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RFE/RL's Hungarian Service

RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service -- closed after the Cold War ended -- was relaunched on September 8, 2020, in response to the country’s steep decline in media freedom. It's an entirely digital service dedicated to serving the public interest by representing a diversity of views and providing reliable, unbiased reporting about the issues audiences care about most.

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March 11, 2021
Hungary Denies Independent Radio's Frequency Bid Amid Media Freedom Concerns

Hungary's media regulator on March 11 rejected an application from one of the country's last independent news radio stations to regain its broadcasting frequency.
March 03, 2021
Hungary's Ruling Party Pulls Out Of European Parliament Bloc

Hungary's ruling Fidesz party has quit the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament after the conservative grouping approved new internal rules.
February 23, 2021
Budapest Offers Free Rapid COVID-19 Testing For City's Residents

Budapest has offered 10,000 free rapid COVID-19 tests to residents of the city. Residents stood in line February 23 to take advantage of the special 10-day testing program organized by the city council of the Hungarian capital.
February 16, 2021
Hungary Pulls Plug On Last Independent News Radio Station On The Air

Hungary's last remaining independent news radio station has been knocked off the air in Budapest. The country's media authorities refused to extend Klubradio's FM license, saying it "repeatedly infringed" on the compulsory registration law by twice submitting documents late.
February 15, 2021
Hungary's Orban Seeks Continued Emergency Powers For COVID-19 Response

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has asked lawmakers for a further extension of emergency powers to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
February 14, 2021
Hunger In Hungary: Budapest Volunteers Get Hot Meals To Those In Need

The Hungarian NGO Heti Betevo ("Weekly Meal") was founded by professional chefs more than seven years ago. Every Sunday, they prepare hundreds of restaurant-quality meals with the help of volunteers.
February 10, 2021
Hungary Under Fire After Last Independent Radio Station Taken Off Air

The suspension of the license of Hungary's last independent news radio station has drawn international condemnation, with the European Union and media watchdogs calling the move a further attack on democracy in the EU member state.
February 09, 2021
Hungary's Last Independent Radio Loses Appeal On License, Forced Off Air

Hungary's last independent radio station has lost an appeal to keep its license after the country’s media regulator said it had violated a compulsory registration law.
January 31, 2021
Hungarians Protest Against Lockdown Measures, Despite Ban On Gatherings

Hundreds of people have protested in Budapest against coronavirus lockdown measures.
January 29, 2021
Hungary's Drug Regulator Approves Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine

Hungary has become the first EU member to give initial approval to the Chinese-made Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine.
January 22, 2021
Hungary Becomes First EU Country To Buy Russia's Sputnik-V Vaccine

Hungary has signed an agreement with Russia to buy two million doses of the Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine, the first European Union country to purchase the Russian immunization serum.
January 08, 2021
Orban Announces Extension Of Coronavirus Curbs In Hungary Until February 1

Hungary has extended partial lockdown measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus until February 1.
December 17, 2020
EU Court Rules Hungary Broke Asylum Law By Detaining Migrants

The European Union's highest court on December 17 ruled that Hungary broke the law by preventing some immigrants from seeking asylum and moving many to transit camps.
December 15, 2020
Hungarian Lawmakers Pass Law Effectively Banning Same-Sex Adoption

The nationalist-dominated Hungarian parliament has passed a law that effectively bans adoptions by same-sex couples as part of a package of new measures decried by human rights and LGBT rights defenders as "homophobic and transphobic."
December 04, 2020
Hungary's Orban Says He Won't Budge In EU Budget Dispute Over 'Rule Of Law' Clause

Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated on December 4 that Hungary will not accept a clause on observing the rule of law attached to the European Union's budget and coronavirus-recovery fund.
December 03, 2020
Hungary 'Can't Accept' Current EU Budget Proposal

The European Union's next budget and its massive pandemic relief fund cannot come into force without Hungary's approval and Budapest cannot accept it in its proposed form, which ties the disbursal to observing the rule of law in member countries, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said.
December 02, 2020
Hungarian Politician Quits Ruling Party After Attending Lockdown 'Sex Party' In Brussels

A Hungarian politician has quit the country’s ruling Fidesz party amid continuing fallout from his attendance at what Belgian media said was a sex party in Brussels held in violation of coronavirus lockdown rules.
December 01, 2020
Hungarian MEP Resigns After Police Raid On Brussels 'Sex Party' During COVID Curfew

A Hungarian ruling party politician who resigned two days ago as a member of the European Parliament says he was present at a house party broken up by Brussels police for breaching lockdown rules.
November 29, 2020
Hungarian Culture Head Retracts Article Comparing George Soros To Hitler

The head of one of Hungary's premier cultural institutions, the Petofi Literary Museum in Budapest, has retracted an article in which he likened U.S. billionaire philanthropist George Soros to Adolf Hitler’s genocidal Nazi regime.
November 26, 2020
Hungary, Poland Pledge Mutual Support For EU Budget Veto

The Hungarian and Polish prime ministers have signed a joint declaration pledging to support each other in blocking the European Union’s next budget and its massive pandemic relief fund.

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