Watch: Election Monitor says News Coverage of Election in Hungary was Biased
- 5 Apr 2022 12:29 PM
Source: Reuters
Source: Reuters
Hungary heads to the polls this Sunday, 12 April, in what is widely seen as one of the most consequential elections in the country’s post-communist history.
Magyar is the most visible new face on Hungary’s political stage — a former Fidesz insider who turned into a high-profile opposition leader almost overnight. He now accuses the government of nepotism, misusing EU funds, and using state media for propaganda, advocating for policies to combat corruption and restore democratic institutions.
A new documentary presents through almost 60 interviews the Hungarian system of vote buying in which Fidesz wins an estimated 500,000 votes, primarily in the extremely poor villages of northern and eastern Hungary.
A consortium of European outlets—including VSquare, FRONTSTORY, Delfi Estonia, The Insider, and the Investigative Center of Ján Kuciak (ICJK)—has published another batch of leaked phone calls between Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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