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A year on, we still don't know what role Viktor Orbán played in the clemency case
It was exactly a year ago that Katalin Novák and Judit Varga resigned their posts in the wake of the clemency scandal. We still don't know why the president chose to pardon Endre K, nor what Varga's...
The Dynasty – Direkt36's documentary about the economic empire of the Orbán family
This documentary tells the story of the business dealings of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, we also show the luxurious world built by Viktor...
Orbán: All the American money that has been coming into Hungary must be examined
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the existence of organisations which have received US funds must be made legally impossible.
Hungarian government backs out of Mini-Dubai development
The government recognises that BKM Zrt., which is owned by the capital, is entitled to exercising its pre-emptive right to purchase Rákosrendező, the area the development was planned for. Budapest's...
Fidesz accuses Hungarian independent press of being on Ukraine's payroll
Referencing the secret services, the leader of Fidesz's Parliamentary Group has accused the Hungarian independent press of being funded by Ukraine. The pro-government press has been running with the...
Orbán on USAID: The world owes a debt to Donald Trump for putting an end to this dark conspiracy
The Hungarian Prime Minister also resented the fact that Politico, which he said had been funded by the aid agency, had called him the "disruptor of the year". Except they had not.
Expat mother who died in house fire in Budapest had been living in fear for a long time
M., who was in her 40s, contacted the Patent Women's Rights Association with a custody issue in 2023, but also reported that her ex-husband had previously tried to choke her and had threatened to...
Entire islands are being wiped out by companies illegally extracting gravel from the Someș River
Sand and gravel extraction from the riverbed of the Someș in Romania is threatening wildlife and endangering agricultural production and the freshwater resources. The aggressive dredging may...
CPJ: Hungarian authorities should immediately drop the misdemeanour charges against Telex...
Our colleagues were detained by police in Fót, where they were waiting for PM Viktor Orbán to ask him some questions. CPJ considers this a clear escalation of intimidation tactics against...
Arte: Can Europe compete in the AI revolution?
Although Europe may be lagging behind in AI technology, DeepSeek's rise is a sign it could catch up.
