EU Court Condemns Hungary Over Klubradio License Denial

Tagesschau

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Critics have long accused Prime Minister Orban of being hard on critical media, but with the licence for a radio station, Hungary has gone too far, according to a ruling of the European Court of Justice.

Deutschlandfunk

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The European Court of Justice has condemned Hungary for withdrawing the broadcasting licence for the independent radio station Klubradio.

444.hu

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Hungary has violated EU law by preventing Klubrádió from providing media services on a radio frequency, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday. As we wrote on 444, Klubrádió had owned the 92.9 frequency in Budapest for seven years, after the National Media and Communications Authority (NMHH) agreed in 2014, after three years of political battles, to allow Klubrádió to use this frequency as a social media service provider. A…

n-tv.de

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Freedom of expression in Hungary is under pressure under the rule of right-wing populist Orban. A radio station has only been available on the Internet since 2021 - the European Commission does not want to accept this. It is successful before the European Court of Justice.