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On 11 October 1998 the Court of Appeal in Budapest (Metropolitan Court) delivered a decision in a dispute between journalists about the truthfulness of the TV reporting by two of them which had been publicly called into question by two of their journalist colleagues (joined by two other defendants). One of the most popular Hungarian weekly TV programs on domestic politics is called "Week" and is broadcast in national public service TV1. On 20 June 1993 a report was broadcast by the plaintiffs on the 23 October 1992's national celebration of the anniversary of Hungary's fight for independence against...

On 15 September 1998 the Hungarian parliament accepted with 34 abstentions the annual reports submitted by Hungary's Parliamentary Commissioners. On 30 June 1995 the Hungarian parliament elected three commissioners by more than two thirdsmajority: the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Ethnic Minorities. According to article 27 of Act LIX of 1993 on the Parliamentary Commissioners, each year all Parliamentary Commissioners have to submit a report to parliament on their...

The Hungarian Act I of 1996 on Radio and Television broadcasting (Media Law), which came into force in February 1996, set up a series of deadlines to be followed by the National Radio and Television Board (NRTB, or Board) for the conclusion of licensing contracts with local broadcasters. According to these deadlines, the Board already should have concluded licensing contracts with those local broadcasters that had received licenses for definite or indefinite time period prior to the 1996 media law ( see, Paragraph 146 section 4 of the Media Law). In early Summer of this year, the NRTB finally...

On 31 August 1998, the Hungarian National Radio and Television Board (NRTB) submitted its 1997 Report to Parliament required by the Act I of 1996 on Radio and Television (Media Law). The 51-page Report consists of an introduction and the following five chapters: 1. Accomplishment of the dual media system according to the media act; 2. The economic condition of the establishment of the dual media system and the situation of the media market; 3. The technical condition of the formulation of the dual media system; 4. The institutional system of control; 5. The situation in the fields of communicational...

Under the Advertising Act, which came into force on 1 September last year, the advertising of alcohol and tobacco products, previously prohibited, is now legal for the first time - although the media had widely ignored the ban, even before the new act took effect. In its introductory section, the act defines "advertising" (Section 2 g); and goes on to prohibit advertising which offends against personal honour, incites violence or conduct harmful to the environment, endangers public safety or exploits fear (Section 4). Advertising aimed at minors must not interfere with their physical, moral or...