Hungarian Man Charged for Spreading Islamic State Propaganda A man who spread propaganda about the Islamic State and identified himself as a supporter of the terrorist organization, has... 2022.08.10.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Elections – with Two Weeks’ Hindsight Commentators still struggle to find consistent explanations for the fourth consecutive electoral victory of Fidesz on 3 April. There is... 2022.04.25.
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.
Press Roundup: Fidesz Wins Two-Thirds Majority for the Fourth Time in a Row Both a pro-government and a liberal pundit predict that after Sunday’s landslide Fidesz victory, the opposition alliance will disintegrate. Hungarian... 2022.04.04.
Pro-Fidesz Megafon’s Facebook Ad Spending Exceeds HUF 1 Billion Megafon, a “center,” which according to its own definition was founded to spread conservative messages but in practice only spreads... 2022.03.31.
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.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay Allowed at State Television for First Time Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition's candidate for prime minister, was allowed to speak for five minutes on the state-owned media... 2022.03.16.
Ukrainian War – Opposition: Election Choice between East and West, War and Peace Hungarians will have to make a choice between East and West and between war and peace when they head to... 2022.03.07.
Petőfi Movie to Have Highest Ever Hungarian Film Budget Hungary's National Film Institute, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of poet-revolutionary, Sándor Petőfi, is set to make a... 2022.02.02.
Budapest Assembly Concludes City Hall Investigation, Finds No Evidence of Alleged “Commission System” The municipal assembly of Budapest's committee examining alleged plans to sell City Hall, produced a report on the investigations on... 2022.01.25.
Jobbik President Jakab to Sue Pro-Fidesz Media after Multiple Accusations Bors, a tabloid under the Fidesz circles' influence, is attacking Jobbik president Péter Jakab with having an extramarital relationship with... 2021.11.24.
DK Sues Public Media for ‘Presenting Elk*rtuk Feature Film’s Conspiracy Theory as Fact’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) decided to sue the public media after one of the radio hosts was talking about... 2021.10.28.
Propaganda or Reality? – Gyurcsány Movie ELK*RTUK Causes Controversy The movie about the 2006 events including then PM Ferenc Gyurcsány's "lie-speech" and police brutality, ELK*RTUK (The cost of deception... 2021.10.26.
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.
Press Roundup: Divided Views on the Frontal Collision Between EU Leaders and the Hungarian Government A left-liberal foreign policy expert lambasts the new ‘law on paedophilia’ as a cheap propaganda manoeuvre that will cost Hungary... 2021.07.02.
Public Television Leaked Recordings: Authorities See No Reason for Investigation Back in November, quoting a leaked audio recording, news portal Free Europe (Szabad Európa) claimed that the public media has... 2020.12.09.
Justice Minister Varga Invites Clooney for Coffee in Budapest Other important members of the Orbán government have joined the "Clooney-saga." Both the Foreign and Justice Ministers felt they needed... 2020.11.25.
Clooney Denies Soros’ Guidance: ‘I Wanted to Speak out Against Orbán’s Autocracy’ In the wake of a recent verbal quarrel between George Clooney and the Hungarian government, the Hollywood actor issued a... 2020.11.24.
Based on Leaked Audio Recordings, Hungarian Public Television Has Been Setting Political Direction Quoting a leaked audio recording, news portal Free Europe (Szabad Európa) claims that it has been said in the public... 2020.11.13.
Mi Hazánk Deputy Leader Shreds Another Children’s Book over ‘Homosexual Propaganda’ Dóra Dúró, the deputy leader of the far-right non-parliamentary Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) party, on Friday shredded another children's book... 2020.10.09.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Row over Gay Fairy Tales A left-wing columnist accuses the Prime Minister of connivance with far-right radicals who promote anti-gay propaganda. A pro-government analyst thinks... 2020.10.09.
