Hungary: Critical TV broadcaster purchased by Orbán ally
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined three other international press freedom groups in an open letter urging European Union officials to stand in support of media freedom in Hungary after an ally of President Viktor Orbán purchased the country`s last domestically owned independent television broadcaster. The takeover of Hír TV, announced on August 1, further strengthens Orbán`s control of Hungary`s media. The station sold by Lajos Simicska, an oligarch and former Orbán supporter until the pair fell out publicly in 2015, after which Simicska`s media holdings, which also included the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet, the weekly Heti Válasz and...