Welcome to the Hungarian Media Monitor digital archive, a central, open-access resource for materials related to Hungary’s media landscape. The archive contains a range of documents related to media legislation, regulation and ownership in Hungary.
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Laws and regulations
Texts and translations of Hungarian media legislation since 1986
: Act XX of 1949: The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (translations as of 2003 and 2010)
: Amendment to the Constitution of 6 July 2010 (concerning Article 61)
Official international statements and documents
EU, Council of Europe, OSCE and UN communications, resolutions and research
: Draft opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary
: Draft report on the situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary
: Hungary: Legislative changes threaten democracy and human rights
Communications by the Hungarian government and regulatory bodies
Decrees, announcements and publications by the government and media regulatory bodies
: Proposed amendments to media laws before Parliament
International civil society statements and communications
Statements and analyses by international NGOs, professional bodies and policy institutes
: Wrong direction on rights: Assessing the impact of Hungary’s new constitution and laws
: Atlatszo.hu published leaked 2012 budget of the public media fund
Hungarian civil society statements and communications
Statements and analyses by Hungarian NGOs, professional bodies and policy institutes
: We published the secret broadcasting agreement of FM1
: Main concerns regarding the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary
Research publications
Research on media ownership, policy and regulation by academics and NGOs
: Footprint of Financial Crisis in the Media: Overview
: Footprint of Financial Crisis in the Media: Hungary country report
Judicial rulings
Rulings by Hungarian or international courts
: Decision 165/2011. (XII. 20.) AB of the Constitutional Court of Hungary (Case number: 1746/B/2010)
EU and European media regulations
Setting standards: international legislation, norms and declarations
: A panorama of local media outlets in Pécs city