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Greater Hungary: taxpayer’s money, Orbán’s control in the neighboring countries
In 10 years the Hungarian government paid at least 670 million euros of grants to national minority organisations abroad ––...
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More than 11 percent of municipally owned houses are unoccupied in the county seats of Hungary
In connection with the housing crisis, most of the time the situation of the capital is mentioned. However, the countryside...
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Poor quality lignite distributed for those in need under the subsidized social firewood program
Municipalities are buying half a billion forints worth of lignite as part of the Hungarian government’s social firewood program: the...
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Private investigators claim that the political class makes their work impossible in Hungary
People who turn to private investigators are unaware that they have no additional rights whatsoever to collect information or look...
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Hungarian NGOs call for local government transparency again before municipal elections
Atlatszo, K-Monitor and Transparency International Hungary identified six key areas, where we ask candidates in municipal elections to commit themselves...
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Media hack: Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister investigates a non-existent company
In the early August 2019 a penetrating stench filled the capital of Hungary. No one knew where did the mysterious...
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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...
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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...
Culture Wars
To Viktor, the spoils: how Orbán’s Hungary launched a culture war from within
Following his re-election as Prime Minister in April, Viktor Orbán’s right-wing government has continued to pursue anti-migrant politics in Hungary....