Heti Világgazdaság (HVG)

A liberal weekly, founded in 1979. During the last decade of the communist régime HVG was an important source of information for Hungary’s intellectuals. Ownership was taken over by the journalists in the early 1990s. At present they own 25% of the shares. They sold 75% is to WAZ, a major German publisher, since renamed to Funke Group.

Some of the content on its website (hvg.hu) is only available in a subscription section, called hvg360.