U.S. authorities are asking their Hungarian counterparts to hand over members of a criminal group to them. The six men are accused of fraud, money-laundering, and forgery of official documents. Hungarian authorities are set to extradite four of them already; … Folytatás
This is what Atlatszo.hu wrote this week: Political takeover turns prestigious weekly inside out Hungary’s popular business magazine, Figyelő, was one of the last independent media outlets in the country. However, the appetite of the governing party is bottomless when … Folytatás
None of the twelve Hungarian MEPs from the governing Fidesz party answered our questions about how they are spending their monthly General Expenditure Allowance that they receive from the European Parliament. That money should primarily be used to rent an … Folytatás
Each member of the European Parliament receives a so-called General Expenditure Allowance (GEA), costing the EU around €40 million annually. The 4342 euros every month are intended to fund an office in their own country, but following research by journalists … Folytatás
The municipal assembly of Budapest at the beginning of April approved the construction of a mobile dam system on the northern Buda side, to protect the so-called ‘Roman riverbank’ section of the town along the Danube. Mayor István Tarlós claims … Folytatás
While the Hungarian government is busy dismantling the country’s civil society, it is all too happy to provide ample funding to other so-called NGOs that are secret subsidiaries of the political propaganda apparatus. Atlatszo.hu has explored and exposed one such … Folytatás
Hungary’s popular business magazine, Figyelő, was one of the last independent media outlets in the country. However, the appetite of the governing party is bottomless when it comes to media: Figyelő is the most recent publication that fell into the … Folytatás
The Hungarian government’s 2017 ‘Stronger Hungary’ advertising campaign was profitable for businessmen close to governing party Fidesz. András Tombor’s company received almost one billion HUF (EUR 3,3 million) while Istán Garancsi’s company received about half of that. But there was … Folytatás
State of press freedom on a 1-10 scale (1: worst; 10: best) Hungarian journalists are more pessimistic about press freedom in Hungary than ever, according to the most recent study done by Mertek Media Monitor. Mertek has been conducting its … Folytatás
Atlatszo released the second interactive map that shows how the Hungarian government is spending European Union funds. The latest interactive map visualizes projects and payments of the Széchenyi 2020 programme, between 2015 and 2017. Every week, up until the end of … Folytatás
