Deutsche Welle starts to create Hungarian contents because critical press is under pressure

According to Deutsche Welle’s CEO, the aim is to improve the diversity of the Hungarian media through fact-based information and provide a real picture of what is happening in Europe. This will automatically bring more Hungary-related news to the international news stream.

They want to give a real picture of what is happening in Europe and cover less discussed topics in the Hungarian media, such as human rights, minority rights and LGBTQ issues, said Peter Limbourg, director-general of the German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, in the RBB media podcast. With this, he confirmed the rumours that Germany’s international broadcaster would also provide content in Hungarian.

The CEO of Deutsche Welle described the situation in Hungary as follows:

“This is a European country where media diversity is at stake, and the independent, critical press is under pressure, so we thought Deutsche Welle had a business to do here, as in Poland.”

The CEO emphasised that an independent, professional decision had been made within the organisation, which was also agreed on with the management. He added that such a decision is not the federal government’s responsibility, but the move was seen positively.

The director also said that they are gradually opening up to Hungary, as they are already working on Hungarian-language content.