14 result(s) for press freedom diversity in Current Affairs
Biggest Budapest Pride Event Ends Incident-Free
- 30 Jun 2025 9:38 AM
- current affairs
Shortly before 8pm, the Budapest Pride event ended on the Műegyetem embankment in the capital.
“We made history here today,” said Viktória Radványi - according to the President of Budapest Pride, over 200,000 took part in the march this year. This year’s Pride attracted international attention, with delegations from over 30 countries, including more than 70 members of the European Parliament ...
20 Years Ago HU Joined EU: "Europe Made Stronger by Hungarians"
- 2 May 2024 7:28 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The people of Hungary have made Europe stronger; their vibrant culture and economic dynamism rippled through the entire EU, the president of the European Commission said, marking the 20th anniversary of Hungary's EU accession.
"Everything Hungarian is Contained in Petőfi” - 15 March Holiday Speech Summary
- 16 Mar 2023 6:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán marked the 175th anniversary of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight at the birthplace of Hungary's national poet, Sándor Petőfi, in Kiskőrös, in the south of the country.
Contingency Plan in Place If Gas Deliveries to Hungary Stop
- 14 Jul 2022 11:20 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat MEPs on Wednesday dismissed a draft report by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) “condemning Hungary” as “a lie”.
30th Anniversary of Hungarian German Friendship Agreement Marked in Budapest
- 16 Feb 2022 8:15 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, told an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian-German friendship agreement that EU member states that had ambitions for making changes to rules that went beyond the European basic treaties would have to reach a consensus with all member states first.
Media Becoming Political Player, Says Gov't Official
- 12 Nov 2021 7:04 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The press has lost its role of keeping the public informed and instead is turning into a political player amid today’s technology-driven media landscape, a government official told an international conference.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay: 2022 Election to be 'Colossal Battle'
- 25 Oct 2021 6:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, addressing supporters at a commemoration of the 1956 revolution in Budapest on Saturday, said the message of joining together embodied in uprising 65 years ago was still relevant today, and next year’s general election would be a “colossal battle”.
Press Freedom Fully Guaranteed By Hungarian Regulations, Says Minister
- 5 Mar 2021 12:31 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The freedom of the press is fully guaranteed by Hungarian legislation, media operate on a market basis and the government of Hungary has “neither the right nor the intention to interfere in such matters in any way”, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said in a letter addressed to his Dutch counterpart.
Opinion: Editor’s Sacking A Blow To Press Freedom In Hungary
- 24 Jul 2020 10:20 AM
- current affairs
The firing of Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief of Hungary’s biggest independent news website, Index, on July 22, 2020 has political interference written all over it, Human Rights Watch said. The dismissal is a blow to media independence and diversity.
Biggest Budapest Pride Event Ends Incident-Free
- 30 Jun 2025 9:38 AM
- current affairs
Shortly before 8pm, the Budapest Pride event ended on the Műegyetem embankment in the capital.
“We made history here today,” said Viktória Radványi - according to the President of Budapest Pride, over 200,000 took part in the march this year. This year’s Pride attracted international attention, with delegations from over 30 countries, including more than 70 members of the European Parliament ...
20 Years Ago HU Joined EU: "Europe Made Stronger by Hungarians"
- 2 May 2024 7:28 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The people of Hungary have made Europe stronger; their vibrant culture and economic dynamism rippled through the entire EU, the president of the European Commission said, marking the 20th anniversary of Hungary's EU accession.
"Everything Hungarian is Contained in Petőfi” - 15 March Holiday Speech Summary
- 16 Mar 2023 6:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán marked the 175th anniversary of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight at the birthplace of Hungary's national poet, Sándor Petőfi, in Kiskőrös, in the south of the country.
Contingency Plan in Place If Gas Deliveries to Hungary Stop
- 14 Jul 2022 11:20 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz and Christian Democrat MEPs on Wednesday dismissed a draft report by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) “condemning Hungary” as “a lie”.
30th Anniversary of Hungarian German Friendship Agreement Marked in Budapest
- 16 Feb 2022 8:15 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, told an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian-German friendship agreement that EU member states that had ambitions for making changes to rules that went beyond the European basic treaties would have to reach a consensus with all member states first.
Media Becoming Political Player, Says Gov't Official
- 12 Nov 2021 7:04 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The press has lost its role of keeping the public informed and instead is turning into a political player amid today’s technology-driven media landscape, a government official told an international conference.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay: 2022 Election to be 'Colossal Battle'
- 25 Oct 2021 6:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, addressing supporters at a commemoration of the 1956 revolution in Budapest on Saturday, said the message of joining together embodied in uprising 65 years ago was still relevant today, and next year’s general election would be a “colossal battle”.
Press Freedom Fully Guaranteed By Hungarian Regulations, Says Minister
- 5 Mar 2021 12:31 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The freedom of the press is fully guaranteed by Hungarian legislation, media operate on a market basis and the government of Hungary has “neither the right nor the intention to interfere in such matters in any way”, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said in a letter addressed to his Dutch counterpart.
Opinion: Editor’s Sacking A Blow To Press Freedom In Hungary
- 24 Jul 2020 10:20 AM
- current affairs
The firing of Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief of Hungary’s biggest independent news website, Index, on July 22, 2020 has political interference written all over it, Human Rights Watch said. The dismissal is a blow to media independence and diversity.