Hidden censorship in Eastern Europe

The newspaper writes that although there is no longer official censorship in East European countries, the mentality of censorship is still very much alive in the heads of people. Press freedom has not yet been fully realised, the newspaper contends. "Although the censorship authorities have long been abolished censorship still exists: it has infected people's souls and is still haunting them. The forces through which censorship functioned back then are still working through politics and the economy without the aid of institutions... A few weeks ago, 400 employees at Hungary's public radio station were sacked, partly owing to their alleged 'political ideals'. This is also a form of censorship. Unfortunately the phenomenon is not confined to our country but can be observed in the entire region. Censorship can live on in a latent form in all the countries of the former Eastern Bloc because there are still enough people with a mentality of subservience who are willing to submit to it."

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