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Orbán already preparing steps for after ECJ ruling
Although it stands to lose billions of euros, the Hungarian government considers the questions pertaining to the rule of law as an infringement to the EU treaty, and responded to the European...
Will there be any debates, surprises, or scandalous videos? – What to expect – in five points
The election campaign is officially underway. Going forward, Telex will be putting out an analysis every weekend consisting of five points that summarize the most important events. We will start by...
Within days of Telex’s court win, the government overrides the court’s decision with a decree
After the hospitals kept refusing our requests for coverage during the pandemic, Telex recently filed a suit against EMMI. The court ruled that the decision is not up to the ministry, but the...
Nothing in film will ever match the emotion in the theatre at the end of Dr Semmelweis
The life of Hungarian medical pioneer Ignaz Semmelweis is the subject of Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award winner Mark Rylance's new play. After the play's premiere in Bristol, we talked with the...
The ministry is not allowed to ban the press from hospitals
Telex challenged the decision to ban all media outlets other than public television and the state news agency (MTI) from health institutions during the epidemic. The court ruled that it is not the...
Pro-government media outlets receive preference at government briefings
Regardless of viewership, popularity, or readership, the government gives preference to pro-government journalists and their media outlets during its regular press conferences, critical media...
All she wanted was a photo of the new-born babies and asked that István and Tamás love the twins
The two men are among the last remaining same-sex couples to adopt in Hungary, but there are no known twins in the country. We followed the lives of István and Tamás and their adopted twins for a...
We found a solution in historical Lviv to the Tisza's sea of garbage
The highest point of the historic city of Lviv is a garbage dump. Plans are already in place to tackle the problem, building waste treatment plants could be completed by 2030, after which the system...
Orban’s influencers shower cash, become largest social media spenders
Circumventing campaign ad rules, a Hungarian fund financing pro-government social media personalities created about a year ago is on track to spend more than HUF 1 billion (€2.7 million) by April’s...
