Hungary’s media regulations have created an atmosphere of tension among journalists. Mike Harris reports from Budapest
KlubRadio, the country’s last remaining liberal radio station, is in danger of losing its licence. Charlie Holt reports
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Hungary’s largest circulation daily newspaper, Nepszabadsag, is challenging the controversial new media law in the country’s Constitutional Court. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief has brought complaints about 16 areas of the law which, the paper alleges, limit press freedom and freedom of opinion. The new regulations, introduced on 21 December 2010, allow the National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) to impose substantial fines on TV and radio stations. Freedom House has described the legislation as a “major setback for press freedom in Hungary“.
Judit Bayer says Hungary’s new media law is a serious attack on press freedom
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