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Opposition Leader Slams Fidesz for Media Monopoly Ahead of Elections

11/1/2025

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Peter Magyar, opposition leader, accuses Viktor Orban's Fidesz of consolidating media control by buying Ringier Hungary.
The sale to Indamedia, partly owned by Miklos Vaszily, comes ahead of April elections.
Magyar says the deal suppresses independent journalism and that Fidesz now controls 80% of Hungary's media.
Hungary ranks 68th in the Press Freedom Index.

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Peter Magyar, opposition leader, accuses Viktor Orban's Fidesz of consolidating media control by buying Ringier Hungary.
The sale to Indamedia, partly owned by Miklos Vaszily, comes ahead of April elections.
Magyar says the deal suppresses independent journalism and that Fidesz now controls 80% of Hungary's media.
Hungary ranks 68th in the Press Freedom Index.