GLOBAL JOURNALIST: Hungary faces free-press criticism

Friday, February 11, 2011 | 12:57 p.m. CST; updated 2:30 p.m. CST, Friday, February 11, 2011

As the European Union shifted its focus toward Hungary in early January, so did journalists and free-press advocates. In the most recent installment of the EU's six-month rotating presidency that began Jan. 1, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban received heavy criticism as he took command as president of the EU Council.

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