Senior official says no residency bond buyers stayed in Hungary. But we have found several of them

Zöldi Blanka 2018.03.05. 4 Comments

Chinese citizens have been flocking to Hungary. But since public outrages forced the suspension of the country’s Golden Visa program last year, these new guests have begun to wonder if they’ll get their investment back.

Lázár János nagyon kedvező feltételeket szabott Tiborczéknak a hódmezővásárhelyi lámpacserénél

Vorák Anita 2018.03.01. 1 Comment

Kikötötték ugyan, hogy az új közvilágításnak 25 százalékos megtakarítást kell elérnie, de akkor sem járt volna rosszul a cég, ha ez nem sikerül.

Mélyebben belenyúltak az Elios pályázataiba, mint ahogy eddig látszott

Vorák Anita 2018.02.20.

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.

How Russians forced out Hungarians from a major company of Hungary’s new nuclear project

Pethő András, Szabó András 2018.02.15. 4 Comments

Its managing director, Attila Szitár-Csanádi, is known as one of Rosatom’s most trusted people in Hungary. He has played an important role in a controversial decision of the University of Debrecen, which announced last year that it would give an honorary citizenship to president Putin.

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

Vorák Anita 2018.02.14.

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.

Company of Hungarian Prime Minister’s brother received EU subsidy yet again

Pethő András 2018.02.09.

While the government has stepped up its attacks on Brussels, the family of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán keeps benefiting from EU funds.

Csalás miatt nyomoznak egy olyan ügyben, ami a Tiborcz-cég pályázatai miatt lett gyanús

Vorák Anita 2018.02.05.

A szekszárdi önkormányzat közvilágítási szerződéseit vizsgálja a NAV, gyanúsított még nincs. A rendőrség korábban Tiborcz egykori cégének szerződéseinél nem talált bűncselekményt.

Company linked to Orbán’s brother won major public tender with the highest bid

Pethő András, Szabó András 2018.01.30.

The other bidders offered lower prices but they were eliminated from the procurement.

Itt az első repedés a tao-rendszeren, de a lényeget még titkolja a kormány

Vorák Anita 2018.01.30.

A jogerős bírósági ítélet ellenére is vonakodik a kormány annak közlésétől, hogy a cégek mennyit adtak az adójukból különböző sportegyesületeknek. Most kikerült az adatok egy része, amelyekben feltűnnek többek között Simicskáék.

Viktor Orbán hardly believed that his family members are subcontractors of state projects. Here is the evidence

Zöldi Blanka 2018.01.25.

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.

Government official János Lázár gibbers about suspicious tenders won by the son-in-law of the Prime Minister

Vorák Anita 2018.01.18.

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.

Company Produced 100-fold Growth After Winning Public Tenders. Its Owner Is Linked to Viktor Orbán’s Brother Through Wrestling

Pethő András 2018.01.16.

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.

Viktor Orbán’s advisor has a company in Hong Kong, in the very same room as businesses connected to Hungary’s residency bond programme

Zöldi Blanka 2017.12.13.

Árpád Habony is the sole shareholder of the firm, which chose exactly that secretary that also works for the local residency bond company. After an exclusive helicopter tour and a trip in a private jet, here is the new Hong Kong connection.

Here are the Hungarians with contracts for Paks 2 projects

Szabó András 2017.12.07.

The construction of the new Paks nuclear power plant may have not started yet but Rosatom has already been signing project-related contracts for months. Among the Hungarian partners, there is a company that does not even have a website nor a public telephone number.

They try to hide it, but the involvement of Orbán’s father in huge railway construction project is revealed

Zöldi Blanka 2017.11.29. 2 Comments

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.

Hungarian town decided to build a hostel for talented kids from public money. But the construction ended up in a four-star hotel

Vorák Anita 2017.11.22. 1 Comment

The Hungarian town of Balatonfüred received over 1,5 million euros to build an academy for young handball players, but it turned out to be a four-star hotel. A standard room for two nights cost 265 euros, they call it a test run.

Hungarian businessmen with political ties appear in leaked Maltese business data

Zöldi Blanka, Pethő András 2017.11.06.

Paradise Papers revealed that hundreds of Hungarians do business in Malta. Many of them have political ties, including the ex-leaders of a company that prepares Hungary’s power plant expansion project, a former treasurer of Ferenc Gyurcsany’s socialist government and sport entrepreneurs connected to far-fight Jobbik.

Hidden businesses of influential Hungarians revealed in new massive offshore leak

Pethő András 2017.11.06. 1 Comment

The Paradise Papers project has revealed the links of a top Hungarian diplomat’s ties to a wealthy family and showed the former offshore interests of a businessman close to the government.

The Mysterious German Behind Viktor Orban’s Russian Deals

Szabó András 2017.10.17. Leave a comment

Klaus Mangold, a German businessman with good connections in Russia, has played a crucial role in the controversial nuclear deal between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Direkt36 investigation has found.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s brother involved in company with offshore links and Central Asian past

Pethő András 2017.10.09.

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.