Márk Finta

Márk Finta is a Slovak Hungarian journalist and commentator whose work focuses on politics, public affairs and media in Slovakia and Hungary. He works for Napunk.sk, previously worked with Pátria Rádió, the Hungarian-language service of Slovak public broadcasting. His reporting and commentary often examine elections, disinformation and the political dynamics shaping the region’s Hungarian minority communities.

Hungary’s asset-recovery proves problematic, while Orbán’s Facebook page goes silent (Day 114 of the Tisza government)
3 September 2026 by Márk Finta
Internal accounts of dud Covid ventilators, a taxpayer-funded African military mission run by Viktor Orbán’s son, and billions parked in politically-controlled foundations expose how far the previous regime’s “wish lists” strayed from the public good.
As new president András Baka arrives, is Orbán preparing to leave Hungary? (Day 94 of the Tisza government)
14 August 2026 by Márk Finta
Not even the energy crisis or the extreme heat could slow down Hungarian prime minister Péter Magyar and his party’s, Tisza’s, transformation of the political system. Although not without missteps, the new prime minister followed through on the campaign he launched in April to replace the president of the republic, completing it by mid-August.
- Hungary
[Interview] Hungarian journalist on life in Orbán’s media: ‘The moment they told me what I couldn’t ask, I knew it wouldn’t last’
12 April 2026 by Márk Finta
Hungarian journalist Alinda Veiszer reflects on the dismantling of public media, the pressures placed on reporters under Orbán’s system, and the stubborn forms of creative resistance that emerged.