well about another summer in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime hungary's new media war has created quite a stir in the e.u. with the setting up of a new government controlled authority first spoke with the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact in might have on the freedom of press that saw a special interview next on r.t. . it's not been long since hungry handed. the presidency. and president minister has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman of the foreign affairs committee at the parliament here in hungary 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. media a little more there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you 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 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 do you consists of has its own media law 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 amiriya 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 fraction in 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 the area 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 were 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 it 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 only for us members are being delegated into this authority. the leader of this is storage he is appointed for nine years which is a long it's a 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 in those press freedoms i don't think it is going to impact 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 previous to pretty sort 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. you better comprehend the situation here i believe just to draw a parallel this is as if in. second world war germany you would have journalists that have written articles in the focus should be there 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 john. them which needs to be balanced and there's no question about it but i think that depended on somehow struck completely the other direction. so i understand the reaction but i think it has gone too far on the other end some people describe this is the government taking a loan to the media there's been a lot of layoffs are 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 i'm very a national media as i'm 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 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 clear on this particular a she when she said it's ignored the very important issues that have been happening here in the country why do you think this is she 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 bang government already had one term and it was very interesting to see. the volume. and the extensive mess 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 something to do with with the fear of for dictatorship being introduced to hungary you know things are and i mean nothing like that happened exactly. 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 it was admitted that the hungary and 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 who went on the streets to demonstrate against a 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 elect. through lies and this this speech was leaked out and there was a huge uproar 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 an extremely strong double standard against this country. which also manifests itself in the criticism that this media law has received thanks very much for joining us thank you very much.

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top stories this hour in r.t. heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in the libyan capital as rebels claim they've launched an attack on tripoli with. fast approaching but some reports suggest the loud bangs were celebratory fire works off to government forces the offensive. the surge of violence in the middle east with fears a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza might lead to the jewish state a new ground attack the moderators protesting against social injustice say the government might use the conflict to divert attention from problems at home. with harsh sentences handed to those who only thought about taking part in iraq and the government's excessive response simply public discontent. with union and you know of his great run on the cincinatti hard court shows no signs of abating yes she's a tough. but she has been doing all she came back recovered and she

wants she's now in the final in ohio more than that coming up. thanks for joining us this is sports it's a wake up plenty to cover this sunday afternoon here in something else but in case . staying sask in moscow remain the team to caption the russian premier league following a comprehensive three zero win over siberian outfit f.c. charm. cincinatti show darren maria sharapova qualifies to meet the leading yankee pitcher in the western and southern open decider. on food for thought favorites for the fast approaching ribbon world cup new zealand gets schooled by south africa in the tri nations. football. in the russian premier league the army men had been in danger of losing their leading spot

following three games without a win but the pathak writes on solving the evening leonid charges retaining their two point advantage at the summit following victory over a seat from brilliant finish by sea to do getting things started five minutes after the break hold it then doubled the homesteaders lead with what's fast becoming the japan international signature a pinpoint free take the icing on the cake was only by dimia the league's top scorer netting number twelve of the season three meals the final. second seeded to need to are staying hot on the heels of the leaders though they simply just bird side rushing pretty tough in samarra a game effectively gone by half time with a new channel spell lefty spent finding the net four times while conceding just once dummy cough this number on victor physician all getting on the school board or is a neat cough would also not his brace that doesn't minutes from time well pavel probably

. for crew. five to the final score leaving within a couple of months of the d.c. . fish are spoiled in some of these two other fixtures roof being will have left the city of perm disappointed having field to take all three points off a struggling car while. on tour of grozny a late goal from opponents rosoff meaning their clash in chechnya would end one one . of the telly and media reports are stating that some could become an energy player as early as monday the russian club believed to reach terms with the interest star on a three year deal talks were said to have broken down during the week with the club's around ten million dollars a part in their valuation of the cameroonian and he previously said they're willing to pay up to twenty eight million dollars for the thirty year old striker know if the move does go ahead it will become one of world sport's biggest earners with the

tally and dealing because that would tell us sports coaching a salary of ninety million dollars over three years for the four time african players the. there's a four way tie at the top of the english premier league this sunday afternoon aston villa newcastle chelsea and liverpool looking down on the rest after winds yesterday are still half on the net just one so far this season but it wasn't only goal which contributed to going to china lost against liverpool on saturday chelsea meanwhile were forced to come from behind against west brom in the days late kick off laurent netting the winner in the two want victory. p.r. secured one goal away victories over. everton in wigan of a point to their colleagues. the villa so all their three forward scored a three one win over black for. brings us to tennis remedy a shop of a has shown her pedigree to make the since not a masters decider the russian seeing off world number two valerie over in the semi

finals. last year's runner up in ohio in the first set designer dictating the play to secure the opener six to. visit from coach thomas hogg stead seem to. however afterwards brilliant shot choice from the siberian native leaving zone a real running all over the court before a drop shot finishes this point more of the same in the third set hits such as ferocious two hand counts just too powerful for her opponent allowing shrops of a trap up the tie to six six three six i. it's really me yankovic's up next for the fourth seed the serb taking care of german underway at petco in saturday's other semifinal former number one yankovic's needing the help of a tie break in the first before placing a yugoslav born opponent in the decider seven six six one it's. in the

men's game meanwhile 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 cincinnati open after opponent thomas burdick retired with shoulder problems took which just taken the first set when the czech steelman flared up fighting back from three. seven five knots burdick felt the knopf the twenty five year old saying his serve was crippled by the injury and so there was no point continuing job which is only lost once in fifty eight matches this season on there will be another piece of silverware in the bag if he keeps that streak going through today. on the murray the man standing in his way this surging scoff watching mardy fish in the semi's murray taking the first six three with the american feeling the pressure committing almost twice as many unforced errors losses opponent six three seven six how it would end the twenty four year

old djokovic for the title here in a weight loss to the three time grand slam champion in the final of this year. a stream on the side of the room roster. a thirteen point loss is perhaps not the best way for new zealand to build confidence with the rugby world cup under a month away but that's what's happened when they met south africa in the tri nations on saturday no love lost between the sides who have shared the trying to. rival locks bucky's both unsubtle whitelock squaring up to each other within the first ten minutes the resulting penalty from steyn would put the hosts six nil up steyn very much on form at the boots getting over another couple of penalties and a drop kick here to make it fifteen nothing south african just. our mark without influential former world peers of the year richie mccaw and daniel carter you zealand refining the growing tough but there so will try was vintage all plucks richard. the man driving over after series of brilliantly quick interchanges

however that was as good as it would get for the reigning champions steyn firing over his fifth penalty all five of the final score eighty five to the world cup i. finally the fourth constantly hockey league season tix to the ice in just over a fortnight's time clubs from five countries will take part this year but we start our build up series by taking a look at a side a little closer to home scots in petersburg. i the success of any team 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 twenty ten alone scar's 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 auckland from the moscow region by the way its atlanta head coach militia gigo who is it now at the helm of scott st petersburg and it doesn't go a good idea which is what scott had previously played very well in preseason that will give fine top spots in the conference and when they leave and then some problems emerge with the four who work on it step by step going up through the team a look at its best in every game we will build a man's to pick up the hands in the original championship gov the mark without beating the drum and claiming that we are number one more number two that we will simply are on a scot will start the new season without star players like alex a yosh and the other child yannick he again a box of and moxie for shinseki however their presence will hardly be missed as the new coach has attracted the garden cup winners' natural source and and carol because solved among other quite capable players with a major playoff experience on my balls they are silent far in the playoffs last

year i wanted to find alice a great experience oh it's just very loud and they have good cross hairs i really enjoy playing the left side is 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 at the seams home base in st petersburg where the head coach has laid down strategy and tactics for the remainder of the pre-season has been a tough training camp so far everybody's working on line to get in shape and. in. i'm good seems there's always something work out. there going on right now scott first spend a match in st petersburg show that this side is ready to reach new heights in the cage shell and that sentiment echoed with the fans as well as that scene delighted supporters with a three two win over another cage fellside sir 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 focus of the christmas new study that are here you know it's a pity that some of the stars of left the club and on the other hand i'm glad i have good gun culture just like patrick torsen plus our defense is another pleasant surprise and we don't rate the four minutes from the machine our new coach is a controversial figure but i hope he 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 guarin 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 it's all the army man from the banks of the river more commonly 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 as bill is quite a capable side and it's helped that they knew it was the shins will be playing and

scott's favre remark cost rep for our team in st petersburg. never mind previewing the favorites for next season's can challenge title that is all your sport whether sext. hungry for the full story we've got it sussed the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers.

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main point of the attacks in tripoli which are sporadic is to break down the moral here and cause panic. as libya's rebels claim heavy explosions in tripoli signal is approaching some reports from there suggest it's just part of nato plan to play havoc in the city. and all the stories that shape the surge of violence in the middle east with fears a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza might need to the jewish state launching a new ground offensive. britain fights back against recent riots with harsh sentences handed to even those who just thought about taking the government's disproportionate response will simply fuel public discontent. the collective economic government that merkel and sarkozy are talking about is really a desperate political ploy to try to create the illusion of stability.