''The Budapest Beacon'' was an online newspaper that reported on current events in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. It was published by United States-based Real Reporting Foundation, a news organization.
Online presence
In July 2014, Hungarian news portals reported that ''The Budapest Beacon'' planned to launch a Hungarian-language news website that September.
The newspaper was often critical of the Fidesz government.
A number of Hungarian and international media outlets have reported on Hungarian events using content attributed to ''The Budapest Beacon'', including ''The Jerusalem Post'', the ''GlobalPost'', ''Catholic World News'', Xplatloop.com, and Politics.hu, ''The Budapest Times'', Mandiner.hu, ''
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History and profile
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'', and
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, Foreign Policy, ''The Washington Post'', and ''
Haaretz
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''.
Defunction
The online newspaper ceased publication on 13 April 2018.
See also
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List of newspapers in Hungary
The number of national daily newspapers in Hungary was 21 in 1950 and it increased to 40 in 1965. In 1986 the Press Act became effective, regulating the newspaper market in the country. Following the collapse of the communist regime the act was rev ...
*
Fourth Estate
References
Hungarian news websites
Web portals
Mass media in Hungary
American news websites
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