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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Russian supermarket chain Mere is set to debut in Hungary, with help from a businessman with convenient connections inside the government.

Privatized in 2020, the Moholy-Nagy art university is facing resistance from students and teachers angry at the dissolution of their traditional institutes.

Politicians often rent private luxury jets – even though there are more than enough commercial alternatives.

Last year, independent films generated almost as much revenue as those funded by the National Film Institute, despite the latter spending billions on pet projects government aligned figures.