The secret history of Viktor Orbán’s favorite company
A Direkt36 investigation has revealed that the Hungarian Prime Minister personally got involved in an acquisition of 4iG, a Hungarian telecommunications company...
Inside the crisis of the Hungarian opposition
The opposition parties that suffered a crushing defeat in 2022 are busy gaining positions in favor of each other instead of weakening the power of Fidesz....
“We need to pressure” the Hungarians – Leaked documents reveal collapse of Russian-led bank in Budapest
Internal documents obtained by Direkt36 reveal that the Hungarian government has become one of the strongest backers of the Russian-dominated International Investment...
A Panama-iratok kiszivárogtatója szerint az orosz kormány végezni akar vele
The revelations about offshore firms brought to light by the source behind the Panama Papers toppled government leaders and spawned thousands of investigations....
Leaked files of Uber reveal secret lobbying operations in Hungary
As part of an international investigative project, Direkt36 has gained access to the lobbying files of Uber, the world’s most well-known ride-sharing company....
Inside the opposition’s crushing defeat against Viktor Orbán
The chaos was even bigger inside the campaign than it looked from the outside. Direkt36 has investigated how the opposition, which led in the polls last fall, lost...
Inside Viktor Orbán’s war for Index, Hungary’s most influential news website
Index had long been a primary target for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s media crackdown. The final assault came in the disguise of a business maneuver and now...
Another Pegasus target with political ties: a lawyer who oversees elections and worked for opposition party Jobbik
László Vértesy was targeted in the fall of 2018 when he was still the owner and director of an institute that had helped opposition party Jobbik in the last parliamentary...
Orbán’s ally told Hungarian intelligence services that opposition is the greatest national security threat, leaked recording reveals
Direkt36 has obtained a recording of the speech that Speaker of the Parliament László Kövér gave in February 2020 to the leaders of Hungary's national security...
Senior official in Socialist governments had an offshore company, Pandora Papers reveal
Jenő Faller told Direkt36 that when he founded the offshore company it was a "fashionable" thing to do....