All posts by Zöldi Blanka

Senior official in Socialist governments had an offshore company, Pandora Papers reveal

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2021.11.04.

Jenő Faller told Direkt36 that when he founded the offshore company it was a “fashionable” thing to do.

Entrepreneur enriched by state tenders starts a new business on the Orbáns’ family land

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2021.10.07.

Gábor Szentgyörgyi, a wrestling acquaintance of Viktor Orbán’s brother, has so far been a big winner in state tenders with his IT group, but now he is starting a plastic business on the Orbán-family’s estates.

Tax changes under Viktor Orbán turned Hungary into a tax planning tool

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2021.10.05.

The offshore leaks known as the Pandora Papers show that Hungay has been promoted to service providers as the new Cyprus or Malta. A lawyer wrote that Hungary can give an “onfshore face” to offshore companies.

Prominent business allies of Viktor Orbán’s government had secret offshore businesses, Pandora Papers reveal

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2021.10.04.

Nearly 12 million confidential documents were leaked about secret offshore companies, investigated by the world’s largest international collaboration of journalists. Direkt36 was also part of the project and revealed that influential Hungarian pro-government figures including Balázs Kertész and Gellért Jászai also had offshore interests.

12904. That is my Mom – The untold story of the victims of the coronavirus

Zöldi Blanka, Matyasovszki Fanni, Szőke Dániel 2021.06.21.

Nearly thirty thousand Hungarians died of coronavirus. Who were they? What happened to them from their first symptoms to their death? Article, photo gallery and a documentary film.

Inside the secrets of the Orbán family’s businesses

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2021.05.05.

Viktor Orbán claims that he does not have any savings, but his family members have earned millions of euros in recent years, partly from public money from the Hungarian state and the European Union. We explain how we investigated the businesses of Orbán’s family in an animated video.

A fugitive wanted for murder became a businessman in Budapest under false identity

Zöldi Blanka 2021.02.01. 10 Comments

Haris Ahmed has escaped from Bangladesh, where his brother currently serves as Army Chief. The man had been on the Interpol’s Red Notice list for years, now he is using his connections at home to enrich himself in Europe.

Orbán’s father offers building materials for a much higher price than the competition

Zöldi Blanka 2020.12.16. 1 Comment

Dolomit Kft. participates in state projects despite selling some of its products 60-70 percent more expensive than its main competitors.

“Don’t even try, sweetie, because I’m running out of patience” – We asked Viktor Orbán’s father about his involvement in state projects

Zöldi Blanka 2020.11.24. 2 Comments

The mining company of Hungarian PM’s father, Győző Orbán delivered building materials for major railway and road constructions, but he only wanted to talk about the beautiful autumn weather.

Orban’s father was involved in controversial road construction

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2020.09.23. 1 Comment

Not only the European Union, but also the Hungarian government criticized the project for being too expensive. This did not stop the mining company of the PM’s father to benefit from it.

Offshore company involved in suspicious transactions was protected by Hungarian bank, leaked secret files show

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2020.09.21.

Suspicious transactions have been routinely moved through the Hungarian banking system, Direkt36 has revealed as part of the the global FinCENFiles investigation.

The government boasted about ventilator purchases, yet Hungary made the worst deals across the EU

Zöldi Blanka 2020.08.27.

Good Chinese relations didn’t bear fruit, as Hungary paid the highest price among all EU countries, international trade data show.

Valuable archaeological treasures were demolished under a priority construction of the Hungarian government

Zöldi Blanka 2020.07.11.

During the reconstruction of the Buda Hospital, archaeological finds from Roman times were unearthed. Civil engineering works were done by the same company that will be responsible for groundworks related to the Paks nuclear power plant expansion.

China suspended the export of some COVID-19 tests in April. The Hungarian government had already stocked up on them

Zöldi Blanka 2020.05.02.

Hungarian paramedics are still using tests whose exports were suspended in April. This week, China again loosened export requirements, and it seems that the Hungarian government also managed to find a reliable supplier.

Hungarian ministerial adviser searched for coronavirus masks. He found them at a company where his father is a senior manager

Zöldi Blanka 2020.04.17.

Tons of medical masks and other personal protective equipment are arriving to Hungary almost every day. One of the big winners of the state orders is a little-known Chinese-Hungarian company with family ties to the ministry that handled the procurements.

Orbán’s media machine in the Balkans investigated for suspicious transactions

Zöldi Blanka, Szabó András 2020.02.28.

A Hungarian businessman close to the government has expanded his media empire to the Balkans. However, a high-value contract between his Slovenian and North Macedonian companies raised the attention of local authorities.

Companies close to Orbán’s allies will operate Hungarian trading houses in the Balkan

Zöldi Blanka, Szabó András 2019.12.16. 4 Comments

The Hungarian government started to rebuild its controversial trading house system on the Balkans – once again, with the old local partners that have good political connections.

Links tighten between Orbán’s brother and a businessman who keeps winning public tenders

Pethő András, Zöldi Blanka 2019.11.20.

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 by a company of the Orbán family.

MP of Hungary’s strongest opposition party has ties to the government’s controversial trading house business

Szabó András, Zöldi Blanka 2019.09.13. 1 Comment

Opposition MP Lajos Olah has been dealing with China for quite a while. He is so successful that even Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto can also be regularly seen with him. And one of Olah’s acquaintances operates a Chinese trading house for 70 thousand euros monthly.

This is how the mining company of Viktor Orban’s father became more profitable than its major competitors

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2019.07.18. 3 Comments

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 companies in the market. Last year, it outperformed all of its major competitors in one important aspect: Győző Orbán’s company achieved the highest profit margin.