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Tarr said the decision, jointly made with the Foreign Ministry, overturns the previous government’s arbitrary ban from last year introduced in response to Ukraine’s blocking of Hungarian newspapers that had failed to uphold journalistic ethics and instead spread Russian propaganda and fearmongering about a third world war.
He said it was unacceptable to lump together outlets spreading Russian propaganda with genuine, independent media, whether in Hungary or internationally.
The previous government had been “digging trenches”, and the blocking of these newspapers had served no other purpose, he added. Our task is to build good neighbourly relations, which helps the situation of Hungarians abroad — this is a shared national interest, Tarr wrote.
He noted that by taking this path, the government had achieved more in a few weeks through the recent historic agreement than the previous administration had in 16 years.
Tarr added that they had consulted with Liliiana Grexa, the spokeswoman for the Ukrainian national minority, who said after the decision that it meant a lot to the Ukrainian national community and the refugees living there that they could now access news about their country in their native language.
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