Hungary Moves up to 85th Place in Press Freedom Ranking After 92nd place last year, Hungary is now ranked 85th in the press freedom ranking of Reporters Without Borders (RSF),... 2022.05.03.
Opposition’s Collapse: What’s Behind it? Although the opposition's defeat was predicted, such a huge fiasco was not foreseen. Fidesz was able to improve almost everywhere,... 2022.04.05.
MTVA: OSCE ‘Trying to Drag Hungarian Public Media into Politics’ with ‘Pre-Judged’ Report The OSCE's interim report which refers to the state of Hungarian public media in connection with its mission to monitor... 2022.03.24.
Pro-gov’t Media Lost Ten Times as Many Lawsuits for Correction as Gov’t Critical Publications Government-critical news site Átlátszó has received data on the 2021 media correction lawsuits from the Metropolitan Court of Budapest. According... 2022.02.21.
Entire Editorial Staff of Transindex Resigned for Political Reasons The entire editorial staff of Transindex news portal in Transylvania resigned on Tuesday morning for political reasons, according to a... 2022.02.16.
Justice Min: Media Pluralism Not Fundamental Right but Connected to Market Europe is embroiled in a "truth war" being fought over "our future, the survival of the Hungarian nation and a... 2022.01.28.
Authorities Investigated Whether Sleeping Beauty, Pumuckl and Lion King Challenge Traditional Gender Roles Since the amendment known at first as the "Anti-Pedophile Law" but since then rather called the "Child Protection Law" was... 2022.01.06.
EU to Set Up News Agency Against Fake News, Leaves Out Hungary’s State Media The European Union wants to take up the fight against fake news by setting up a joint news agency in... 2021.12.04.
Gov’t Official: Media Becoming Political Player The press has lost its role of keeping the public informed and instead is turning into a political player amid... 2021.11.12.
Google Warns Hungarian Journalists of Gov’t-Backed Cyberattack Google has warned Hungarian investigative journalists that they were potential targets of a government-backed cyberattack, trying to access their accounts.... 2021.10.08.
Pro-Fidesz Tabloids Lose Lawsuit Against Hadházy, Claim Author of Defamatory Articles Unknown Following proven instances of defamation and falsehoods, pro-government tabloids Ripost and Origo have refused to give out the details of... 2021.10.08.
Hungarian Gov’t Isolates Literature and Media with LGBTQ Content The first element of Hungary’s ban on the promotion of homosexuality has been written into law and will take effect... 2021.08.11.
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.
Hungarian Conservative Magazine to Begin Publication Mid-April A new bimonthly magazine, titled Hungarian Conservative, is set to share its first publication on April 15. Launched by the... 2021.04.13.
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.
EP Debate on Hungarian Interference in Slovenian and North Macedonian Media A Fidesz MEP has slammed a debate held in the European Parliament on Wednesday on Hungarian influence in Slovenian and... 2020.11.26.
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.
Germans, Hungarians Trust Each Other, says survey Germans and Hungarians trust each other, with 80 percent willing to have the other national as a friend or relative,... 2020.09.22.
New Rightist, Pro-Gov’t TV Channel Pesti TV Starts Airing The right-wing, pro-government media portfolio has been further extended, after Pesti TV, a channel established by personalities around pro-Fidesz tabloid... 2020.09.16.
