A clampdown on a leading independent radio station shows that Hungary has no intention of heeding EU calls to improve media freedom. In most EU countries, it would be reasonable to expect a state agency that has been handed a clear court order to comply. Not so in Hungary, where a media regulator has ignored… Continue »

The “C” of the old Cora sign is removed by workers to make way for the new Auchan logo at the former Cora hypermarket in Budakalász. The Auchan Group acquired the Cora hypermarkets in Hungary this spring. Continue »

Fares on a number of inter-city coaches will be increased from this Saturday 1 September to boost passengers on trains, the National Development Ministry has announced. The changes will affect routes where train services are also available, with the first coach connections to see higher prices being to Gyõr and Szombathely (western Hungary) via the… Continue »

Hacker protest group Anonymous temporarily knocked out the website of the construction firm Közgép on Tuesday afternoon. Visitors to the site were treated to an exhortation to fight against a “new oligarchical system” that has been established in Hungary. Questions have been raised recently in Parliament over the award of numerous valuable state contracts to… Continue »