Bp Mayor Calls on Govt to Cooperate with Local Councils on EU Recovery Fund Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to consult all associations of local councils on the... 2021.02.10.
Fidesz Turns to OLAF over EU Funds Allegedly Lent to DK’s Czeglédy A lawmaker of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party is turning to the European Union's anti-fraud office OLAF over a case of... 2021.02.01.
Former Jobbik MEP Csanád Szegedi Charged with Fraud The public prosecutor's office has charged former opposition Jobbik MEP Csanád Szegedi and seven accomplices with defrauding the European Parliament's... 2020.12.11.
Public Prosecutor Files Charges Based on OLAF Proposal The Budapest public prosecutor has filed charges based on a proposal by Europe's anti-fraud office, OLAF, against four men for... 2020.10.20.
Former Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács Acquitted of Espionage to Russia, Sentenced only on Fraud Charges Béla Kovács, a former Jobbik MEP, has been acquitted of charges of espionage to Russia but sentenced to a suspended... 2020.09.24.
OLAF Data about EU Fund Use Irregularities Slam Hungary Again The European Anti-Fraud Office's (OLAF) recommendations related to irregularities detected in the areas of European Structural and Investment Funds and... 2020.09.11.
Opposition DK Urges EC to Make Participation in EPPO a Condition for EU Funding The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) is recommending to the European Commission to make participation in the European Public Prosecutor's Office... 2020.05.24.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Polt Confirmed as Chief Prosecutor, Handó Elected Constitutional Court Judge A left-wing commentator calls both the Chief Prosecutor and the new Constitutional Court judge controversial figures who have harmed the... 2019.11.06.
Fidesz MEP Blames Previous Governments and Opposition for OLAF Findings Graft under the previous, Socialist and Liberal governments, has "largely contributed" to findings in the latest annual report of the... 2019.09.05.
Hungary in Hot Water over OLAF Fraud Statistics Hungary lags behind in many aspects of the European Anti-Fraud Office's (OLAF) recently published fraud statistics. Among other things, Hungary is... 2019.09.03.
OLAF Recommends Criminal Investigation of Roma Program A government program for the Roma minority has essentially never worked and has not even partially reached its set goals,... 2019.06.24.
Socialists-Párbeszéd to Propose Bill on Making OLAF Reports Public The opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance will propose a bill to parliament to make the reports of the European anti-fraud office (OLAF)... 2019.04.25.
Bribery Charges Raised against Four in Alstom Case Public investigation prosecutors have raised charges against four men, including a senior Alstom official, for bribery in a case involving... 2019.04.10.
PMO Head: Govt Decided in 2017 Not to Send Suspicious Elios Invoices to Brussels The government decided in 2017 not to send to Brussels invoices connected to public lighting projects carried out by Elios,... 2019.02.21.
Following Controversies, Govt Gives up on EU Money for Elios Projects In the midst of an election campaign in February of last year, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announced it had... 2019.02.14.
Businessman behind Bars in Wake of OLAF Warning The municipal appeals court handed a six year prison sentence to the head of a business group last November in... 2019.01.08.
Investigation against Elios Terminated for Absence of Crime The investigation against Elios Innovativ, a procedure initiated in the wake of a report by the EU's anti-fraud office (OLAF),... 2018.11.07.
Focus on Hungary: OLAF Would Recover 4% of EU Funds Four percent of EU funds could be recovered in Hungary according to OLAF. In the majority of the member states the... 2018.06.08.
M4 Metro Corruption Scandal Escalates As Government Publishes OLAF Report The parliamentary group of ruling Fidesz has proposed investigating alleged corruption connected with the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line... 2017.02.07.
Government Official: M4 Construction Most Corrupt Case Of Hungary’s 13-Year EU Membership Around 167 billion forints worth of damages have been identified by Europe’s anti-fraud office OLAF in connection with Budapest’s fourth... 2017.01.17.
EU’s Anti-Fraud Office Investigates Jobbik MEP Accused Of Spying For Russia Previously The European Union's Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has launched an investigation against radical nationalist Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács on suspicion of... 2015.04.02.
