Links tighten between Orbán’s brother and a businessman who keeps winning public tenders
Gábor Szentgyörgyi has a common business with the son-in-law of the prime minister's brother, and one of his business interests opened a branch on a property owned...
IT company to be taken over by government-linked businessman had important clients: prosecutors and secret services
T-Systems Hungary is one of the biggest IT companies in the country. Soon it will be owned by Gellert Jaszai, a businessman with close ties to the government....
This is how the mining company of Viktor Orban’s father became more profitable than its major competitors
The mining company of Viktor Orbán's father has been involved in several major public construction projects in recent years and it has become one of the most successful...
A man close to Viktor Orbán’s brother was the head of a department at the tax office. His department was dissolved after we reported about it
Tamás Balogh, an acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the tax office, while his other acquaintance...
Putin-controlled financial giant has close ties to IIB, the Russian-led bank moving to Hungary
The International Investment Bank, which is about to move its headquarters to Hungary, has been in close contact with VTB, Russia’s second largest bank....
How public money keeps flowing to Orban’s family through Hungary’s new tycoon
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban keeps repeating that he doesn't deal with business issues. The companies of his family members, however, are benefitting from...
How people close to Viktor Orbán’s brother became key players in major procurements of Hungary’s tax authority
An acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV), while his...
How we told the inside story of the oligarch who turned against Viktor Orbán
Lajos Simicska and Viktor Orbán were friends and allies for decades. Together they turned Fidesz, now the governing party, into Hungary’s dominant political force....
Oligarch who lost his war against Viktor Orban turns towards agriculture
Lajos Simicska and his wife injected capital into the only company they kept from their former business empire. The company operates a farm in a quite village in...
Inside the fall of the oligarch who turned against Viktor Orbán
Lajos Simicska failed to craft a winning strategy and came under intense pressure from Orbán's political machine. At the end of his campaign the oligarch even thought...