The government campaign to introduce the foreign agent law shows how 21st-century authoritarianism works.

The proceedings are not only about the reputation of our newspaper, but also about all independent media and civil society organizations in Hungary, which are threatened to be blacklisted and made impossible with the so-called “transparency” bill.

If the bill becomes a law, financing terrorism in Hungary would become easier than supporting independent media.

Andrea Várkonyi’s company is listing journalists as friends or enemies on behalf of the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN), which contracted them for PR tasks.

In our reply to the Sovereignty Protection Office today, we have denied, on legal grounds, that we are obliged to answer the questions they asked.

Atlatszo has repeatedly voiced its reservations about the law on the protection of sovereignty adopted at the end of last year.

Shoppers can read a shortened version of Atlatszo's stories on the paper bags of István Markó's grocery store during the month-long campaign.

The Association of Hungarian Journalists honoured our work on the occasion of the Hungarian Press Day.

On Thursday, twenty Hungarian editorial offices issued a joint statement in support of press freedom and Atlatszo, with each publication publishing the text on its own website.

Joint statement by independent editorial offices on the new authority created yesterday.

In Eastern Europe, politicians and organised crime (or a combination of the two) remain the biggest threat to freedom of press.