Tag Archives: Orbán Viktor

How Viktor Orbán angered his closest friends in Europe

A box of excrement was sent to the Hungarian Embassy in Warsaw, president Katalin Novák was lectured by the Polish prime minister, and Viktor Orbán’s European ambitions were jeopardized. Direkt36, in cooperation with Vsquare, have uncovered the behind the scenes story of the Hungarian-Polish alliance, which previously seemed unbreakable, since the outbreak of the war.

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Cyber companies accompanied the Israeli Prime Minister to Budapest, later one of them trained foreign intelligence officials in Hungary

A company that sells surveillance intelligence technology accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to his visit to Hungary in 2017. Direkt36 found out details about how later this company trained Bangladeshi secret agents in Budapest, during which they probably illegally intercepted Hungarian telephone conversations.

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How Viktor Orbán decided to arm Hungary

We looked into the contracts signed by the Hungarian government with “Mr. Russia”

Inside Viktor Orbán’s Response to the War in Ukraine

A 10 legfontosabb részlet az Orbán háborús döntéseiről szóló tényfeltáró cikkből 

Western allies puzzled by Hungary’s mild reaction to Russian hacking

Former Hungarian ambassador to China was targeted with Pegasus – shortly before becoming senior advisor to Orbán

Inside Orbán’s Fidesz party preparing for Hungary’s parliamentary election

“Please, don’t report about this at all! Thanks!” – How the Hungarian state news agency censors politically unpleasant news

Leaked documents show how Orbán’s circle dictates the news at Hungary’s state news agency

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

Prominent business allies of Viktor Orbán’s government had secret offshore businesses, Pandora Papers reveal

Nearly 12 million confidential documents were leaked about secret offshore companies, investigated by the world’s largest international collaboration of journalists. Direkt36 was also part of the project and revealed that influential Hungarian pro-government figures including Balázs Kertész and Gellért Jászai also had offshore interests.

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He has been uncovering the lavish lifestyle of Viktor Orbán’s circles. This summer, he was surveilled with Pegasus spyware

PM Orbán tried to prevent hospital dramas with vaccination. In the end, he could only hide them

Inside the secrets of the Orbán family’s businesses

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

A fugitive wanted for murder became a businessman in Budapest under false identity

Inside Viktor Orbán’s slow response to the second wave of COVID19