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RSF World Press Freedom Index 2022: Widening divide

Source: rsf.org/en/index

Situation in Visegrad Four countries reflects broader trends – as Reporters Without Borders (RSF) note in World Press Freedom Index 2022, whole European Union is caught between two extremes.

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05.05.2022

View on front of Parliament of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary. Source: Karelj / Wikimedia

International Press Institute released a new report assessing challenges for independent journalism in Hungary. We are publishing its key findings.

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23.03.2022

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Despite Hungary backing the EU’s punitive sanctions regime against Russia and the humanitarian aid the cabinet provided to Ukraine, the government continues its foreign policy balancing act between the West and Russia.

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17.03.2022

People demonstrate against Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Budapest

Anti-war protest in Budapest, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine. February 26, 2022. Source: MARTON MONUS / Reuters / Forum

For three terms, the Hungarian prime minister has fought with Brussels and moved closer to Moscow. Then came the Russian invasion of Ukraine — a painful reality check. But it seems that Orbán still does not want to fall out of Putin’s good graces.

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04.03.2022