Inside the internal government conflict over the permit for the controversial Paks 2 nuclear power plant
Direkt36 learned that the construction permit for the Paks 2 nuclear power plant caused a conflict between two government members, László Palkovics and János...
Another Pegasus target with political ties: a lawyer who oversees elections and worked for opposition party Jobbik
László Vértesy was targeted in the fall of 2018 when he was still the owner and director of an institute that had helped opposition party Jobbik in the last ...
Former Fidesz politician signs lucrative property rental contract with Russians building Paks 2
The license permit for the Paks 2 power plant expansion is still delayed but project implementer Rosatom continues to publish new related tenders. According to ...
Inside the conflicts surrounding the construction of Hungary’s new nuclear plant
The state authority overseeing the Paks expansion has serious concerns about the Russian construction company’s plans, which are to be approved within a few d...
PM Orbán tried to prevent hospital dramas with vaccination. In the end, he could only hide them
Despite flaws in February, how did the Hungarian government manage to present its epidemiological measures as a success in the eyes of the public? Here is the b...
“A story like out of a spy movie,” personal reports by two surveilled Direkt36 journalists
Two Hungarian journalists Szabolcs Panyi and András Szabó share their personal reports of how it felt to find out they were surveilled through their mobile ph...
State Secretary who disagreed with a Hungarian cabinet member over Paks nuclear power plant targeted by Pegasus spyware
Attila Aszódi became a target shortly before his dismissal in 2019 at a time when he had several conflicts with the Hungarian cabinet member supervising Paks 2...
The big winners of favorable state loans in Hungary? Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law and his circle
The state-owned Hungarian Development Bank provided 166 million euros in loans to PM Orbán's son-in-law and his business partners. It almost fully covered the ...
Orbán’s son-in-law and his associates among beneficiaries of favorable state COVID-loans
The loan for small- and medium-sized companies was announced by governor of Hungary's Central Bank György Matolcsy at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. O...
How Russians got a second chance at lucrative rail deal from Hungary
A Russian company lobbied heavily against the €550m procurement of rail cars as they were unable to enter the competition. Then Hungary’s government suddenl...