Top editor of Hungary’s independent index.hu sacked
By DW
23 July 2020 |
1:04 pm
The owner of leading independent news portal Index.hu has dismissed its editor-in-chief, Szalbocs Dull. Hungary's media landscape has been transformed under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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