Propaganda machine 
The Hungarian government spent €16.5 million on propaganda in three months
In the last three months of summer the Hungarian government spent €7.6 million on anti-Soros advertising. It also paid €2.8...
Friends of Orban 
High-ranking town hall official allowed to rent apartment owned by the city for fraction of market price
A high-ranking official of the Budapest municipality is renting an apartment owned by the city in the elegant and expensive...
Propaganda machine 
Government spending €21 million from EU funds on another propaganda campaign
The friends of Hungarian cabinet members keep signing valuable contracts with the government. This time it is a man who...
Propaganda machine 
Hungarian government spent €23 million on anti-Soros and anti-EU campaign
The Hungarian government spent €23 million (HUF 7.2 billion) on its anti-Soros and anti-EU propaganda campaign between April and July....
Rule of law 
Atlatszo is suing the foreign intelligence agency for documents it compiled about ‘Soros-funded NGOs’
Atlatszo is suing the Hungarian foreign intelligence agency (IH) because it refused to share a research paper that it supposedly...
Rule of law 
Life in the Hungarian transit zones: no proper food, medical care or education
An Afghan-Iranian family with three children waited eight months at the Serbian-Hungarian border to be able to apply for refugee...
Friends of Orban 
Government’s favorite security company gets another huge state contract
Valton, often mentioned as the governing party’s ‘favorite security company’, has just scored another profitable victory. The duo of Valton-Sec...
Rule of law 
FINA championships got more expensive two days after closing ceremony
Even though the FINA world championships ended on Sunday, the event is still getting more and more expensive. Two contracts,...
Propaganda machine 
Ten million euros spent on ‘Stronger Hungary’ campaign
The Hungarian government’s 2017 ‘Stronger Hungary’ advertising campaign was profitable for businessmen close to governing party Fidesz. András Tombor’s company...