media

15/11/2016

Visegrad countries to launch radio station early 2017

Budapest, November 15 (MTI) – The four Visegrad Group countries are planning to launch a radio station at the start of next year, the head of […]
11/11/2016

Jobbik leader mulls suit over gay allegations

Budapest, November 11 (MTI) – The head of opposition Jobbik is planning to initiate legal proceedings over remarks in a TV programme suggesting that he is […]
09/11/2016

Hungary supports Visegrad Four launching TV channel

Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian government has declared support for the launching of a television channel by the Visegrad Four group, according to a resolution published […]
26/10/2016

Freedom House frowns on Népszabadság sale

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – The closure and sale of national daily Népszabadság indicates increasing government influence over Hungary’s media, US-based civil rights group Freedom House has […]
26/10/2016

Opimus Press buys Népszabadság publisher Mediaworks Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – Opimus Press has acquired 100 percent of Mediaworks Hungary, the publisher of daily Népszabadság, which suspended the paper earlier this month citing financial […]
21/10/2016

US State Department concerned over press freedom in Hungary – UPDATE

Washington, DC (MTI) – The United States Department of State expressed concerns about press freedom in Hungary in a statement released on Thursday local time. Mark […]
20/10/2016

Hungary complains about press coverage of Hungary’s police ‘brutality’ towards migrants in BBC interview

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – In an interview to the BBC’s HardTalk programme, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said press reports of Hungarian police brutality towards […]
20/10/2016

2/3 of Hungarians think that the freedom of the press is very limited

The Publicus Institution conducted a survey on the commission of Vasárnapi Hírek between the 11th and 13th of October, in which they analysed people’s attitude towards […]
19/10/2016

Demonstration held against Népszabadság closure in Brussels

Brussels, October 19 (MTI) – A demonstration was held in protest of the suspension of Hungarian daily Népszabadság’s publication in front of the European Commission headquarters […]
18/10/2016

Népszabadság suspended for purely business reasons, says Mediaworks’ owner

Budapest (MTI) – The decision to suspend publication of Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag was taken solely for business reasons, the head of Vienna Capital Partners, which owns […]
17/10/2016

Lefitst opposition parties stage demonstration in support of press freedom

Budapest, October 16 (MTI) – The opposition LMP, Együtt, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) parties staged a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to protest against the […]
14/10/2016

Socialists: Hungarian media developments cause for concern

Brussels (MTI) – Hungarian media developments have been a cause for concern for years, not only in recent weeks, opposition Socialist lawmaker and head of parliament’s […]
13/10/2016

A Hungarian article in New York Times?

Mno.hu writes that a Hungarian article was published on The New York Times’ website on the 12th of October. The article is titled A Holokauszt túlélÅ‘k szükségletei […]
11/10/2016

Mediaworks: Népszabadság editor-in-chief cancels meeting on possible sale of paper

Budapest, October 11 (MTI) – The editor-in-chief of daily Népszabadság, whose publication was suspended over the weekend, cancelled a pre-arranged meeting with publisher Mediaworks about a […]
10/10/2016

European Commission ‘aware of’ Népszabadság suspension

Budapest, October 10 (MTI) – Commenting on a call by an OSCE media advocate to monitor press freedom more closely in Hungary in wake of the […]
10/10/2016

Socialists call for cttee to screen media ownership structures

Budapest, October 10 (MTI) – Opposition Socialist leader Gyula Molnár on Monday called for a committee to be set up to screen the ownership structures of […]
10/10/2016

Népszabadság editors to negotiate on possible sale of paper with publisher

Budapest (MTI) – Talks on Sunday on publishing Monday’s issue of daily Népszabadság and putting its website content back online failed; however, the sides will negotiate on […]
09/10/2016

Mediaworks makes offer to Népszabadság staff

  Budapest (MTI) – Mediaworks, the publisher of Hungarian daily Népszabadság, said late Saturday that it had made an offer to the paper’s editorial staff. The […]
09/10/2016

Demonstrators show solidarity with daily Népszabadság

Budapest (MTI) – Demonstrators showed their solidarity with daily Népszabadság on the square in front of Parliament late on Saturday. The demonstrators, who included a number […]
08/10/2016

Publisher of daily Népszabadság suspends paper’s operations

Budapest, October 8 (MTI) – The publishing company of Hungarian political daily Népszabadság said on Saturday it has suspended the publication of both the print and online […]