Magyar vows to shut down Hungarian state TV accusing it of 'North Korean' propaganda

Published on 15/04/2026 - 11:32 GMT+2

Hungary’s premier minister-elect, Péter Magyar, has announced plans to suspend the awesome of the nationalist broadcaster aft forming a government, pursuing a precise heated quality connected nationalist Hungarian tv connected Wednesday morning.

Magyar, whose Tisza Party secured a landslide triumph successful past Sunday’s election, has agelong accused authorities media of bias against his movement.

The interrogation marked his archetypal quality connected the nationalist broadcaster successful 18 months, though MTVA, the authorities media authority, said it had extended aggregate invitations to Magyar and his enactment during the campaign.

Magyar gave 2 interviews — archetypal connected nationalist radio, past connected tv — some of which ended successful acrimony, with crisp exchanges, interruptions and communal accusations.

“One constituent of our programme is that this mill of lies volition extremity erstwhile a Tisza authorities is formed,” Magyar told the presenter. “The fake quality broadcast present indispensable stop, and we volition make independent, nonsubjective and impartial conditions to extremity this propaganda.”

He went connected to impeach the broadcaster of spreading mendacious accusation astir him and insulting his household during the run — allegations the presenter rejected.

“I would similar to reject, connected behalf of each my colleagues, the claims that we insulted your family,” the presenter said.

“In this studio, it has been said respective times that my insignificant children bash not talk to maine — portion they unrecorded with me,” Magyar replied.

The incoming premier curate besides compared MTVA to North Korean authorities media.

“What has been happening present since 2010 is thing that Goebbels oregon the North Korean enactment would respect — not a azygous existent connection being spoken. This cannot continue,” helium said.

He further claimed that MTVA had antecedently aired misleading reports astir Germany, including assertions that the state lacks net entree and that radical determination “no longer person sex”.

The presenter denied that MTVA had breached immoderate laws.

Magyar’s attack mirrors that of his governmental ally, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who took sweeping enactment against Poland’s authorities broadcaster aft taking bureau successful 2023.

After pledging to crook it into an autarkic nationalist work outlet, the Polish authorities chopped tv and vigor signals and dismissed its management.