i would put up with another update in about fifteen minutes from the mean time hungary's new media law has created quite a stir in the e.u. with the setting up of a new government controlled authority in artie's sarah firth has met the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact it might have on the freedom of press. it's not been long since hungary handed. the presidency to poland and president minister has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the pollen. thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is a fundamental principle of the do you think the hungry some even further away from the. stand with this maybe a little more there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about e.u.

values and standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't think maybe you has an almighty right to determine where ly be boundaries of such principles we never really heard a crude clear definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details where exactly are the boundaries of these so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which the e.u. consists of has its own media law and has its own institutions that safeguard the freedom of speech or the freedom of press so even in the e.u. the opinions about the hungarian media law have been very diverse it has received criticisms and it has also been defended by some politicians in the e.u. of course the green and the liberal european parliament has been very hysterical

about it. i can understand some of their criticisms but on the other hand in this country we have a long history of where people from outside try to tell us what to do for a long time it was for moscow for fifty years now we have people. coming around from brussels from washington rating hungary and freedom of press freedom of speech and trying to tell us what kind of rules are the best for hungary and we had in this country in the past twenty years during the history of hungary and democracy so to speak previous media law which was very far from perfect. and there are a lot of instances where the freedom of speech has been very seriously attacked on the the on the the embroil of this media law that we never heard anybody say anything in europe or outside of europe criticizing this media law so i

think that we have to be very careful when we when we judge this of course we have our valid criticisms against this law. to say about the ways in which the law itself was introduced had some people saying that it was done with a lot of secrecy and it seemed to be a little bit underhand what can you tell us about that i think it is very unfortunate when a two thirds majority what the government has in hungary at the moment is used to push through a law very quickly and without very careful consideration first of all i know that there is a huge enticement to do things very quickly and pushing through laws. now that they even have a majority to change the constitution. but i think that the danger is that the law is going to be imperfect this law is imperfect from the point of view that for instance the delegates to this media thora t. are purely it's very one sided it's not

a balance for it only for us members are being delegated into this authority. the leader of this authority is appointed for nine years which is a long it's in the public office that's a long long time you know i mean during nine years more than two elections go past you know and. i think it's it's very unfortunate when some people are kind of stuck to their position you know for nine years the delegates are appointed by the prime minister which is very unusual. the minimum would be that the parliament appoints them and there is some kind of proportionality within this authority and some delegates. of the opposition can also be there because we think that is that would bring. the kind of balanced view supervision to this authority how much of a threat are these in those press feet and i don't think it is going to impact that

much on press freedom press freedom in this country has been it has a long history to say the least in this country we used to have for fifty years. media that was completely centralised and run by the party the communist party of hungary following this we had a very very liberal media law the previous the pretty set of this media that was extremely liberal we had in hungary in journalism newspapers televisions radios the majority of people who used to work in the previous era who used to work in a dictatorship i mean i don't know if somebody coming from from the west and. better comprehend the situation here i mean if just to draw a parallel this is as if in. second world war germany you would have journalists that have written articles in the for before the end of the second

world war you see it's a very obscure situation and the problem is that we have a lot of in the past twenty years we had a lot of accumulated grief. emanating from the media or in this country we had a very very one sided very one sided liberal and left wing type of journal. them which needs to be balanced and there's no question about it but i think that now depending them somehow struck completely the other direction you see. so i understand the reaction but i think it has gone too far on the other end so maybe this guy this is the government taking a loan to the media there's been a lot of layoffs all the government just trying to cut their own people and positions of power is that i'm not a media expert but. i think there are very few people in this country including the socialists who are the loudest about this about this situation there are very few

people in this country including them that would say that hungary a national media is are not oversized in terms of employment i mean. some kind of rationalisation. was long overdue everybody has been always talking about it the socialists have been talking about it when they were in government this government has not only talking or been talking about it but they have laid people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think. this debate has become very politicized it's more about politics than about professional comments see i mean if something is also staying the boy you have to cut costs and if if something is over bureaucratized. you know you're going to have people laid off so. based on this new media law i think the whole media needs a bit of rethinking including the national media and that is going to be. that is

going to hurt some people that's the unfortunate consequence of such a situation why did they each east speak out saying very clearly this particular a she when he said it's ignored other very important issues that have been happening here in the country why do you think that he has this issue to speak out say very clear about. it was an ideological and political. attack now we have a right wing government. and right wing government is always attacked by the left wing liberals in the european parliament this is our past experience. how this works we can only guess we have a socialist party in this country which has extremely good connections in the european parliament. and in the european media and this government the audubon government and i'm seeing this being in opposition so i think this somehow add some value to what i say. in the. in between ninety eight and two thousand and two

this bank government already had one term and it was very interesting to see. the volume and the. extensiveness of this criticism that this government has received from outside of hungary and you can expect exactly identify who those people are where the sick criticism comes from and what is the direction of the criticism it is which has always something to do with with the fear of for a dictatorship being introduced to hungary you know things are and i mean nothing like that happened exactly and when the socialist government ran this country for eight years nobody said a single word in the european parliament and in the e.u. although we know and this was admitted that the various government the socialist government forces. economic statistics that were submitted to the european parliament which is criminal you had the two thousand and six issues when the

people were shot at on the streets went on the streets to demonstrate against the prime minister who made the speech the speech was leaked where he admitted to have lied day and night about the economic and other situation in the country and he won the election. through lies and this this speech was leaked out and there was huge in this country nobody else seemed to care in the whole world in the democratic world that usually are worried about democratic values or the values of the european union whatever they might be how they are being respected in this country so i think that there is a extremely strong double standard against this country. which also manifests itself in the criticism that this media has received thanks very much for joining us thank you very much.

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right we've all the rest of the russian premier league football. right. here in central. comprehensive. the service. qualifies to me this month. in the final. hours. on food for thought favorites for the fast approaching ruby world cup new zealand get schooled by south africa in the tri nations. spock in the

russian premier league they are men had been in danger of losing their leading spot following three games with a win but the pub thought right on saturday. charges retaining their two point advantage following victory over f.c. a brilliant team move finished by seduce getting things started five minutes after the break keisuke honda would then double the home side as lead with what's fast becoming the japan international signature a pinpoint free kick the icing on the cake was by doing league's top scorer netting number twelve of the season three. the final score. second seeded. on the heels of the leader's notice and petersburg side rushing. in some already the game effectively down by half time with. the work times about conceding just the once dummy but i'm unsure nicholas victor of presuming all getting on the

school board is a neat trick their fifth from the spot a dozen minutes from time. to meanwhile had both goals for krill yet five to the final score. within a couple of points of the leaders siesta. in the shares were spoiled and. left the city of disappointed having failed to take all three points off. while. meeting their clash with. the italian. reports are stating that some could become an un g. player as early as monday the russian club believed to have reached terms with the interstellar for a three year deal talks were said to have broken down during the week with the clubs around ten million dollars a part in their valuation of the cameroonian previously said they're willing to pay

up to twenty eight million dollars for the thirty year old striker if the move goes ahead and two will become one on world sport's biggest earners with a tongue in delete get set to della sport quoting a salary of ninety million dollars over three years for the fourth time. not a bad wage i suppose now there's a four way tie at the top of the english premier league this sunday morning aston villa newcastle chelsea i'm liverpool looking down on the rest after wins yesterday are still well they've never known me one goal so far this season but it was an own goal which contributed to the loss against liverpool and some day chelsea meanwhile were forced to come from behind against west brom in the days late. netting the winner in the two one victory seven minutes from the time newcastle. secured one goal away victories over some of the and everton strong. point to their tally to aston villa sol three four discoursing off blocked for three one in the process.

and tennis world number one novak djokovic means well in the hunt for his tenth singles title of the year that twenty four year old progressing into the final of the cincinatti open after opponent thomas burdick retired with shoulder problems serb joke of it though was leading when the czech steelman fared up fighting back from three five done in the first two tickets seven five is when perfect. enough the twenty five year old saying his service crippled by injury and so there was no point continuing. once in fifty eight matches this season with another piece of silver. or in the bag if he keeps a streak going for one more in country. and the murray also in the prime position to add his second ohio title since awaits the surging scott fourteen mardy fish in the semi's murray taking the first set six three with the american feeling the pressure of winning almost twice as many unforced errors as his opponent six

three seven six how would end the twenty four year old be chocolates for the title here in two thousand and eight but lost to the three time grand slam champion in the final of the extremely open this year i'm the semifinals of the rome musters. let's talk golf or webb simpson managed to ignore a slow start to take the lead after round three at the when tom championship the local favored ending up with a great score of six under sixty four after ball game two of us first holes since and overcoming those initial difficulties on the front nine one of his dozen birdies carroll sixty also have an eagle later on the fifteenth tommy gagne is second after being at least in the share of the lead all tournaments long the overnight leader. of sixty three and run a swedish born part pedersen had another shot of glory in his adopted hometown of greensboro the weight winner three shots behind in third spots.

a thirteen point loss is perhaps not the best way for new zealand to build confidence with the rugby world cup a month away but that's what's happened when they met south africa in the tri nations on saturday evening no love lost between the sides to ensure the trying to cycle since two thousand. rival locks bucky's both ensemble whitelock squaring up to each other within the first ten minutes the resulting penalty from mornay steyn would put the whole six now long staying very much on form with his boots hitting over another couple of penalties and a drop kick here to make it fifteen nothing south african just the high dollar mark now without the influential pairing of former world players of the year richie mccaw car for new zealand refining mikel tough but there so try was a vintage all blacks richard who either driving over after a series of brilliantly quick interchanges or that was as good as it would get for the reigning champion steyn firing over his fifth penalty all five to leave the

final score eighteen five to the world cup i two ice hockey finally where the fourth kontinental hockey league season takes to the ice in under three weeks time clubs from five countries will take part this year but we start our build up series by looking at a side a little closer to home scouse in petersburg. i the success of any teen begins and ends with a head coach this is somewhat of a sore point for the army men from russia's northern capital of st petersburg in swimsuits and alone scars a star studded squad was led by three head coaches despite those revamping efforts by the team's board throughout the season the armaments still lost in the conference semifinals against atlanta from the moscow region by the way its atlanta head coach militia gigo who is it now at the helm of scott st petersburg hard guys

to go about it which is what scott had previously appeared to very well in preseason getting a good line top spokesman for his most unbelievably good and then some problems are marshall with a will work on it step by step going through the team a look at its finest in a free game we will build on that is to pick up one of the hands in the original championship got them are when i was beating the drum claiming that we are number one more number two that we will simply were on a. scar will start the new season without star players like alex a yosh and the other child yannick he again a backup and maksim for shinseki however their presence will hardly be missed as the new coach has attracted guarin cup winners' natural source and and carol because solved among other quite capable players with a major playoff experience i'm also arsalan part of the playoffs last year i watched the final it's a great experience now it's just heard allowed to have a good crowd surf i really enjoyed playing that last saturday something that you

work for every year scott began their preparation in the czech republic where the squad concentrated mainly on gaining strength that stint was followed by a brief training camp and that seems home base in st petersburg where the head coach has laid down strategy and tactics for the remainder of the pre-season it's been a tough training camp so far everybody's working on getting in shape and. you know i'm good seems are some to work on that they don't have right now scott first spend a match in st petersburg show that this side is ready to reach new heights in the cage and that sentiment echoed with the fans as well as that scene delighted supporters with a three two win over another cage fellside third pedal from the. mind you the match was hardly announced in the media and was held on the practice arena however it was still packed to the rafters. studying thank you yeah it's a pity that some of the stars of left the club on the other i'm glad i have a gun culture just like patrick torsen plus our defense is another pleasant

surprise and we don't repeat for most of us from our new coach is a controversial figure one i hope you will bring the result scott st petersburg have always been one of the top sides during the cage shells regular season however once the playoffs dawned the teams efforts deflated and soon it was out of contention for the going cup some diehard fans and pundits who are inclined towards mysticism even said that the team is under some kind of a playoff spell the realists though believe it's all about those involved so all the army man from the banks of the bought river more common than known as the scott think it is very will be looking to break that play of hacks in the upcoming season then you had coach miller said as a guy who already has that necessary postseason experience has built quite a capable side and it's helped that the new a question will be playing and favre remarked cos right for our team in st petersburg. that wraps up the sport for this

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