Hungary’s 2026 election brought historic political change, with the opposition overcoming a system tilted in favor of the ruling party.

Over the past two decades, systemic election fraud, vote-buying for money and drugs, and blackmail has ran rampant in the impoverished countryside of Hungary. We talked to the head of the volunteer group who decided to put a stop to this practice.

Conventional wisdom held that Fidesz has an iron grip on Hungary’s rural regions, however, this is exactly where Orbán's party suffered its most painful losses.

Tisza was not their first assignment: for years, they have been working against the political opposition using illegal, secret service methods.

Danube Institute, a center of Viktor Orbán's international unfluence network, cited “safety concerns” and “right to privacy” to keep high-paying government-funded contracts anonymous.

The government promised twice to detain and prosecute illegal migrants, but in the last few years, they did the opposite, while border protection costs surged.