Direkt36

Direkt36 Receives International Award

This year, Direkt36 is among the recipients of the Free Media Award, an international journalism prize jointly awarded by Germany’s ZEIT Stiftung Bucerius and Norway’s Fritt Ord Foundation. The award honors journalists and media outlets “in recognition of their valiant investigative journalism under exceedingly difficult circumstances”. Direkt36 was recognized for its “powerful in-depth journalism.” The … Direkt36 Receives International Award

More Extreme, Unfounded Attacks and Serious Threats Against Independent Media from Prime Minister Orbán and His Party

Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the Hungarian government’s war on NGOs and independent media has escalated. The smear campaigns, communications from Prime Minister Orbán and his allies, and actions by state agencies all point in the same direction: taking advantage of the international situation, the government is intensifying its efforts to silence independent … More Extreme, Unfounded Attacks and Serious Threats Against Independent Media from Prime Minister Orbán and His Party