Category Archives: The businesses of Orbán’s family

Áron Orbán promotes both diet-food and weapons. Meanwhile, pro-government businessmen are popping up around him

IT entrepreneur with ties to Viktor Orbán’s family has further grown his business empire built on state tenders

Information technology businessman Gábor Szentgyörgyi has had close relations to Viktor Orbán’s family for a long time now. It started with a connection to Győző Orbán junior, the prime minister’s brother, through wrestling, then he showed up in the company of the prime minister and his father, Győző Orbán senior in a football stadium, and Read More

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

The big winners of favorable state loans in Hungary? Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law and his circle

Inside the secrets of the Orbán family’s businesses

Orbán’s son-in-law and his associates among beneficiaries of favorable state COVID-loans

The mine of the Orbán family pays the highest dividend among its competitors

Until now, Orbán’s family has stayed away from public procurements. Now the company of his brother won a lucrative one

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

Businessman linked to the Orbán family has expanded his footprint in city of Hungary’s nuclear plant

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

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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A man close to Viktor Orbán’s brother was the head of a department at the tax office. His department was dissolved after we reported about it

Tamás Balogh, an acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the tax office, while his other acquaintance won high-value public tenders from the same authority. After we revealed their relationship, the tax authority was restructured, Balogh is not a head of department any more.

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Companies dominate public lighting in Serbia with controversial Hungarian methods

After winning public lighting tenders in Hungary, Elios, a company previously owned by the son-in-law of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, started expanding internationally. In Serbia, companies linked to Elios have been participating in 12 public lighting tenders, with some partners that are connected to Serbia’s political elite.

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How public money keeps flowing to Orban’s family through Hungary’s new tycoon

How people close to Viktor Orbán’s brother became key players in major procurements of Hungary’s tax authority

People close to Viktor Orbán began to take over his fallen enemy’s empire

A lawyer with ties to Viktor Orbán and his closest business ally bought an agricultural company of Lajos Simicska, who fought a long and unsuccessful campaign against Orbán before this year’s parliamentary election.

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Heavy traffic at the stone mine of Viktor Orbán’s father reveals new details of the mysterious business operation