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Demonstration outside MTVA building marks a year

December 9, 2012
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Protest organizer Balázs Nagy Navarro and his fellow demonstrators marked a year of protest outside the headquarters of the Media Services and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) at Kunigunda útja in Buda.

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Danko Radio to help replace lost regional radio programs

December 6, 2012
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After shutting down its regional production studios, the Media Services and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), the body in charge of managing public media, has announced an effort to replace the programs with a new radio station, called Danko Radio, which broadcasts to the residents of the Hungarian countryside. The new station, which is to begin broadcasting right before Christmas, will reportedly specialize in “mulatós zene” – a folksy form of pop music and wedding songs.

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CoE calls for changes in Media Council and media law

December 5, 2012
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The Council of Europe criticized the procedures for nomination and appointment of the president of Hungary’s Media Council, saying it does not meet European standards, according to Daniel Holtgen the spokesperson of Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe’s Secretary General.

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Journalist union blasts public TV for ignoring anti-Nazi rally

December 5, 2012
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In a Klubrádió interview, the president of the Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) said that the public media should have reported on a December 2 demonstration in Budapest against neo-Nazism.

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Local government seeks to dump paper that took paid ad from Socialists criticizing Orbán

December 4, 2012
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According to Médiajogfigyelő (Media Law Monitor), the Fidesz-majority local council of Szombathely voted to immediately cancel the contract with the private company publishing the local government’s newspaper after the newspaper printed an advertisement critical of Fidesz Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and party-affiliated businessman Lajos Simicska. The mayor of Szombathely claimed the advertisement was in violation of the media law, including the provision on human dignity. 

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