Orbán-Johnson Meeting: Hungary Aims to Map Out post-Brexit Cooperation with UK Hungary's task in its relationship with the United Kingdom is to establish new forms of cooperation with the country following... 2021.05.28.
Hungary Supports Belarus’ Ban from EU Airspace Over Ryanair Hijacking Hungary has joined the European Union in condemning the actions of Belarus, imposing sanctions on its regime and banning Belarusian... 2021.05.25.
FM Szijjártó to Blinken: US Should Not Worry about Democracy and Freedom in Hungary Hungary lacks a democratic level of media freedom and is at risk of being heavily influenced by Moscow and Beijing,... 2021.04.30.
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.
CoE Commissioner Calls on Hungary to ‘Restore’ Press Freedom Dunja Mijatovic, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said in a memorandum on Tuesday that it was "high... 2021.03.30.
Opposition Decries “The End of Media Plurality” in EP Debate Hungarian MEPs were divided in their views on the state of media freedom in Hungary in a European Parliamentary debate... 2021.03.11.
State Secy Kovács: Commissioners Jourova, Reynders ‘Undermine’ EC’s Reputation European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova and Commissioner Didier Reynders bring their ideological convictions to office, which undermines the reputation... 2020.11.14.
Hungarian Press Roundup: EP Deputy Speaker Demands Rule of Law Sanctions The Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament calls for EU rules to be changed to punish the governments of Hungary... 2020.10.10.
State Secy Kovács to Danish Foreign Minister: ‘Rule of Law in Hungary Alive and Well’ Reacting to an article by Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod claiming that Poland and Hungary jeopardised the very foundations of... 2020.09.23.
PMO Head Gulyás to Die Presse: Hungarian Press More Diverse than Germany’s In an interview with Austrian daily Die Presse, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office talked about Hungary’s rule of... 2020.09.18.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Klub Rádió Fears Losing Its Licence As the Hungarian Media Authority refuses to renew Klub Rádió’s licence for another 7 years, its president announces a battle... 2020.09.14.
Socialist MEP Calls for Targeted Funding for Independent Media Socialist (MSZP) MEP István Ujhelyi on Friday called on the European Union to assign specific funding for supporting independent investigative... 2020.08.14.
‘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.
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.
‘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.
Coronavirus – Gov’t: Measures in Hungary in Line with EU Treaties The Hungarian government's declaring a state of emergency and taking related measures are in compliance with the country's constitution and... 2020.03.31.
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.
Orbán on Extending State of Emergency: Coronavirus Response Requires Special Measures Speaking ahead of a parliamentary session on Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said handling the novel coronavirus epidemic, which involved... 2020.03.23.
