Gabor Polyak News Today

Recent reports have confirmed the negative trend for media freedom in Hungary but also pointed to Budapest's negative impact on press freedom in neighbouring countries. On World Press Freedom Day (3 May), EURACTIV talked to two of the main experts on Hungarian media.

news Hungarys postal service to stop delivering newspapers dw.com 02/03/2021 Stephan Ozsvath Hungarys postal service is due to stop daily newspaper delivery in July. The official line is that it is no longer profitable but critics regard the step as another move to squeeze the countrys independent media. © picture-alliance/imageBROKER/K. F. Schöfmann In the future, pro-government newspapers may be all you can get your hands on in Hungary Hungarian newspapers, TV stations a...

Thousands rally in Budapest for media freedom Not the first restrictions to hit the newspaper delivery service Magyar Hang is printed in the Slovak capital Bratislava because its publishers were unable to find any Hungarian companies prepared to print the newspaper, says Lukacs. He said the editorial board is already devising plans B,C and D for the event that Magyar Posta discontinues weekly delivery service. He said one possibility would be to stuff 5,000 envelopes every Thursday with the ne...

Hungary's leading independent radio station Klubradio lost an appeal Tuesday to keep its broadcasting licence after the country's media regulator said it had infringed administrative rules, raising n…

Top Hungary independent radio forced off air

One of Hungary’s last remaining independent radio stations will be forced off the airwaves and limited to online broadcasts after a court upheld a decision by media regulators not to extend its broadcasting license

Hungary's leading independent radio station Klubradio lost an appeal Tuesday to keep its broadcasting licence after the country's media regulator said it had infringed administrative rules, raising new press freedom concerns in the EU member state. The station, whose news and talk content is often critical of the Hungarian government, will continue broadcasting online from Monday, Andras Arato, head of Klubradio, told AFP. "The decision,...

Only a small percentage of young Hungarians support the country's ruling Fidesz party. Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants to boost his party's online presence, but media experts aren't convinced by his strategy.