Shock as Orbán allies buy Hungary’s most-read newspaper

<p>Blikk, a tabloid with about 3 million online monthly readers, bought by pro-Orbán media group Indamedia</p><p>Journalists at Hungary’s most-read newspaper have expressed shock after a media group seen as close to nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz, bought the tabloid from its previous Swiss owners.</p><p>The purchase, which comes as Hungary gears up for crucial elections next year in which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/hungary-election-campaign-rival-rallies-viktor-orban-peter-magyar">Orbán faces an unprecedented opposition challenge</a>, is widely seen as another attempt to increase government influence on the media.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/05/shock-orban-allies-buy-hungary-most-read-newspaper">Continue reading...</a>