Átlátszó

We have found the Swiss foundation that the Hungarian secret service's National Information Center (NIK) claims in its second „dollar-left” parliamentary briefing, declassified in January, to have sent 887 million forints to the publisher of the "Ezalényeg" propaganda website during last year's election campaign.

Sometimes it was enough to submit a FOI request, but in many cases we had to sue for important data of public interest.

The Pilisvörösvár stage of the government's swimming pool construction programme has been hampered by rising costs in the current economic situation.

Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of Atlatszo, told Media1 that he believes there is a coordinated campaign behind the events of the past few days to attack the investigative nonprofit from actors close to the ruling party Fidesz using the methods of Putin's Russia.

In this dramatic moment, which is both a milestone and a beacon of light in Pharos, but also a crime signal, we cannot remain silent about the fact that Atlatszo is not in a foreign payroll, does not work for orders, has no intention of obstructing national goals, is not part of any backroom power, and does not eat other people's lunch.

Atlatszo covered a range of topics this year. In this article we have collected the most important stories.

Our story revealed that Hungarian and Turkish oligarchs are profiting from the military purchases.

The giant battery plant being built on the outskirts of Iváncsa will ruin the once quiet village, say opponents of the project.

Atlatszo recently discovered that László Szíjj did not fly to Africa in late September in the famous aircraft previously used by PM Viktor Orbán.

Roma refugees fleeing to Hungary from Ukraine are in a highly vulnerable situation: they mostly grew up in isolated slums,...

The disinformation ecosystem not only shares and spreads the fake news fabricated by sloppily assembled, pro-Kremlin websites within itself, but sometimes it is also republished by some Hungarian pro-government media outlets (Origo, Magyar Nemzet, HírTV, Mandiner, Pesti Srácok) and even by public broadcasting channels (hirado.hu).