Former Magyar Rádió president Katalin Kondor told reporters that Orbán criticised the style and content of government culture com­missioner Imre Kerényi’s letter to 100 potential contributors, which was leaked early this week.

Orbán, chairing the meeting, said it was most unfortunate that the publication date for such a journal was set just before the elections, nor should the letter have said that contributors should only write about good things.

Kondor quoted Orbán as saying that such a publication should have existed a long time ago, and that it should not be financed from public funds but from the pockets of friendly entrepreneurs.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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