Corruption
Former MVM CEO sentenced to five years in jail; lost taxpayer money will be hard to recover
The former CEO of Hungary’s state energy giant, MVM, was sentenced to five years in jail at the end of...
Data Visualization
See how Hungary’s score changed over time in Transparency’s Corruption Perceptions Index
Transparency International released its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index this week. According to the data, Hungary is still one of the...
How to waste public funds
Fidesz-party county clerk awarded EU funds to build a guest house, which fails to attract tourists
The European Union is supporting the development of rural tourism in Hungary: entrepreneurs building countryside guesthouses are eligible to apply...
Running in the family
Company owned by Mészáros’ children won 12 billion HUF contract from his own football foundation without tendering
The soccer academy in PM Orban’s home village, Felcsút, has spent several billions of Hungarian forints on developing the area...
chinese-hungarian relations
Orban’s love affair with China – great expectations with few results
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban boasts about his good relationship with China and the success that the policy of Eastern...
Crime
Businessman conned inside the National Office Building by a fake deputy minister
A Hungarian businessman was conned by criminals inside the National Office Building, the office of members of parliament. The CEO...
The Orban Family
LED lamps by Orban’s son-in-law: This is how EU funds were stolen in the town of Vác
News broke in January that the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) had finished a two-year investigation into EU-funded street light modernization...
Friends of Orban
The next generation of pro-Orban oligarchs: the Mészáros kids are making 3300 euros a day winning public tenders
Lőrinc Mészáros has become a legendary figure of Hungarian political life. The former mayor of Viktor Orban’s home village became...
Propaganda machine
Majority of taxpayer money allocated for propaganda going to enigmatic new company
The Hungarian government spent 23 million euros on ‘government communications’ in the month before the April 8th election. An interesting...
Friends of Orban
State-owned Hungarian energy group gave €1,7 million to NGO favored by Orban to ‘improve public thinking’
The state-owned Hungarian energy giant, MVM donated a huge sum to an NGO favored by the prime minister in...