There was a meeting between the parties in Berlin last week with the help of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, a consultant to Ringier, in which Ringier offered to sell its stake for €1.

Sources from the Socialist Party confirmed that Ringier offered this majority stake for €1.

“We do not comment on rumours,” Népszabadság CEO Attila Mihók said.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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