''Magyar Idők'' ('' en, Hungarian Times'') was a short-lived

national conservative National conservatism is a nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity. National conservatives usually combine nationalism with conservative stances promoting traditional cultural values, fa ...

Hungarian newspaper, associated with the

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

government. It was formed from ''

Napi Gazdaság ''Napi Gazdaság'' ( Hungarian: ''Daily Economy'') was a Budapest-based daily newspaper published from 1991 to 2015. The daily focused on financial and business news. It was succeeded by '' Magyar Idők'', a conservative political daily on 1 Sept ...

'' ('Daily Business'), a business newspaper founded in 1991. In 2013 it was sold to Századvég Gazdaságkutató, a think tank associated with the Fidesz political party. On 20 April 2015 it was bought by Gábor Liszkay, former editor of ''

Magyar Nemzet ''Magyar Nemzet'' ('' en, Hungarian Nation'') is a major Hungarian newspaper published in Hungary, and in 2021 styled itself as "close to the current Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán." History and profile ''Magyar Nemzet'', a moderate ...

''. The last publication of Napi Gazdaság was 31 August 2015 and Magyar Idők was launched next day. The paper came from a fallout between Prime Minister

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz since 1993, with a brief break between 20 ...

and media owner

Lajos Simicska Lajos Simicska (born 28 January 1960) is a former Hungarian business magnate, a former politician of Fidesz, and he was the head of APEH, Hungary's internal revenue service between 1998–1999, during the first government of Viktor Orbán. He wa ...

who since declared his support for the

Jobbik The Movement for a Better Hungary ( hu, Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom), commonly known as Jobbik (), is a conservative political party in Hungary. Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itself ...

party. Pro-Orban journalists left Simicska-owned outlets (mainly ''Magyar Nemzet'') and set up the pro-government newspaper. According to reports, ''Magyar Idők'' had published articles criticizing "liberal, globalist, and cosmopolitan culture", and attacked an opera of ''

Billy Elliot ''Billy Elliot'' is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy wh ...

'' as "gay propaganda". Following the closure of ''Magyar Nemzet'', Gábor Liszkay bought the now-defunct newspaper and revived it with ''Magyar Idők'''s journalists. Therefore, starting from 6 February 2019, ''Magyar Idők'' is no longer published.

Editors

*Péter Csermely (1 September 2015 – 15 November 2016) *Ottó Gajdics (15 November 2016 – 5 February 2019)

References

{{Authority control Fidesz Daily newspapers published in Hungary Newspapers established in 2015 Publications disestablished in 2019 2015 establishments in Hungary 2019 disestablishments in Hungary