media | Visegrád Post

American Left interfering in Poland’s Oct. 15 elections after failed attempt in Hungary last year – Interview

Olivier Bault October 25, 2023

“Hungary’s left-wing media tycoon Zoltán Varga is being introduced into the Polish media market by Soros’ Pluralis B.V. right before the Polish elections. Interestingly, they do not even seem to care about the timing any more. A couple of years ago you…

Magyar Nemzet

2021 also marked by anti-Christianity

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. This year didn’t go by either without Christian degradation in Hungary: the Gödöllő Greek Catholic church was almost set on fire on our national holiday, before Easter a defamatory…

News

Polish President vetoes Lex TVN

The Editorial Board December 29, 2021

Poland - After the bill’s rejection by the Polish Senate, where the opposition has a majority, and its adoption the last time it was presented in the Sejm (by 229 votes to 212 and 10 abstentions), on Monday Polish President Andrzej Duda…

Magyar Nemzet

No balance in the Western media

The Editorial Board November 24, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 19 November 2021. The left liberal mainstream would suppress conservative values everywhere possible With the advent of progressive ideology, media pluralism has lost its sense of balance, said Balázs…

News

“Lex TVN” adopted by Polish Sejm in first reading

The Editorial Board August 16, 2021

Poland – A new media bill dubbed “Lex TVN” – for it will hit the American-owned TVN television group first and foremost – was adopted on Wednesday 11 August in first reading by the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.…

Politics

Can this new scandal really weaken PiS in Poland?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2021

Poland - Since February 26, the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has been making numerous revelations about the CEO of the Polish oil company PKN Orlen. Orlen, a former state company, remains 27% state-owned, and the government of Mateusz Morawiecki therefore had a decisive…

Society

Are media freedom and pluralism really under threat in Poland?

Olivier Bault March 19, 2021

Poland - On Wednesday, March 10, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on “Government attempts to silence free media in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia”. That discussion had been announced a week earlier on the European Parliament’s website, in a newsletter titled…

Magyar Nemzet

Ten observations on Hungarian media

Partenaire October 1, 2020

Hungary - Three-fourths of voters are exposed to all political perspectives. Médianéző Központ Kft. is a research company evaluating Hungarian and regional media and media policy, as part of the Nézőpont Institution Kft. group. This is a Hungarian think-tank established in 2006…

Magyar Nemzet

To the German ambassador to Hungary

Partenaire August 27, 2020

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on August 26, 2020. Dear Mr. Johannes Haindl, Your Excellency: Mr. Michael Roth, the German Minister of State for Europe, indulged himself by uttering the following statement concerning Hungary: “Growing antisemitism in Hungary…

Magyar Nemzet

István Hollik: The Hungarian left seeks foreign aid to gain power

Partenaire August 8, 2020

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on August 7, 2020. Katalin Cseh pushes for EU money to support opposition media. The Hungarian media landscape is quite diverse, and a large portion is markedly critical of the government. Katalin…

Society

Media pluralism in Poland and Hungary compared to France

Olivier Bault March 5, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Originally published in English on Kurier.plus. Poland/Hungary/France - The 2019 edition of the World Press Freedom Index puts Poland and Hungary respectively in 59th and 87th position out of 180 countries. 2019 World Press Freedom Index. Source: https://rsf.org/en/ranking Both…

Society

Poland, Hungary and France: A Common Cause

The Editorial Board January 2, 2019

By Antoni Trzmiel. Poland - We publish here the translation of Antoni Trzmiel's editorial about the partnership we started with them. The dorzeczy.pl website, belonging to the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy, has begun cooperation with the Visegr á d Post…