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...

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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…

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Viktor Orban's government is accused of illegally providing subsidies of over one billion euros to domestic media.

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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.

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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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The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been accused of illegally awarding more than a billion euros in subsidies to pro-government media outlets, further increasing fears that state support is being used to strengthen the Hungarian leader's power.