"We Will Determine the Content": Magyar's Remarks Spark Press Freedom Concerns (opens in new tab)

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has caused a huge uproar after declaring in parliament that his centrist, pro-Brussels government will determine the future content of the conservative weekly Mandiner once it returns to state ownership under newly adopted constitutional changes. Responding to criticism from conservative Fidesz MP Balázs Orbán during a parliamentary debate on Monday, June 15th, the prime minister said: I understand that it hurts you that the joke newspaper Mandiner will n...