All posts by Szabó András

Company linked to Orbán’s brother won major public tender with the highest bid

Pethő András, Szabó András 2018.01.30.

The other bidders offered lower prices but they were eliminated from the procurement.

Here are the Hungarians with contracts for Paks 2 projects

Szabó András 2017.12.07.

The construction of the new Paks nuclear power plant may have not started yet but Rosatom has already been signing project-related contracts for months. Among the Hungarian partners, there is a company that does not even have a website nor a public telephone number.

The Mysterious German Behind Viktor Orban’s Russian Deals

Szabó András 2017.10.17.

Klaus Mangold, a German businessman with good connections in Russia, has played a crucial role in the controversial nuclear deal between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Direkt36 investigation has found.

How a long-time Fidesz operative has become in charge of billions of EU money

Fabók Bálint, Szabó András 2017.07.12. 1 Comment

Our investigation has exposed the controversial role Ágoston Gubicza, a businessman with close ties to government figures, has been playing in state-funded venture programmes.

A longtime Fidesz operator’s path to EU billions

Fabók Bálint, Szabó András 2017.07.06.

Our investigation shows the controversial role Ágoston Gubicza, a businessman with close ties to government figures, has been playing in state-funded venture programmes.

Internal document shows that EU criticized public venture capital projects ran by influential Hungarian businessmen

Szabó András 2017.04.12. 1 Comment

Details from the EU audit, which investigated the spendings of hundreds of billions of forints on start-ups in Hungary

Ministers usually avoid investigative reporters. But this one wanted to meet me

Szabó András 2017.03.20. 1 Comment

András Szabó tells the backstory of his investigation into the the activities of an influential figure in the liquidation business.

Leaked documents expose Hungarian oil company CEO’s controversial role in an EU programme

Szabó András 2017.03.07.

A belső iratanyagból kiderül az is, hogy az EU olyan súlyos szabálytalanságokat talált, hogy többmilliárdos büntetést szabott ki.

Oil company CEO gave public money to the companies of his relative and long-time business partner

Szabó András 2017.03.01.

Leaked documents show that the EU’s venture capital programme in Hungary has been undermined by rule violations and misuse of public money.

Family of influential opposition figure owns luxury yacht in Croatia

Szabó András, Wirth Zsuzsanna 2017.01.19. 2 Comments

Former treasurer of the Hungarian Socialist party has a luxury yacht in Croatia with estimated market value of 260 thousand euros.

Inside the killing of Népszabadság, Hungary’s biggest opposition paper

Fabók Bálint, Pethő András, Szabó András 2016.11.17.

How the news industry’s crisis, the power games of influential businessmen, and the politically motivated redrawing of Hungary’s media landscape led to the death of the emblematic newspaper.

He was complaining about business. Then his acquaintance became minister

Szabó András 2016.10.20.

Some years ago Sándor Börcsök, a Hungarian liquidator had complained about not receiving lucrative assignments. Then his old acquaintance, Miklós Seszták became the minister responsible for the liquidation industry and many things have changed.