Inside the conflicts surrounding the construction of Hungary’s new nuclear plant
The state authority overseeing the Paks expansion has serious concerns about the Russian construction company’s plans, which are to be approved within a few d...
PM Orbán tried to prevent hospital dramas with vaccination. In the end, he could only hide them
Despite flaws in February, how did the Hungarian government manage to present its epidemiological measures as a success in the eyes of the public? Here is the b...
“A story like out of a spy movie,” personal reports by two surveilled Direkt36 journalists
Two Hungarian journalists Szabolcs Panyi and András Szabó share their personal reports of how it felt to find out they were surveilled through their mobile ph...
State Secretary who disagreed with a Hungarian cabinet member over Paks nuclear power plant targeted by Pegasus spyware
Attila Aszódi became a target shortly before his dismissal in 2019 at a time when he had several conflicts with the Hungarian cabinet member supervising Paks 2...
The big winners of favorable state loans in Hungary? Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law and his circle
The state-owned Hungarian Development Bank provided 166 million euros in loans to PM Orbán's son-in-law and his business partners. It almost fully covered the ...
Orbán’s son-in-law and his associates among beneficiaries of favorable state COVID-loans
The loan for small- and medium-sized companies was announced by governor of Hungary's Central Bank György Matolcsy at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. O...
How Russians got a second chance at lucrative rail deal from Hungary
A Russian company lobbied heavily against the €550m procurement of rail cars as they were unable to enter the competition. Then Hungary’s government suddenl...
Government’s friends get a chance to profit from the economic downturn
Several government-close people, including a Fidesz politician, entered the liquidation market, which will likely become a profitable business following the eco...
Inside Viktor Orbán’s slow response to the second wave of COVID19
Fidesz politicians believed in the forecast of Central Bank president György Matolcsy that the pandemic would only have a mild impact on the Hungarian economy,...
Opposition politician profited from business deals with the Hungarian government’s inner circles. Now, the EU has identified irregularities in several of their deals
Direkt36 reported that Gergő Czeglédy, a well-connected politician from the Hungarian Socialist Party, won lucrative state contracts jointly with government-c...