169 result(s) for government critical media
Opinion: Fidesz Censorship In Transylvania
- 5 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Today I am venturing into an area about which I know relatively little: the situation of the Hungarian media in Transylvania. Keeping track of the media within the country’s borders is hard enough.
Opinion: PM Orbán’s Christmas Interview Trolled
- 29 Dec 2016 7:30 AM
- current affairs
A commentator at Magyar Nemzet views the unprecedented prank as the result of what he calls the government’s efforts to force the media into submission. A left-wing columnist finds it unethical that someone at a local daily adulterated PM Orbán’s Christmas interview.
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...
Freedom House Frowns On Népszabadság Sale
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The closure and sale of national daily Népszabadság indicates increasing government influence over Hungary’s media, US-based civil rights group Freedom House has said. Freedom House reacted to reports on Tuesday that the publisher of Népszabadság has been sold to Opimus Press.
Demonstration Held Against Népszabadság Closure In Brussels
- 20 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in protest of the suspension of Hungarian daily Népszabadság’s publication in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. Speakers at the protest said that the paper’s closure had “seriously hurt” the freedom of the Hungarian press.
Gulyás: Media Market Still Favours Opposition
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the ruling Fidesz party’s deputy leader, insisted that in the wake of the daily Népszabadság’s closure there would be a balanced market of two papers seen as opposition sympathisers and two which are pro-government, and there was good reason to believe that the former had a larger distribution.
Lefitst Opposition Parties Stage Demonstration In Support Of Press Freedom
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP, Együtt, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) parties staged a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to protest against the recent closure of the daily Népszabadság.
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán To British Voters: Do Not Leave
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As PM Orbán publishes an ad in the Daily Mail arguing against the Brexit option, the leading left-wing daily accuses the government of cynicism. A government politician, on the other hand, believes that despite the disputes with Brussels, the Hungarian government never became anti-EU.
Opinion: Fidesz Censorship In Transylvania
- 5 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Today I am venturing into an area about which I know relatively little: the situation of the Hungarian media in Transylvania. Keeping track of the media within the country’s borders is hard enough.
Opinion: PM Orbán’s Christmas Interview Trolled
- 29 Dec 2016 7:30 AM
- current affairs
A commentator at Magyar Nemzet views the unprecedented prank as the result of what he calls the government’s efforts to force the media into submission. A left-wing columnist finds it unethical that someone at a local daily adulterated PM Orbán’s Christmas interview.
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...
Freedom House Frowns On Népszabadság Sale
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The closure and sale of national daily Népszabadság indicates increasing government influence over Hungary’s media, US-based civil rights group Freedom House has said. Freedom House reacted to reports on Tuesday that the publisher of Népszabadság has been sold to Opimus Press.
Demonstration Held Against Népszabadság Closure In Brussels
- 20 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in protest of the suspension of Hungarian daily Népszabadság’s publication in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. Speakers at the protest said that the paper’s closure had “seriously hurt” the freedom of the Hungarian press.
Gulyás: Media Market Still Favours Opposition
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the ruling Fidesz party’s deputy leader, insisted that in the wake of the daily Népszabadság’s closure there would be a balanced market of two papers seen as opposition sympathisers and two which are pro-government, and there was good reason to believe that the former had a larger distribution.
Lefitst Opposition Parties Stage Demonstration In Support Of Press Freedom
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP, Együtt, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) parties staged a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to protest against the recent closure of the daily Népszabadság.
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán To British Voters: Do Not Leave
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As PM Orbán publishes an ad in the Daily Mail arguing against the Brexit option, the leading left-wing daily accuses the government of cynicism. A government politician, on the other hand, believes that despite the disputes with Brussels, the Hungarian government never became anti-EU.