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The cost of the MNB’s new prestige investment, given to a friend of Matolcsy’s son, has been very high
The bank headed by György Matolcsy has spent tens of billions of public money on the renovation of the Postal
The attorney became a Pegasus target when one of Hungary’s most notorious murder cases took a turn
Ilona Patócs is not the first lawyer to be targeted, despite the fact that protecting client communication is an essential
Putin’s hackers gained full access to Hungary’s foreign ministry networks, the Orbán government has been unable to stop them
Russian state actors hacked into the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's computer network compromising internal correspondence and even a secure network that
Former Hungarian ambassador to China was targeted with Pegasus – shortly before becoming senior advisor to Orbán
Cecília Szilas is not the first high-ranking Hungarian official who was targeted with the Pegasus spyware. Her phone was added
Inside Viktor Orbán’s war for Index, Hungary’s most influential news website
Index had long been a primary target for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s media crackdown. The final assault came in the
Inside Orbán’s Fidesz party preparing for Hungary’s parliamentary election
For some time now, all government proposals land on PM Orbán's desk with green, yellow, or red post-its. People with
“Please, don’t report about this at all! Thanks!” – How the Hungarian state news agency censors politically unpleasant news
Documents obtained by Direkt36 show how the government dictates the news at Hungarian state news agency MTI. Self-censorship also plays
Leaked documents show how Orbán’s circle dictates the news at Hungary’s state news agency
According to internal letters obtained by Direkt36, one of Viktor Orbán's closest colleagues once dictated a piece of news to
Spies, business deals and criminals. How Orbán favors Russian interests instead of Western ones
In the past 12 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government has gotten into a situation many times, when they had
A brand new Porsche, a special Ferrari, and billionaire businesses show the rise of Matolcsy’s circle
Direkt36 presents the connection between businessman Ádám Matolcsy, the son of the issue-bank's director, and the entrepreneur Bálint Fülöp Somlai,
Inside the internal government conflict over the permit for the controversial Paks 2 nuclear power plant
Direkt36 learned that the construction permit for the Paks 2 nuclear power plant caused a conflict between two government members,
Another Pegasus target with political ties: a lawyer who oversees elections and worked for opposition party Jobbik
László Vértesy was targeted in the fall of 2018 when he was still the owner and director of an institute
“Seller shall not undertake maintenance” – hospitals struggled with smoking, incompatible Chinese ventilators
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed unfavorable terms in a series of pricy contracts. What did hospitals do with Chinese
Hungarian president’s closest bodyguards targeted with Pegasus spyware
Targeting the president’s bodyguards may have been related to the internal struggle within the security agencies, which intensified after the
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
Orbán’s ally told Hungarian intelligence services that opposition is the greatest national security threat, leaked recording reveals
Direkt36 has obtained a recording of the speech that Speaker of the Parliament László Kövér gave in February 2020 to
Former Fidesz politician signs lucrative property rental contract with Russians building Paks 2
The license permit for the Paks 2 power plant expansion is still delayed but project implementer Rosatom continues to publish
Senior official in Socialist governments had an offshore company, Pandora Papers reveal
Jenő Faller told Direkt36 that when he founded the offshore company it was a "fashionable" thing to do.
Hungarian intel officer involved in spyware operations appears on Pegasus list
The telephone number of an intelligence officer at the Special Service for National Security (SSNS), which conducts secret surveillance and
In Israel, Pegasus was developed to counter terrorism. In Hungary, a top counter-terrorism official became its target
Former deputy head of Hungary’s Counter Terrorism Centre Zsolt Bodnár was selected for targeting with the Israeli spyware. Direkt36 found
