Atlatszo

environment

Lake Fertő closed for construction – locals protest the tourism megaproject in the protected area

Hungary is going to spend HUF 23 billion (70.7 million EUR) on the construction of a new visitor center on...

Katalin ERDÉLYI 19/08/2019 4 minmin

Corruption

List of Hungarian state organizations involved in the Microsoft bribery case published

“The Microsoft case: they are all in it!” – claims András Horváth, a former analyst of the National Tax and...

Átlátszó 15/08/2019 3 minmin

Data Visualization

Companies rush to sponsor Orbán’s football club, Puskás Academy

The 32 clubs of the Hungarian National Football League 1 and 2 (OTP League 1, and Merkantil League 2) have...

Attila BÁTORFY 15/08/2019 3 minmin

environment

Ash dieback: native Hungarian tree species endangered on thousands of hectares

A parasite of the ash trees has become one of the most important forest protection problems in Europe today. Althougt...

Átlátszó 14/08/2019 3 minmin

hungary

Election fraud: mayors of villages on the Serbian border convicted for fictitious address reporting

The court condemned the mayors of Újszentiván and Tiszasziget and their associates without trial, Átlátszó learned. Those who did the actual...

Átlátszó 10/08/2019 2 minmin

Data Visualization

Interactive feature – native language ethnic map of historical Hungary in 1910

After creating a map of the ethnic and the religious composition of Hungary based on the 2011 Census, now we’ve...

Átlátszó 02/08/2019 1 minmin

toxic waste

Carcinogenic soil and groundwater contamination at hazardous levels in Hidas and Garé

Now bankrupt chemical manufacturer company Budapesti Vegyiművek (Budapest Chemical Works, BCW) has been producing and packaging pesticides and insecticides since...

Átlátszó 02/08/2019 3 minmin

Propaganda machine

Government spent twice as much on anti-Soros propaganda than on helping persecuted Christians

According to data obtained by Atlatszo, the Hungarian government spent 18 million EUR on the Hungary Helps program by now....

Átlátszó 26/07/2019 2 minmin

Hungary-Ukraine

Nuclear reactor units abandoned 30 years ago after Chernobyl to be finished in Ukraine

In the recent weeks, the whole world re-lived one of history’s most severe nuclear catastrophes (Ukraine, 1986), thanks to the...

Átlátszó 26/07/2019 6 minmin

russian influence

Budapest: a welcoming gateway to Europe for a Russian bank

The management board of the Russian-led International Investment Bank (IIB) held its first meeting in its new headquarters, Budapest, this week. The...

Átlátszó 22/07/2019 6 minmin

hungary

UNESCO: Budapest might end up on the “World Heritage in Danger” blacklist

On 4 July, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted a strict decision concerning Hungary that requests the state to submit...

Átlátszó 22/07/2019 7 minmin

History

“We must not lie”: Deputy head of Veritas Institute denied meetings with state security before 1989

The Hungarian government’s recent decision to merge the acknowledged 1956 Institute and its Oral History Archives into Veritas Research Institute...

Átlátszó 14/07/2019 3 minmin

Last week in Hungary

Hungary by Atlatszo – The expansion of Rosatom: spreading Russian influence by building nuclear reactors

This is what Atlatszo wrote last week: The expansion of Rosatom: spreading Russian influence by building nuclear reactors The state-owned...

Átlátszó 08/07/2019 2 minmin

Paksi Riot

The expansion of Rosatom: spreading Russian influence by building nuclear reactors

The state-owned Russian nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom is now the market leader in exporting and building nuclear reactors. There are...

Átlátszó 08/07/2019 11 minmin

Data Visualization

While temperatures are rising in Hungary, the government blocks the EU’s 2050 carbon goals

’There is no reason to rush’ a high-ranking Hungarian government minister said when he was asked at a press conference...

Attila BÁTORFY 05/07/2019 2 minmin

Last week in Hungary

Hungary by Atlatszo – Mészáros’s family members are also enriching themselves from public tenders

This is what Atlatszo wrote this week: Prime minister Orban’s son-in-law bought a luxury holiday villa near Lake Balaton István...

Átlátszó 30/06/2019 3 minmin

Propaganda machine

Data visualization: this is what the pro-government news media looks like

According to our calculations 112 newspapers, online media outlets, outdoor advertising companies, radio and TV stations belong to the media...

Attila BÁTORFY 30/06/2019 4 minmin

Épül a szeged hódmezõvásárhely közötti tram train villa

Running in the family

Not only Mészáros but also his family members are enriching themselves from public tenders

It is not only Viktor Orban’s good friend, Lőrinc Mészáros who is getting richer every day by winning taxpayer-funded public...

Brigitta CSIKÁSZ Eszter KATUS 28/06/2019 3 minmin

The Orban Family

Prime minister Orban’s son-in-law bought a luxury holiday villa near Lake Balaton

István Tiborcz, who is prime minister Viktor Orbán’ son-in-law, bought two plots of land in the spring near Lake Balaton....

Katalin ERDÉLYI 28/06/2019 2 minmin

Last week in Hungary

Hungary by Atlatszo – This is how Hungarian villages fought back against planned nuclear waste repositories in the 1980s

This is what Atlatszo wrote this week: This is how Hungarian villages fought back against planned nuclear waste repositories in...

Átlátszó 22/06/2019 3 minmin

English

Hungary by atlatszo.hu

Lake Fertő closed for construction – locals protest the tourism megaproject in the protected area

List of Hungarian state organizations involved in the Microsoft bribery case published

Companies rush to sponsor Orbán’s football club, Puskás Academy

Ash dieback: native Hungarian tree species endangered on thousands of hectares

Election fraud: mayors of villages on the Serbian border convicted for fictitious address reporting

Interactive feature – native language ethnic map of historical Hungary in 1910

Carcinogenic soil and groundwater contamination at hazardous levels in Hidas and Garé

Government spent twice as much on anti-Soros propaganda than on helping persecuted Christians

Nuclear reactor units abandoned 30 years ago after Chernobyl to be finished in Ukraine

Budapest: a welcoming gateway to Europe for a Russian bank

UNESCO: Budapest might end up on the “World Heritage in Danger” blacklist

“We must not lie”: Deputy head of Veritas Institute denied meetings with state security before 1989

Hungary by Atlatszo – The expansion of Rosatom: spreading Russian influence by building nuclear reactors

The expansion of Rosatom: spreading Russian influence by building nuclear reactors

While temperatures are rising in Hungary, the government blocks the EU’s 2050 carbon goals

Hungary by Atlatszo – Mészáros’s family members are also enriching themselves from public tenders

Data visualization: this is what the pro-government news media looks like

Not only Mészáros but also his family members are enriching themselves from public tenders

Prime minister Orban’s son-in-law bought a luxury holiday villa near Lake Balaton

Hungary by Atlatszo – This is how Hungarian villages fought back against planned nuclear waste repositories in the 1980s