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🇭🇺 Magyar Nemzet

Hungary · HU · https://magyarnemzet.hu

About Magyar Nemzet

Major Daily Government-aligned

Magyar Nemzet, founded in 1938, is owned by the Central European Press and Media Foundation. Following its relaunch in 2019, after a period of closure, its publication rights were transferred to the government-affiliated Mediaworks Hungary Zrt. The owner of Mediaworks, Lőrinc Mészáros, is a close associate and childhood friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and a beneficiary of state tenders.

Magyar Nemzet is described as being 'close to the current Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán' and 'pro-government' since its relaunch in 2019. Its editorials frequently criticize socialist and liberal parties. While Ground News rates its media bias and factuality as 'unknown' due to a lack of assessments from major third-party organizations, the broader Hungarian media environment is characterized by government-aligned media dominance, with pro-government outlets reportedly used for smear campaigns against political opponents and independent journalists. The headline sample includes commentary from a known pro-government figure and news related to government actions, consistent with its state-aligned editorial stance.

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