20 August, 2018 / By by Csaba Fuzfa and Republikon Institute We have reached the end of a three-year-long war in the media waged against Hír TV – the biggest anti-government television broadcaster in Hungary. The main battle took place between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and oligarch Lajos Simicska, the owner of Hír TV, right before…
4 june, 2018 / By Patrick Kingsley, nytimes.com LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — By finishing first in national elections in Slovenia on Sunday, the hard-liner Janez Jansa has ridden a right-wing populist wave into power in yet another European country. Among those he can thank is Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, who campaigned at his side and darkly warned that…
December 13, 2017 / By Beata Balogová This article comes from The Buzz Around the Ballot edition of Visegrad Insight 2/2017 devoted do media landscapes and disinformation in Central Europe. Read full contents page here. A decade ago, traditional publishers in the Visegrad region had thought that their major challenge was going to be keeping their print editions on…
November 30, 2017 / By Zoltan Simons, Bloomberg The U.S. pledged to provide funding to cash-starved media outlets in rural Hungary, where allies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban have come to dominate the industry. Locals are also improvising ways to provide news outside of the government’s purview. The State Department will grant up to $700,000…
30 August, 2017 / By Viktor Orban, LSE Project Hungary has been experiencing significant constitutional and institutional changes in the last seven years as Viktor Orban and his ruling party Fidesz cemented their political power by capturing the constitutional court and other key institutions. In parallel to the political capture of democratic institutions, media ownership became more…
October 10, 2016 / By La Vanguardia La Comisión Europea (CE) expresó hoy su preocupación por el cierre temporal del mayor diario de Hungría, el opositor Népszabadság (Libertad del Pueblo), y reiteró que la libertad de prensa, el pluralismo y la protección de los periodistas son elementos fundamentales de una sociedad libre y abierta. “La…
May 13, 2016 / By Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ EU Jean-Paul Marthoz / CPJ EU Correspondent On May 9, a stern review of Hungary’s conduct in human rights issues and press freedom was released at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report, drafted by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, listed concerns from…
October 16, 2014 / Walk Street Journal By VERONIKA GULYAS Thursday confirmed it filed an official complaint to the European Commission about Hungary’s advertising tax, saying it hurt media pluralism and was discriminatory. Hungary introduced a new advertising tax this summer levied on revenues with progressive tax rates ranging from 0% to 40%, payable by media…
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