Mayor Karácsony Denies Plan to Sell Budapest City Hall Budapest's opposition mayor, Gergely Karácsony, denies claims that the leadership or anybody working in the Mayor's Office would have ever... 2021.11.05.
State Sec Dismisses Reporters Without Borders’ Criticism of Hungary’s Media Freedom Reporters Without Borders has updated its World Press Freedom Index, ranking Hungary three places lower than last year, and describing... 2021.04.20.
Gov’t-Critical Klubrádió to Return On-Air After Uncontested Frequency Bid? Shortly after Klubrádió went off the air, Hungary’s media regulator continued the bid for the frequency. As Klubrádió is the... 2021.02.17.
Gov’t-Linked ‘Indamedia’ Buys ‘Index’ Shares, New Leadership Leaves After 4 Months On Monday, Indamedia announced the purchase of news portal Index's shares from the Foundation for Hungarian Progress (MFA). The leadership... 2020.11.25.
Index’s Departed Staff Kickstarts New Portal ‘Telex’ Former Index journalists who quit in late July after the editor-in-chief's removal by the management, kicked-off their new online paper.... 2020.10.05.
Hungarian Press Roundup: No Compromise in Sight over Theatre and Film University As the controversy over the restructuring of the University of Theatre and Film rages on, the political debate has escalated... 2020.09.07.
New Management of Index Revealed Index, Hungary’s leading news outlet, has announced those chosen to head the site’s new editorial board. According to expectations, Pál... 2020.08.28.
Momentum MEP Katalin Cseh Calls on EU Help Fund Free Media in Hungary The only way for the European Union to repel the Orbán government’s "attack" against free speech is to help fund... 2020.08.06.
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.
‘Index’ Case: Series of Misunderstandings or Forced Collapse? The fate of the most read Hungarian news portal, index.hu, remains uncertain following the staff having announced their resignations after... 2020.07.30.
Fidesz to EPP: Index Case Business Decision, Denies Political Influence In a letter, Fidesz explains to the members of the European People's Party what is happening around the Index case.... 2020.07.29.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Opposing Views on Index Opposition-leaning outlets mourn the end of what they see as the leading independent news site while a pro-government analyst believes... 2020.07.28.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Index.hu’s Editorial Board Resigns As most staff members at Index resign, a liberal commentator accuses the government of trying to silence its most important... 2020.07.27.
Index Journalists Begin to Quit after Editor-in-Chief’s Dismissal The entirety of leading news portal Index’s editorial board commented that editor-in-chief Szabolcs Dull’s dismissal is "unacceptable." After their demand... 2020.07.24.
Editor-in-Chief of Hungary’s Leading News Site ‘Index’ Gets Fired Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief of Hungary’s most popular news website Index.hu, was dismissed on Wednesday after he had announced that... 2020.07.23.
EC Vice-Chair Jourová Concerned about Pressure on Leading News Outlet ‘Index’ "Economic pressure should not turn into political pressure" warns the Vice President of the European Commission Věra Jourová, who in... 2020.07.07.
Leading News Outlet Index’s New CEO Resigns After Several Days Index.hu Inc., the owner of Hungary’s most popular news site, will continue to operate without a CEO, as newly elected... 2020.06.30.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Index.hu Fears for Its Independence A left-wing sociologist thinks that the owners of Index.hu want to restructure Hungary’s most popular online news site in an... 2020.06.27.
‘Index,’ Hungary’s Leading News Outlet Scared of Losing Independence The editor-in-chief, and most of the editorial staff of Index, Hungary's leading news outlet, feel that the paper's independence is... 2020.06.23.
Hungary Ranked 13th On International Intellectual Property Index Hungary stands in 13th place on the International Intellectual Property Index, ahead of Poland, Israel and Canada among others, the... 2017.02.10.
