MAFRA is a Czech
media group oriented mainly on
printed and
internet media. The company was a subsidiary of German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (the publisher of the
Rheinische Post), which bought MAFRA from French press group
Socpresse in 1994. In 2013, the Czech entrepreneur, owner of the
Agrofert group and later Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic
Andrej Babiš bought the conglomerate.