27 September 2012
27 September 2012
Klubrádió wins another lawsuit against media authority as court rules its frequency bid valid
In the latest stage of the long-running saga in which opposition-leaning broadcaster Klubradio and Hungary’s media authority (NMHH) have disputed the outcome of a frequency bid, the municipal court of appeal on Wednesday repealed a decree by the NMHH, which declared the station’s bid for the Budapest 95.3 MHz frequency invalid on formal grounds.
http://www.politics.hu/20120927/klubradio-wins-another-lawsuit-against-state-media-authority-as-court-rules-its-frequency-bid-valid/
19 September 2012
19 September 2012
HírTV reporter taken to court on a leash after ducking libel charges
Police took HírTV reporter Szabolcs Kisberk to a 19th District police station and later to the Second and Third District court on a leash after arresting him at his home at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning.
http://www.politics.hu/20120919/hirtv-reporter-taken-to-court-on-a-leash-after-ducking-libel-charges/
18 September 2012
18 September 2012
Gay Teacher Wins Discrimination Case In Hungary
The Kúria ruled on Monday that a person had lost his job as a result of unlawful discrimination because of his sexual orientation, the first such ruling in Hungary, Népszava reports. The plaintiff, a vocational secondary school teacher in Cegléd, said he will not give his name as he fears he may not find a job elsewhere.
http://www.xpatloop.com/news/gay_teacher_wins_discrimination_case_in_hungary
18 September 2012
Oligarchopedia: László Puch
Atlatszo.hu launched the Hungarian Oligarchopedia to sum up all the pieces of information we know about the people who use their power and wealth to control politics. We’ve set up some basic parameters to characterise oligarchs and to rank their impact on our elected representatives, authorities and media.
http://atlatszo.hu/2012/09/18/oligarchopedia-laszlo-puch/
17 September 2012
17 September 2012
RTL Klub To Launch New Channel In Hungary
The commercial television station RTL Klub will launch a second channel with entertainment programs, RTL II, on October 1 in a bid to further increase its viewers and profits, Nepszabadsag reports.
http://www.xpatloop.com/news/rtl_klub_to_launch_new_channel_in_hungary
13 September 2012
13 September 2012
OSCE media freedom representative warns on Hungarian news agency’s lawsuit against journalist
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today warned that the lawsuit initiated by the official Hungarian News Agency against journalist György Balavany can constrain media pluralism in the Internet.
http://www.politics.hu/20120913/osce-media-freedom-representative-warns-on-hungarian-news-agencys-lawsuit-against-journalist/
10 September 2012
10 September 2012
Hungarian Police reluctant to take action on kuruc.info
László Garamvölgyi, Hungarian Police spokesperson’s reasoning about the impossibility to take action against the California resident owner of rightwing extremist hate-site kuruc.info due to the different legal interpretation of freedom of speech is not true, our US resident source say.
http://atlatszo.hu/2012/09/10/police-bela-varga-kuruc-info/
9 September 2012
9 September 2012
Hungarian prime minister uses Facebook page to ‘unfriend’ IMF, rejects alleged loan conditions http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/hungarian-prime-minister-uses-facebook-page-%E2%80%98unfriend%E2%80%99-imf-rejects-alleged-loan-conditions
9 September 2012
Healdsburg shop owner denies “ownership” of far-right Hungarian website
A Healdsburg shop owner says he was characterized incorrectly as the “owner” of a far-right Hungarian website, but that he did register the site in his name in the United States as a favor to friends in Hungary.
http://www.politics.hu/20120909/healdsburg-shop-owner-denies-ownership-of-far-right-hungarian-website/
7 September 2012
7 September 2012
Healdsburg Shop Owner Denies "Ownership" of Far-Right Hungarian Website
Bela Varga, of The Red Paprika, says he registered the site in the U.S. to help friends in Hungary who were being shut down by the government. A Healdsburg shop owner says he was characterized incorrectly as the "owner" of a far-right Hungarian website, but that he did register the site in his name in the United States as a favor to friends in Hungary.
http://healdsburg.patch.com/articles/healdsburg-shop-owner-denies-ownership-of-far-right-hungarian-website
5 September 2012
5 September 2012
Thousands protests outside Parliament against Azeri killer transfer
Some 2,000 people converged on Kossuth tér on a call from the organisation One Million for Hungarian Press Freedom on Tuesday evening to apologise to Armenians and lambaste Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the transfer of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov last Friday.
http://www.politics.hu/20120905/thousands-protests-outside-parliament-against-azeri-killer-transfer/
4 September 2012
4 September 2012
Identity of kuruc.info’s owner revealed
A six-years-long story ended up when American domain registrator company Domains by Proxy, which provides anonymity to its customers revealed the identity of the owner of the kuruc.info domain.
http://atlatszo.hu/2012/09/04/kuruc-info-bela-varga/
