Inside Viktor Orbán’s failure to achieve his demographic goal
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. In recent years, however, not only has the...
This Is How Orbán Let Go of Healthcare Reform – Hemorrhaging Hospitals III.
“No reform, that's my motto” - a few years ago, this was the prime minister's explanation for not touching healthcare. But in 2010 he made big promises to i...
“If they operated her then, she might have survived” – Hemorrhaging Hospitals II.
Closing hospital wards jeopardizes the safe treatment of patients. The problem is particularly acute in smaller rural institutions. Direkt36 uses the story of a...
An Unprecedented Look at How Hungary’s Healthcare System Is Falling Apart – Hemorrhaging Hospitals I.
The government is trying to hide the problems Hungarian hospitals are facing. However, Direkt36 used artificial intelligence to process more than a thousand off...
We Investigated China’s Foreign Intimidation Operations. It Led Us to the Leader of a Hungary-based Organization
An international team of investigative journalists has looked into how China silences its critics living abroad. Direkt36 traced the head of an organization bas...
They thought they would be in good hands at the prestigious hospital. Instead, they caught a dangerous infection, were abandoned, and humiliated.
Two women whose suffering reflects the crisis in the Hungarian healthcare system were treated at the clinics of Semmelweis University. The mistreatment is also ...
“The Dynasty” – here is Direkt36’s documentary about the economic empire of the Orbán family
The documentary film by the investigative center tells the story of the business dealings of the Prime Minister's family over several decades. With hidden camer...
Hungary has lagged behind Europe in the fight against hospital-acquired infections for the past five years
Although Hungarian hospitals have made some progress, they still lag significantly behind the European average. Direkt36 has obtained data showing which Hungari...
How the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front extends its influence in Hungary
In several countries, people from what is said to be the Chinese state party's intelligence agency have been exposed for trying to influence local politics. The...
The hidden €664 million: the vast majority of donations to European political parties come from unknown sources
An international team of investigative journalists has examined donations to major European political parties. In Hungary this practice is more or less transpar...