media

23/12/2015

Here’s how one of the biggest news site was bought in Hungary: the relative of the bank’s president got a loan for the purchase

According to Magyar Nemzet Online, one of the members of the media group which has bought Origo has received money from the funds of the Growth […]
09/12/2015

Transparency International Hungary conference hold in Budapest

Budapest, December 9 (MTI) – Hungary’s new public procurement law, one of Europe’s strictest legislations, is instrumental in fighting graft, a senior official of the prime […]
05/12/2015

The Door by Magda Szabó on New York Times’ list of the 10 best books of 2015

The editors of the newspaper’s book section put together a list last Sunday about the best books of 2015. The Door by Magda Szabó got onto […]
24/11/2015

Opposition PM party protests commercial TV being banned from parliament

Budapest, November 24 (MTI) – The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) party is planning to file a complaint with the chief prosecutor over House Speaker Laszlo […]
24/11/2015

Austrian Press Council: Photos of migrants from Bicske station misleading

Vienna, November 24 (MTI) – Photos released by the media depicting police handling of migrants at the railway station in Bicske, in northern Hungary, in early […]
05/11/2015

Anti-Facebook can be successful in Hungary as well, Zuckerberg does not like it

Tsu is a community site that distributes 90% of advertising revenues among the users. Facebook does not like it, it boycotts the portal, origo.hu wrote. Facebook […]
21/10/2015

Media rivals clash over TV2 ownership

Budapest (MTI) – A legal dispute has emerged over ownership of Hungary’s second biggest commercial television broadcaster. On 15 October, Magyar Broadcasting Co signed a contract […]
16/10/2015

Battle of the Hungarian oligarchs: TV2 will not belong to Andy Vajna, did Simicska overtake him?

According to origo.hu, Hungarian Broadcasting Co. Kft. owned by Andy Vajna could lost TV2, because Megapolis Media Zrt. says it had bought TV2 Media Group Holdings […]
14/10/2015

Andy Vajna bought one of the largest Hungarian TV

According to szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu, there was another change of ownership at TV2, and the buyer is Andy Vajna who feels at home in government circles. According to […]
09/10/2015

European political union still incomplete, says European Journalists Association

Budapest, October 9 (MTI) – The political union that European Union’s founding fathers dreamed of creating is still incomplete, Maria Romana de Gasperi, daughter of the […]
07/10/2015

EU can throw out 400 thousand migrants

The British newspaper Times wrote, based on a document, that EU interior ministers are expected to reject the asylum applications of 400 thousand people entered the […]
07/10/2015

European Journalists Association to hold annual meeting in Budapest

Budapest, October 7 (MTI) – The European Journalists Association will hold its annual general assembly meeting and a conference in Budapest on Friday and Saturday, the […]
30/09/2015

Fidesz strangles Lajos Simicska, Budapest scraps Mahir Cityposter contract

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – The Budapest assembly decided on Wednesday to scrap a contract with the operator of 700 advertisement columns in the capital, Mahir […]
30/09/2015

Orban in interview to WSJ on migrant crisis

Budapest, September 30 (MTI) – In an interview to the Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the migrant influx could undermine […]
25/09/2015

International media presents biased image of events in Hungary, Szijjarto tells BBC

London, September 25 (MTI) – The international media presents a one-sided image of Hungarian events and measures in connection with the migration crisis, Foreign Minister Peter […]
18/09/2015

Police drop procedures against foreign reporters

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – The police have dropped procedures initiated against an Australian, a Slovak and a Polish reporter under suspicion of illegal entry during […]
15/09/2015

What are and what are not about the migrants in the international news? – VIDEO

Propaganda? What are and what are not in the international news? Karpatinfo.net asks. One of the readers of mandiner.hu recommended the portal the cut video on […]
12/09/2015

Civil Unity Forum accuses Magyar Narancs of violating free speech ethics

Budapest (MTI) – The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (COF) has accused the opposition weekly Magyar Narancs of “violating the ethics of freedom of speech” with its […]
11/09/2015

Police interview camerawoman seen tripping migrants

Budapest, September 11 (MTI) – Police have questioned the camerawoman who gained notoriety after kicking and tripping over migrants. She was interviewed as a suspect in […]
11/09/2015

Letter from Petra László – The kicking camerawoman spoke

I sincerely regret what happened – it is in the letter sent by Petra László, the camerawoman who tripped and kicked the migrants, to mno.hu. “I […]