''Magyar Nemzet'' ('', '') is a major Hungarian newspaper published in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

, and styled itself as "close to the current Hungarian government led by

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 200 ...

" as of 2019.

History and profile

''Magyar Nemzet'', a moderate conservative daily, was founded by Sándor Pethő in 1938. The paper fused with the other conservative daily ''Napi Magyarország'' in April 2000. ''Magyar Nemzet'' is regarded as part of conservative media which intensified in the country in 2010. Its editorials often speak out against the socialist and liberal parties, Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ). ''Magyar Nemzet'' is published in

broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of in height. Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper ...

format. Its major rival was '' Népszabadság'', the former communist party newspaper, mostly supported the former socialist MSZP/SZDSZ government. ''Magyar Nemzets editorials often complain about bias of the more readily available ''Népszabadság'' and the former MSZP government's ''de facto'' censorship by cutting off funds for conservative newspaper. After the 2018 parliamentary election, the publisher released a statement saying that the last edition of Magyar Nemzet will be released on 11 April 2018, citing financial problems. The online presence ''mno.hu'' was not available from April 2018 to February 2019. On 6 February 2019, ''Magyar Nemzet'' was relaunched, replacing '' Magyar Idők''.

Circulation

The circulation of ''Magyar Nemzet'' was 132,000 copies in January 1989 and 121,000 copies in January 1991. The paper had a circulation of 70,000 copies in July 1992 and 55,000 copies in March 1993. Its circulation was 41,000 copies in 1998. The paper had a circulation of 64,209 copies in 2009, making it the fifth best-selling daily in the country. However, the paper lost one-third of its readers between 2005 and 2010. During the same period the visitors of its website also declined.

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ICON: International Newspaper Database
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