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Hungary 2014
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Legislative elections were held in Hungary on April 6, 2014. All 199 seats in the unicameral Országgyűlés (National Assembly) were up for reelection. Electoral system These are the first elections being held under a new electoral...
OSCE’s interim report on the parliamentary elections of 2014
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Here is the interim report of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The document is limited to observation only and does not contain analysis of how the new Hungarian electoral law will affect the possible...
Hungary says its press freedom is 'completely perfect.' Europe disagrees
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When the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee called last week for Europe to regularly investigate journalist freedom across the EU, it didn't name any particular country to watch. But if there has been one European nation that has been criticized...
12/07 Links Pt2: Muslim scholar: No connection btw Temple Mt. and Islam; A Quiz for Christian Anti-Zionists
via elderofziyon.blogspot

From Ian: Egyptian Muslim scholar: No connection between Temple Mt., Islam Renowned Egyptian scholar Youssef Ziedan, a specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies, has given a series of interviews to Egyptian television stations of late, the purpose of...
Headlines: Beaucoup elections, and lots more
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Whole lotta ground to cover, with elections — and their aftermaths — on three continents, plus the latest economic and ecological headlines and the latest edition of Fukushimapocalypse Now! On with the show, starting with a trans-Pacific...

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PM taps right-wing media lawyer to head Media Authority

Leaders from across the political spectrum have denounced Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nominee for president of Hungary’s Media Authority as a loyal puppet controlled by the ruling Fidesz party and its inner circle of media and business oligarchs....
Fidesz-linked firm buys national economic daily

Fidesz-linked think tank Századvég’s Gazdaszágkutató Zrt. (Century Economic Research Inc.) announced this week it has purchased Napi Gazdaság, a top national business and economic daily. Századvég is part of a consortium of companies have been awarded...
Hungary’s top two TV stations oppose new ad tax

RTL Klub and TV2, Hungary’s largest national private TV stations, are protesting a government decision to tax media companies according to their net annual advertising revenues, according to a May 28 article in portfolio.hu. An announcement from RTL...
Átlátszó fights to expose public media spending

Amid steady budget increases and cuts to public media staff, Hungary’s public media management fund, the MTVA, has been outsourcing production to private firms with close ties to Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, according to an ongoing investigation by...
Media Council issues first fine on a print daily

By Judit Barta Hungary’s Media Council on May 8 handed down its first sanction against a print and online publication with a HUF 250,000 (EUR 862) fine for hate speech against right-wing daily Magyar Hírlap for publishing Zsolt Bayer’s January 5 opinion...

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19 March 2013, 11:28 am Several journalists have returned their Táncsics prizes in protest of the government’s decision to give the state’s highest journalism award to TV presenter Ferenc Szanisz...