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For nearly two years, 1,700 tonnes of hazardous battery waste, stinking of solvents, were stored in unprotected warehouses on the site of the former Abasár barracks, while the authorities issued unsuccessful notices to remove the waste.

We have obtained the results of a previously unpublished survey.

Andrea Várkonyi’s company is listing journalists as friends or enemies on behalf of the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN), which contracted them for PR tasks.

Only a handful of baseball teams exist in Hungary, however, last year's renewal of the sports association ended in a scandal that has continued ever since.

Data we have requested from the national road maintainance firm shows that the so-called Hungarian Village initiative was laser-focused on the road leading to the mansion of János Lázár.

Once founded as the new front for Hungarian innovation, HUN-REN Center became yet another organ to funnel funds to Viktor Orbán's top oligarch.

The prime minister's new press chief is a co-owner of a construction company, which won hundreds of millions of HUF in public funds through a few invitation-only public procurement tenders.

Some of the crew of 1242: Gateway to the West has not been paid for two years and hope that a new producer who previously made films promoting the Orbán's government's messages will secure extra funding.

While the Hungarian prime minister threatens civil society over foreign founding, he has no hangsup about his party’s organizations taking money from abroad.

For years, Átlátszó reported on the extravagant spending of the Hungarian National Bank - now, after the bank's former president has fallen out with Orbán, a state audit is confirming all our suspicions.

Spain, Greece and Germany faced the most devastating floods of 2023 and 2024.

Consistent with the Orbán government's tactics a disinformation campaign is impersonating opposition MEPs, using the LGBTQ Pride controvery to smear them.

The sale of lab-grown meat is not allowed in the EU, yet the Hungarian government proposed a bill to ban it in Hungary.

Responding to a parliamentary inquiry about the buyout of Nemzeti Sport, the State Secretary for Defence said that the paper “represents a national cultural value, and its continued existence in print is in our interest”.

Péter Szijjártó decided to use an ultra long-range jet for a trip to Slovakia, saving himself 1.5 hours at the cost of millions in taxpayers' forints.

András László, who was involved in an NGO funded by The Federalist Society is to look at USAID funding of Hungarian NGOs, a likely prelude to a government crackdown against civil society.

The semi-official government paper Magyar Nemzet lost 24 lawsuits, while Átlátszó, Magyar Hang and RTL won all of their cases.

Despite mounting deficits in Hungary’s yearly state budget, no expenses are spared when it comes to developing Kisvárda, hometown of Fidesz MP Miklós Seszták.

The enviromental permit for the BYD factory in Szeged shows staggering numbers of water and energy needs and leaves question about waste disposal.

Hungarian foreign affairs minister posted on social media about riding a humble train on his US visit, forgetting to mention the private luxury jet following him close behind.