502 result(s) for press freedom
Free Facebook Access For Telenor’s Mobile Internet Customers All Summer
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- tech
Telenor announced today that it will provide free Facebook access to its customers on any mobile device or computer in Hungary between June 13 and August 31. Telenor understands that social media is increasingly important for customers and communities, that is why over 1 million Telenor mobile internet subscribers can enjoy their Facebook news streams and share their summer experiences including ...
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
RTL Treating Hungary As ”Colony” Says Lázár
- 21 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The management of commercial channel RTL believes they stand above the law and need not pay tax, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in connection with the channel’s reaction to the introduction of the ad tax in an interview published in Friday’s business daily Napi Gazdaság.
European Publishing Body Turns To Brussels Over Hungary’s Ad Tax
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Publishers Council has asked the European Commission to examine the effect of Hungary’s new ad tax on the country’s advertising market. The EPC said the tax would “continue to erode” press freedoms in Hungary as well as hobbling the country’s media sector and eradicating independent news outlets.
Hungary’s Fidesz Likely To Approve Ad Tax Bill In Current Form
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz lawmakers unanimously support the bill on the ad tax in its current form and are unlikely to insist on any big changes before the vote in parliament, Antal Rogán, the party’s parliamentary group leader, told the press, adding that the party leadership would discuss modification proposals but he saw no point in making “major changes” to the bill.
Tax On Advertising In Hungary: Party-Group Governance Versus Fidesz Economic Satellite?
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The parliament representative of Fidesz presented a non-government bill on levying a tax on media enterprises. The bill echoed with high sounds and apparently, a fault-line was generated within the governing party as well in connection with the bill. Policy Agenda has examined what the leadership of the governing party may want to achieve by this and what alternative solutions may exist.
Advertising Tax To Be Passed Today In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament could discuss and pass the bill on introducing a tax on advertising today in an exceptional procedure, as all relevant parliamentary committees approved it on Tuesday.
Civil Groups Demonstrate For Free Press In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Civil groups gathered for a protest for the freedom of the press in Budapest’s Kossuth Square on Monday evening before walking over to the Buda side to continue their protest in front the headquarters of Magyar Telekom.
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...
Free Facebook Access For Telenor’s Mobile Internet Customers All Summer
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- tech
Telenor announced today that it will provide free Facebook access to its customers on any mobile device or computer in Hungary between June 13 and August 31. Telenor understands that social media is increasingly important for customers and communities, that is why over 1 million Telenor mobile internet subscribers can enjoy their Facebook news streams and share their summer experiences including ...
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
RTL Treating Hungary As ”Colony” Says Lázár
- 21 Jun 2014 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The management of commercial channel RTL believes they stand above the law and need not pay tax, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said in connection with the channel’s reaction to the introduction of the ad tax in an interview published in Friday’s business daily Napi Gazdaság.
European Publishing Body Turns To Brussels Over Hungary’s Ad Tax
- 13 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Publishers Council has asked the European Commission to examine the effect of Hungary’s new ad tax on the country’s advertising market. The EPC said the tax would “continue to erode” press freedoms in Hungary as well as hobbling the country’s media sector and eradicating independent news outlets.
Hungary’s Fidesz Likely To Approve Ad Tax Bill In Current Form
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz lawmakers unanimously support the bill on the ad tax in its current form and are unlikely to insist on any big changes before the vote in parliament, Antal Rogán, the party’s parliamentary group leader, told the press, adding that the party leadership would discuss modification proposals but he saw no point in making “major changes” to the bill.
Tax On Advertising In Hungary: Party-Group Governance Versus Fidesz Economic Satellite?
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The parliament representative of Fidesz presented a non-government bill on levying a tax on media enterprises. The bill echoed with high sounds and apparently, a fault-line was generated within the governing party as well in connection with the bill. Policy Agenda has examined what the leadership of the governing party may want to achieve by this and what alternative solutions may exist.
Advertising Tax To Be Passed Today In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament could discuss and pass the bill on introducing a tax on advertising today in an exceptional procedure, as all relevant parliamentary committees approved it on Tuesday.
Civil Groups Demonstrate For Free Press In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Civil groups gathered for a protest for the freedom of the press in Budapest’s Kossuth Square on Monday evening before walking over to the Buda side to continue their protest in front the headquarters of Magyar Telekom.
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...