Roland Sebestyén has business relations with the family of Anikó Lévai, the wife of PM Viktor Orbán. Companies linked to him received contracts in the value of 6.2 million euros in Paks.
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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
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.
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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
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban keeps repeating that he doesn’t deal with business issues. The companies of his family members, however, are benefitting from EU-funded constructions that are carried out by the business empire of Lorinc Meszaros, a friend of the PM. We explain their business relationship in a short video.
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How people close to Viktor Orbán’s brother became key players in major procurements of Hungary’s tax authority
An acquaintance of Orbán Győző Jr. became the head of the department in charge of major procurements at the National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV), while his other acquaintance has won high-value public tenders from the same authority. The three men know each other through wrestling.
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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
Many trucks carrying products of the mine belong to a company that has been winning lucrative state construction contracts in recent years.
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Company of Orbán’s son-in-law moved into a luxury villa owned by influential businessmen
The move is another sign of the increasingly close relationship between the prime minister’s family and the country’s business elite.
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Orbán’s son-in-law extends his influence over major real estate company
István Tiborcz now owns more than 75 percent of the company, which has a high-value real estate portfolio, according to company records reviewed by Direkt36.
Continue readingBusinessman winning state contracts watched football match with Viktor Orbán
Gábor Szentgyörgyi’s company does not even have a functioning website but it has been winning lucrative state contracts in recent years.
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Nem jött össze a hatalmas spórolás, ami az Elios-nak milliárdokat ért
Jelentős energiamegtakarítást vállalt Tiborcz István egykori cége azokban a városokban, ahol felújította a közvilágítást. Két város fogyasztási adatai alapján valamennyit javult a helyzet, de a kitűzött cél nagyon messze van, és kétséges, hogy az Elios által beszerelt lámpákkal valaha elérhető.
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Lázár János nagyon kedvező feltételeket szabott Tiborczéknak a hódmezővásárhelyi lámpacserénél
Kikötötték ugyan, hogy az új közvilágításnak 25 százalékos megtakarítást kell elérnie, de akkor sem járt volna rosszul a cég, ha ez nem sikerül.
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Mélyebben belenyúltak az Elios pályázataiba, mint ahogy eddig látszott
Az OLAF szerint a cég emberei már az önkormányzatok uniós pályázatait is az Elios számára kedvező módon alakították. Ráadásul mindez akkor történt, amikor hivatalosan még semmit tudhattak az egész folyamatról.
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Six things Direkt36 revealed about the company of Orbán’s son-in-law, and later were also found suspicious by the EU’s Anti-fraud Office
Az EU csalás elleni hivatala súlyos szabálytalanságokat talált a miniszterelnök vejének egykori cége, az Elios közbeszerzéseiben. Több fontos megállapítás már évekkel ezelőtt előkerült a Direkt36 cikkeiben.
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Company of Hungarian Prime Minister’s brother received EU subsidy yet again
While the government has stepped up its attacks on Brussels, the family of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán keeps benefiting from EU funds.
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Csalás miatt nyomoznak egy olyan ügyben, ami a Tiborcz-cég pályázatai miatt lett gyanús
A szekszárdi önkormányzat közvilágítási szerződéseit vizsgálja a NAV, gyanúsított még nincs. A rendőrség korábban Tiborcz egykori cégének szerződéseinél nem talált bűncselekményt.
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Company linked to Orbán’s brother won major public tender with the highest bid
The other bidders offered lower prices but they were eliminated from the procurement.
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Viktor Orbán hardly believed that his family members are subcontractors of state projects. Here is the evidence
A freight company owned by the father of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán receives nearly €970 thousand from a railway reconstruction project at Lake Balaton.
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