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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Company of Orbán’s son-in-law moved into a luxury villa owned by influential businessmen
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.
Continue readingNem 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.
Continue readingLázár 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.
Continue readingMélyebben 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.
Continue readingSix 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.
Continue readingCompany 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.
Continue readingCsalás 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.
Continue readingCompany 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.
Continue readingViktor 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.
Continue readingGovernment official János Lázár gibbers about suspicious tenders won by the son-in-law of the Prime Minister
The European Union’s antifraud office has found serious irregularities in public projects carried out by a company formerly owned by the son-in-law of Hungary’s PM. The government has already received the report, but it does not publish it. Earlier it had been not that secretive in a similar case.
Continue readingCompany Produced 100-fold Growth After Winning Public Tenders. Its Owner Is Linked to Viktor Orbán’s Brother Through Wrestling
The company IMG Solutions does not even have a functioning website but in a couple of years it has become a prominent member of Hungary’s IT sector. Thanks to wrestling, the owner of the company knows well Orbán Győző Jr., brother of the prime minister.
Continue readingThey try to hide it, but the involvement of Orbán’s father in huge railway construction project is revealed
The father of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivers building materials for yet another huge railway construction project, local workers say. We asked official sources about the details, but a subtle reference to Orbán’s family was enough to shut down the free flow of information.
Continue readingPrime Minister Viktor Orbán’s brother involved in company with offshore links and Central Asian past
Győző Orbán Jr. has become involved in Yntergy Zrt through one of his companies. One of Yntergy’s major shareholders is an offshore company allegedly owned by a mysterious Russian individual.
Continue readingReshuffle at the Orbán companies: PM’s brother quits a firm while his father gets positions in two other
One of the affected companies was also part of some big state-financed construction projects.
Continue readingHow an oligarch’s fall made way for the Orbán family’s businesses
Lajos Simicska, a former ally of prime minister Viktor Orbán, controlled how much state contracts the companies of the Orbán family could get. But when Simicska and the prime minister had a falling out, the companies started to prosper.
Continue readingPublic money keeps flowing to Orbán’s family: now they work on a state-owned power plant’s project
The businesses of the Hungarian PM’s family have participated in several public projects in recent years. Now two of the Orbán-companies are involved in the land rehabilitation work of a state-owned power plant.
Continue readingHow Orbán tried to explain away his father’s involvement in public projects
At a press conference in Brussels, Direkt36 asked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the involvement of his father’s company in state projects.
Continue readingHe had a lucrative business with Orbán’s father but then they entered a dispute that courts have been sitting on for 9 years
In an unusually long lawsuit, a former business partner of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's family claims that they stole his idea. The Orbán family's company denies this.
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