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As Hungary Cuts Radio Station, Critics Say Europe Should Put Orban On Notice


Radio journalists work in the studio at the headquarters of the independent Hungarian radio station, the Klubradio in Budapest on Feb. 9. It was removed from the airways after the national media regulator would not renew its license, raising new press freedom concerns in the European Union member state.
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BERLIN Hungary s Klubradio station broadcast its news program on Feb. 14 as it had for more than two decades. The next day it was pulled off the air.
Some 3.5 million people in the capital of Budapest, more than a third of the country s population, tuned in for the show, according to the station s head of news, Mihaly Hardy. Now devoted listeners stream it online only. ....

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