Magyar Nemzet

Magyar Nemzet is a Hungarian conservative national daily based in Budapest, relaunched in 2019 within the pro-government KESMA media group. It is one of the leading right-wing, government-aligned outlets and a flagship of Hungary's pro-Orbán press.

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Magyar Nemzet at a glance

Country: Hungary
Region: Central and Eastern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Right-leaning
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How Crosswire groups Magyar Nemzet

Crosswire groups Magyar Nemzet as Right-leaning for comparisons within Hungary's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Hungary, 444 and Telex are listed as Left-leaning, while Index is listed as Centrist — so you can open Magyar Nemzet beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Magyar Nemzet sits in Hungary's press

Magyar Nemzet is one of 6 outlets tracked in Hungary, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Népszava. By outlets tracked, Hungary ranks 22nd of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Magyar Nemzet outside Hungary, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Kyiv Post (Ukraine), SB. Belarus Segodnya (Belarus), Ziarul de Gardă (Moldova) and The Guardian (United Kingdom). Opening one of them beside Magyar Nemzet is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.