Felvidék.ma and Ma7 Received Millions
Since 2011, Hungary has distributed approximately 144 million euros among Slovak Hungarians through Bethlen Gábor Alap (BGA) — the main state foundation for cross-border Hungarian communities. Magyar's 10-year audit would cover approximately the last two-thirds of this period. The cross-border investigative project Hungarian Money and the portal VSquare document where this money flowed within the Slovak media space. The Felvidék.ma portal received approximately 1.5 million euros (541 million forints) over 10 years; it is operated by SZAKC under Gubík's leadership. The publishing Pro Media Foundation, which has published the Ma7 portal and the Magyar7 weekly since 2017, received almost 1.5 billion forints — approximately 4 million euros — by the end of 2020, and according to its 2019 annual report was financed exclusively by BGA. The news portal Hírek.sk received almost a million euros since 2011; the weekly Szabad Újság ceased operations in April 2016 when it lost its Hungarian subsidies. VSquare ↗ Hungarian Money ↗VSquare describes a pattern in which these media often adopted or reinforced a line close to Fidesz: cases involving Fidesz politicians were not addressed, anti-migration rhetoric and attacks on George Soros echoed formulations from Budapest, and guests from SMK and later the Hungarian Alliance appeared in interviews without critical counter-voices. The audit announced by Magyar would therefore directly affect organizations chaired by Gubík himself.
Gubík's Two Roles
Before taking over the Hungarian Alliance in September 2024, Gubík led the youth platform of the Party of the Hungarian Community (SMK). In the 2014 European elections, according to his own words as quoted by Denník N, he ran "for Fidesz," and he spent the last election night of 2026 at Fidesz headquarters in Budapest. Despite this, after Tuesday's meeting he assured that "Magyar was open, constructive and determined — you can feel he has a winning confrontation behind him." He added to the daily Napunk that he and Magyar "did not discuss at all" his relationship to Fidesz. Denník N ↗A Pattern Toward Hungarians Abroad
The meeting with Gubík was the third in a series through which Magyar is changing 16 years of practice under Orbán's government. A week earlier, he concluded an agreement with Kelemen Hunor, chairman of the Romanian RMDSZ, under which the Romanian Hungarian party will not interfere in Hungarian domestic political struggles in exchange for continued support for the community. A few days later, he sent word to Pásztor Bálint, chairman of the Vojvodina VMSZ, that the Vojvodina Hungarian media controlled by VMSZ must not broadcast Fidesz propaganda "one to one." The strategic partnership between the Hungarian government and Hungarian parties abroad is meant to remain intact — but with conditions of transparency and a ban on propaganda. Telex ↗Beneš Decrees and Land Expropriation
The second topic of the negotiations with Gubík was the Beneš decrees and the Slovak amendment to the Criminal Code from December 2025. Parliament approved the amendment on the night of December 11, President Peter Pellegrini signed it on December 23, and it took effect on December 27, 2025. Publicly questioning the postwar settlement, including the Beneš decrees, has become a criminal offense punishable by up to six months in prison. The Slovak Chamber for National Minorities criticized the amendment as a threat to fundamental minority rights. Watson ↗ Info.sk ↗Magyar repeated what he had previously told Fico by phone: in his view, the law is "in conflict with the fundamental values of the EU." Tisza also insists on an investigation into the expropriation of land from Slovak citizens of Hungarian origin without compensation — several such cases are pending in various proceedings before Slovak courts, and the Slovak Land Fund defends them. Magyar declaratively offers good neighborly relations with any Slovak government, but conditions them on an investigation into the expropriations and the repeal of the amendment. Pravda ↗ HVG ↗
"Felvidék" and the Slovak Side
In a status update for Hungarian readers, Magyar called Slovakia "Felvidék" — the historical Hungarian name for the southern districts, which in Slovak public discourse refers to the period before Trianon. In the same status, he speaks of "good neighborly relations" and "Hungarian brothers in Slovakia." The visit, to which Gubík invited him, should take place during the summer of 2026. According to available statements, Robert Fico has not yet commented in detail on the content of Tuesday's meeting. Aktuality ↗ SME ↗Also read: Fidesz is reorganizing. Orbán returned his parliamentary mandate, remains at the head of the party; Kövér and Rogán are leaving parliament
