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Our podcast: How press freedom is threatened in Hungary and Poland In this episode for World Press Freedom Day we look at the pressures on independent journalism in two EU countries Hungary s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Poland s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki meet in Budapest. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Saturday 1 May 2021 The topic In this episode of our podcast we talk to two of our Journalist Fellows about the growing pressures facing journalists and independent news media in Poland and Hungary. We look at the threats of authoritarianism, the weaponisation of advertising revenue, and self-censorship. We also look at levels of support for independent media and what can be done within the industry, and on a political level, to defend media freedoms. ....
Independent media will have a future if Orbán is ousted The Hungarian Media Council has rejected Klubrádió s application for a new FM frequency. In an interview with DW, the radio station s director, András Arató, talks about the prospects for independent media in Hungary. DW: Mr. Arató, in FebruaryKlubrádió lost its FM broadcast frequency, 92.9, in Budapest, and can only be accessed online since. Last week, the Hungarian Media Council rejected your application for a new frequency. What is your comment on this decision? András Arató: It was disgraceful, vile and cowardly. It is not a legal but a political decision, because the system and its leader, Viktor Orbán, do not tolerate critical voices. ....
The Hungarian Media Council has rejected Klubrádió's application for a new FM frequency. In an interview with DW, the radio station's director, András Arató, talks about the prospects for independent media in Hungary. ....
Media Watchdog Responds To EC Letter Concerning Klubrádió Hungary Matters National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) chair Monika Karas (pictured on top) on Friday said there is no legal means at present to allow Klubrádió to provide media services temporarily in a letter responding to the European Commission. In the letter addressed to Roberto Viola, the EC’s DG for communications networks, content and technology, Karas said neither EU law nor Hungarian regulations allow for Klubrádió to provide media services temporarily. “Nor can it be in the Commission’s interest to pursue a procedure that runs contrary to regulations and to the principle of equal treatment, as that would not comply with the criteria of the rule of law, which is important to all of us,” she wrote in the letter which was also forwarded to MTI. ....
Hungarian Press Roundup: Klub Radio to Win New Licence Tender? The left-wing radio station that went off air in mid-February (but is still available online) appears likely to win the new license tender for its former frequency, as the applications of both media companies which tried to compete for the frequency were rejected last December. Both have allegedly given up their attempts to appeal against the decision taken by the Media Authority. Hungarian press roundup by budapost.eu In Magyar Demokrata, László Szentesi Zöldi thinks that Klub Radio’s owner created a media hype and suggested that his radio station was the victim of a political attack. His real aim, the right-wing commentator claims, was to divert attention from the simple fact that he had failed on two occasions to submit documents required by law. As a result the Media Authority could not automatically renew Klub Radio’s concession. The conservative commentator believes that the Media Authori ....