Viktor Orban accused of bribing several Hungarian publications. Subsidies worth over a billion euros were allegedly granted
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Two Hungarian media outlets have filed a complaint with the European Commission against the Orbán government, which allegedly spent 1.1 billion euros on...
Two Hungarian media outlets are accusing the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of illegally providing more than a billion euros in financial support to pro-government media. The newspaper Magyar Hang and an unnamed second outlet are filing a complaint with the European Commission, they report to the business newspaper Financial Times.
Magyar Hang and an unnamed Hungarian media outlet have filed a complaint with the European Commission over illegal state aid to pro-government media outlets. According to the Financial Times article and a statement from Magyar Hang, the complainants accuse the Hungarian government of providing more than €1 billion in state aid to media outlets that exclusively broadcast messages from the government. This amount was channeled to the media outlets…
Viktor Orban's government is accused of illegally providing subsidies of over one billion euros to domestic media.
Orban has used more than a billion euros provided by the European Union to finance government media - Bloomberg Victor Orban is accused of financing pro-government media with EU funds, which could lead to a new conflict with the European Union. He allegedly violated competition rules by subsidizing government-linked media.
The power in Hungary benefits the media which favour it through very lucrative state advertising campaigns, accuse two independent titles who lodged a complaint with the European Commission on 28 April. The opposition media follow the procedure.
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