Hungarian radio station critical of Orban faces battle to renew its licence

Hungary's media authority said on Friday it would not automatically renew the licence of an opposition radio station, stoking fresh concerns about media freedom under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government.

BUDAPEST - Hungary’s media authority said on Friday it would not automatically renew the licence of an opposition radio station, stoking fresh concerns about media freedom under Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government.Klub Radio is one of a dwindling number of outlets critical of Orban, whose growing control of the media is among various issues that have prompted strong criticism from the European Union over the rule of law in Hungary.

Klub lost national licences several years ago. It is popular among left-wing Budapest intellectuals but reaches only about 200,000 people daily. Klub radio disputed the regulatory offences, adding it would try to “ensure that the last remaining radio channel reaching hundred of thousands of Hungarians with credible information is not silenced”.

The main centre-right grouping in the European Parliament has suspended Orban’s Fidesz party over its perceived backsliding on democracy.

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