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

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

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

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

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.

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

Inside the secrets of the Orbán family’s businesses

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

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

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

Orban’s father was involved in controversial road construction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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