Index had long been a primary target for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s media crackdown. The final assault came in the disguise of a business maneuver and now the site is part of the government’s powerful media machinery.
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Inside Viktor Orbán’s war for Index, Hungary’s most influential news website
Orban’s father was involved in controversial road construction
Not only the European Union, but also the Hungarian government criticized the project for being too expensive. This did not stop the mining company of the PM’s father to benefit from it.
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Oligarch who lost his war against Viktor Orban turns towards agriculture
Lajos Simicska and his wife injected capital into the only company they kept from their former business empire. The company operates a farm in a quite village in West Hungary.
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Egész éjszaka a Viktorral veszekedtünk – Direkt36 podcast 1
Mi tanult Orbán Viktor Simicska Lajostól? Igazak-e a Simicska zsenialitásáról szóló történetek? Érdekességek és eddig nem hallott háttérinformációk az Orbán-Simicska viszonyról a Direkt36 első podcastjában.
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