejected Hungarian protests against the sacking of a Hungarian football coach in Berlin. Commentators’ opinions... 2021.04.12.
Foreign Ministry Summons German Diplomat over Hungarian Coach Petry’s Dismissal Hungary's foreign ministry has summoned the German Embassy’s chargé d'affaires over German football team Hertha BSC firing Hungarian coach Zsolt... 2021.04.08.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Big Tech’s Trump Ban Questioned A conservative commentator expresses his bewilderment that big tech appears to be more powerful than the President of the United... 2021.01.15.
Justice Min Varga: ‘We Can All Be Turned Off by Tech Giants’ Judit Varga, the justice minister, has criticised global tech giants for "switching off" certain users. "We can all be turned... 2021.01.13.
Justice Minister Varga Concerned about Twitter Locking Trump’s User Account Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Monday that she shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's view that the locking of US... 2021.01.12.
Gov’t Spox Kovács: ‘Twitter Blocked 200 of My Followers’ Zoltán Kovács, the state secretary for international communications and relations, said on Monday that Twitter had in an "arbitrary move"... 2021.01.11.
FM Szijjártó: Tusk ‘Failed Both as a Party Leader and as a Person’ Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Sunday slapped down European People's Party leader Donald Tusk's recent criticism of the state of... 2020.10.26.
Justice Minister: Govt Pursuing Dialogue on How to Guarantee Citizens’ Freedoms in the Digital Domain Following a meeting of the Hungarian justice ministry's Digital Freedom Committee on Monday, Justice Minister Judit Varga noted that dialogue... 2020.09.15.
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.
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.
Coronavirus: Párbeszéd Wants Gov’t to Provide ‘Open and Straightforward’ Info to Public The opposition Párbeszéd party is submitting a bill to parliament aimed at obliging the government to provide "open and straightforward"... 2020.03.26.
Foreign Ministry Again Summons Swedish Ambassador Foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar has summoned the Swedish ambassador to Hungary over recent critical remarks by the Swedish... 2019.05.13.
