Budapest Newspaper
| Budapest Newspaper | |
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| description | German-language weekly newspaper |
| language | German |
| publishing company | BZT Media Kft. |
| First edition | April 1999 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 7,000 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Jan Mainka |
| editor | Jan Mainka |
| Web link | www.budapester.hu |
| ISSN (print) | 1419-8770 |
The Budapester Zeitung is a German-language Hungarian weekly newspaper in Budapest .
Jan Mainka , editor of the Budapest newspaper he founded in 1999, sees himself in an important social role in building a bridge between Hungarians and non-Hungarian-speaking foreigners in the country. It appears with a circulation of around 7,000 copies per week. The topics range from politics and economics to culture and local issues in Budapest. The newspaper is primarily aimed at German-speaking people living in Hungary. After the change of government to the Orbán government in 2010, critical international press voices increased, especially with regard to the media law and the new Hungarian constitution. As editor-in-chief, Mainka criticized hasty and one-sided presentations, especially in the Federal Republic of Germany, and demanded more objective reporting in an open letter at the end of 2011.
The English-language sister paper “The Budapest Times” has existed since 2003. Its editor-in-chief is Allan Boyko. The joint publisher of both newspapers, BZT Media Kft., Is wholly privately owned by Jan Mainka and his wife.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanno Mußler: "Freedom of the press is not an end in itself" (Jan Mainka in an interview) . In: FAZ , December 29, 2010; Retrieved July 29, 2011.