State-funded animal welfare foundation spent millions on BBQ sets, scented candles, and softshell jackets
The animal welfare foundation paid over 526,000 Euros for communication services to companies owned by oligarch Gyula Balásy.
The animal welfare foundation paid over 526,000 Euros for communication services to companies owned by oligarch Gyula Balásy.
After a lengthy freedom-of-information lawsuit, Átlátszó obtained more than a thousand documents detailing media purchases under two government communication framework agreements worth a combined HUF 125 billion.
Two months earlier, the same ministry responded to our data request about the previous government's overpriced procurement of toy bikes, which were used to boost Fidesz candidates' campaigns.
Last year, Fidesz MPs supplemented their reelection campaigns by public handovers of toy motorcycles to daycares. The toys were bought for 3 times the market price from Gyula Balásy's companies.
The numbers do not add up in the seemingly overpriced prgram from which the Orbán government’s main propaganda producer profits.
This time however, unlike previous instances, the expensive event will not be organized by the government's favorite propaganda supplier.
Police seized documents at the office of the Integrity Authority over suspected unlawful car rentals. The dissolution of the authority could be in the cards, signaling Orbán giving up on frozen EU funds.
Judit Varga’s ex-husband Péter Magyar dropped a bombshell with a claim that the Student Loan Center’s communication contracts were overpriced.