Magyar Hírlap

Magyar Hírlap is a Hungarian daily newspaper. It started in 1968 as a newspaper of the Hungarian government. In 1990 it became independent. In November 2006, it was bought by media tycoon Gábor Széles. Since then the daily paper has been known as a supporter of political parties of Hungary with conservative and traditional values.

Controversial publications

Magyar Hírlap was the Hungarian newspaper which publicised the case of former judge Éva Bónis, who became known to the public as the judge in the "Chestnut garden" case, where anti-Socialist protesters, mainly older men, were unjustly arrested by the police on 11 December 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Political activity

The publicist of Magyar Hírlap, Zsolt Bayer, was one of the leading figures in the pro-government march held in January 2012 in Budapest, which was attended by more than 400,000 people.