Mining for the purpose of extracting asbestos is prohibited. But the Burgenland quarries were not mining asbestos — they were mining crushed stone.

Ferenc Pál Biró, head of the Integrity Authority has been charged with using official assets for personal use and hiring family friend without the proper qualifications.

Last year, Fidesz MPs supplemented their reelection campaigns by public handovers of toy motorcycles to daycares. The toys were bought for 3 times the market price from Gyula Balásy's companies.

Two mayors, both dealing with environmental concerns by a nearby battery processing facilities, explain their fundamentally different approach to the same problem.

During the Orbán era, ministries distinguished between "hostile" and "firendly" media when answering inquiries, and every reply had to be approved from the top. Things began to change after the election.

A former tabloid journalist, Ágnes Forgács worked for Ripost, an outlet that combined tabloid methods with intelligence material likely coming from government sources for political goals.