Gov’t Neither Denies nor Confirms Use of Pegasus Spyware Despite critics wanting to clear the air around Hungary’s Pegasus surveillance case as soon as possible, the government comes off... 2021.07.20.
Press Roundup: Government Accused of Using Spyware As the government stands accused of using spyware to monitor critical journalists and other individuals, a left-wing pundit likens PM... 2021.07.20.
Opposition Parties Call for Transparency on Orbán Govt’s Alleged Pegasus Scandal Opposition representatives in Hungary are condemning the government’s alleged misuse of the Israeli spyware known as “Pegasus” against Hungarian citizens.... 2021.07.19.
Orbán Gov’t Accused of Using ‘Pegasus’ Spyware Against Political Opponents, Journalists Some governments, including that of Viktor Orbán, are allegedly employing one of the most powerful surveillance tools ever created to... 2021.07.19.
Press Roundup: The Prime Minister’s Video on Media Freedom A left-wing site dismisses the Prime Minister’s argument that the abundance of outlets harshly critical of his government is vivid... 2021.07.10.
PM Orbán Buys Gov’t Critical News to Prove Freedom of Hungarian Press In reaction to being listed as a “predator” of press freedom, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán posted a short video on... 2021.07.07.
Justice Minister: Soros Behind Attack on Hungary’s Media Record Financier George Soros is behind fresh attacks on Hungary's government over its record on media freedom, Judit Varga, the justice... 2021.07.06.
RSF: Orbán Only European Union Leader on “Press Freedom Predators” List Hungary's Prime Minister has been named among the Press Freedom's Predators on a fresh list compiled by Reporters Without Borders... 2021.07.05.
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.
Press Roundup: Feud Between ATV and Klubrádió Since Spirit FM, the online radio station twinned with ATV, has been provisionally authorised to broadcast on Klubrádió’s orphaned frequency,... 2021.05.10.
Budapest Municipal Court Rejects Klubrádió Appeal over 92.9 MHz The Budapest Municipal Court on Friday upheld the decision of Hungary's top media authority to strip government-critical commercial Klubrádió from... 2021.05.07.
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.
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.
Gov’t-critical Klubrádió’s Frequency Temporarily Goes to Spirit FM Hungary's Media Authority's (NMHH) Media Council provided Spirit FM a temporary license for the 92.9 frequency, the one for which... 2021.04.08.
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.
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.
Justice Minister Presents Hungary Upcoming Presidency Priorities, Programmes to CoE SecGen Judit Varga, the justice minister, gave an outline of priorities for Hungary's upcoming Council of Europe (CoE) presidency starting in... 2021.03.31.
