Public has less trust in social platforms than in the mass media, survey says
Europeans reject Big Tech’s arbitrary censorship
The main topic of public debate is the role, policy-making function and manipulative potential of social media. The fact that Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s accounts permanently – while in addition Facebook and Instagram blocked the accounts belonging to the former POTUS for two ...
New entry rules to apply to travel to Austria from Wednesday
Austria is introducing new entry rules from Feb. 10, a deputy leader of Hungary's operative board responsible for handling the coronavirus epidemic said on Monday.
Hungarian lawmakers set to approve declaration to mark V4 anniversary
Hungary's lawmakers are scheduled to approve a declaration to mark the 30th anniversary of cooperation between the Visegrad Group countries -- Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia -- on Feb. 15, Zsolt Nemeth, head of the foreign affairs committee, told MTI on Monday.
Ader: Climate change set to be key issue on new US administration’s agenda
Climate change is expected to be among the most important issues on the agenda of the new US administration headed by President Joe Biden, President Janos Ader said on his "Blue Planet" podcast on Monday.
Szijjarto welcomes new US-Russia nuclear arms control pact
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday welcomed an agreement between the United States and Russia to extend a treaty limiting the deployment of nuclear weapons.
Karacsony: Expressing support for Navalny ‘moral obligation’
Expressing support for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is a "moral obligation, just like it is an obligation to protect Russian democracy and the freedom of publicity, based on our common European values", the mayor of Budapest said on Facebook on Wednesday.
The aim is "legal, transparent and controllable operation", minister says
Government preparing regulation of big tech
The justice ministry is preparing draft legislation to regulate the operation of social media giants in Hungary, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on Facebook.
Orbán congratulates incoming President
Opposition: Biden presidency ‘end to populism’
The opposition Socialist and Democratic Coalition (DK) parties see the presidency of Joe Biden, starting on Wednesday, as one putting an end to populist policy making in the United States.
Thirtieth anniversary of freedom for Lithuania
Deadly day of protest remembered
Although each January 13 is a day of celebration in Lithuania, it is also a day of sorrow and remembrance for those who fell on that date in 1991 while seeking independence for their country. Thirty years later in Budapest, Ambassador to Hungary Vytautas ...
Justice minister slams tech giants for ‘switching off’ certain users
Judit Varga, the justice minister, has criticised global tech giants for "switching off" certain users. "We can all be turned off," she said in an English-language post on Facebook on Wednesday.
