City Hall Case: After New Recordings, Mayor Karácsony Publishes All Sales Records since 2019 Two new recordings have been made public, with Gyula Gansperger still in the focus since our last followup on the... 2021.12.02.
Justice Min on LIBE Report: Gov’t Always Respected EU Values, Rejects Political Pressure Widepsread corruption, threats to judicial independence and media freedom are among the main findings of the report by the European... 2021.12.01.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on Fidesz Congress A conservative commentator defends the governing party’s Christian character against left-wing critics, while another appreciates the personal qualities of Viktor... 2021.11.22.
Police Investigation Underway in Sale of City Hall Case Soon after a Fidesz lawmaker pressed charges, the National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) ordered an investigation to be launched into... 2021.11.18.
PM Candidate Márki-Zay in Brussels: “We will be loyal members of the EU and NATO, not traitors” "We will be loyal members of the European Union and NATO, not traitors,” said Péter Márki-Zay, the joint opposition’s candidate... 2021.11.12.
Márki-Zay on CNN: “We Now Have the Highest Chance in a Decade to Defeat Orbán” On Wednesday evening, Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's candidate for prime minister, gave a live interview to CNN. Christiane Amanpour asked... 2021.10.21.
‘Fertilizer King’ László Bige Charged Again with Misappropriation and Bribery Szabolcs-Szatmár Bereg county’s chief prosecution office has pressed charges against one of Hungary's wealthiest businessmen, László Bige, and five of... 2021.10.12.
Two Companies Involved in Suspicious Public Projects Dissolved Two companies linked to recent, suspicious projects of the Fidesz-government's circles, have been recently dissolved. The first one is the... 2021.10.07.
DK Promises to Set Up Anti-Graft Agency Democratic Coalition (DK) MEP Klára Dobrev, the party's candidate for prime minister, has promised to set up an anti-corruption agency... 2021.09.13.
Focus on Fidesz’s Accountability, ‘Unjust’ Taxation, Healthcare, and Education at Opposition PM-Candidates’ First Debate The first debate between the opposition parties' prime-ministerial candidates was held Sunday night. Besides only one minor verbal clash, the... 2021.09.13.
Three Plead Guilty in Criminal Case Involving FINA Budapest Organizer Company Three defendants pleaded guilty in the process concerning the business management of the state-owned firm (Bp2017 Ltd.), established for the... 2021.08.31.
DK ‘Smelling Graft’ Concerning Gov’t Donating Chinese Vaccine to Other Countries The government's donating large amounts of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine it had purchased for a higher price than other vaccine... 2021.08.31.
Justice Minister: Gov’t Responding to ‘Unprecedented Attacks by Brussels’ Hungary has been attacked by Brussels "on an unprecedented proportion only because the protection of children and families remains our... 2021.08.03.
Momentum’s Cseh on Corruption Allegations: Amusing when Fidesz Speaks about OLAF It is rather amusing when Fidesz speaks about OLAF investigations, says Momentum MEP, Katalin Cseh, after Fidesz said they were... 2021.07.30.
DK: Hungary Missing Out on EU Funds ‘Due to Gov’t Graft’ The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has said "it is clear" that Hungary is set to miss out on European Union... 2021.07.28.
FM Szijjártó to BBC: Hungary Under Constant Attack from Brussels Hungary is under "continuous attack from Brussels, whatever we decide, European institutions find a way to put some pressure on... 2021.07.22.
