BUDAPEST - In our project, we’ve discovered how businessmen related to the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán were buying up media outlets in Slovenia.
The Hungarian “Zuckerberg” who keeps Orbán’s system alive
BUDAPEST - It’s getting ever harder to gain access to public interest data in Hungary. This is particularly problematic, taking into consideration that reporting on the government’s abuse of power and the endemic corruption is one of the last remaining checks and balances in Hungary.
LONDON - Journalists in Western Europe have broadcast and printed stories about Eastern Europe that are distorted or false, leading to a misrepresentation of reality that victimises nations and some of their poorest and most vulnerable citizens.
This is how Hungary’s ‘independent’ news media is being tampered with
BUDAPEST - "We lost our media”, stated Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán in a rare interview in early 2015. He was referring to the media empire of a longtime ally-turned-enemy.