Inside the Orbán Government’s Space War
Experts in foreign policy and defence in Hungary’s previous government drew up a plan for the country to develop its own satellite programme. Viktor Orbán liked...
“We were deceiving ourselves” – inside the collapse of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party’s campaign
Orbán and his team remained confident until the last moment that they could stay in power. Following the election, they did not offer any explanation about the...
“He whispers in the prime minister’s ear” – Inside János Lázár’s exile and return
János Lázár’s 2018 spat with Viktor Orbán was more heated than previously known. It took Lázár many years of hard work to return to the center of power,...
Abroad football match with the billionaire’s son: a peculiar thread emerged during the court hearing concerning the Ministry of Agriculture
During one of the hearings on ministerial abuse, it emerged that one of the defendants had sent Márton Nobilis, who was then a high-ranking official at the ministry,...
“The situation is tense” – How Orbán has tried overcome Fidesz’s internal crisis
Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán...
Inside the fall of Ferenc Gyurcsány, the arch rival of Viktor Orbán
The former prime minister's decision to step down was more dramatic than it appeared to the public. According to an investigation by Direkt36, Ferenc Gyurcsány...
How US sanctions crushed Hungary’s Nuclear Plant Project
Despite the Orbán-government's lobbying with the Trump administration, the sanctions against the Russian bank that plays a key role in the Paks expansion remain...
Inside the rise of Viktor Orbán’s unexpected challenger
Once an Orbán loyalist, in 2023 Péter Magyar was excluded from an exclusive pro-government club, a move that marked his growing alienation from Fidesz’s inner...
Orbán and the economy, part 3: A tool for staying in power
Although Viktor Orbán has amassed considerable knowledge of economics over the decades, he sometimes has serious shortcomings. And he has now become the prime architect...
Orbán and the economy, part two: Márton Nagy, the prime minister’s new economic magician
The inside story of the quick rise of Márton Nagy, the minister in charge of rebooting the economy. He keeps making enemies both inside and outside the government...