Russian-led bank rapidly gearing up in Budapest amid EU and U.S. worries
Nothing can stop the relocation of International Investment Bank, a former Soviet bank that was revived by Russian president Vladimir Putin a few years ago, to ...
The government closed the foreign trading houses but made an exception with PM Orban’s Turkish friend
Adnan Polat knows the Prime Minister as well as his family members well. The government canceled dozens of contracts last year but his contract remained in effe...
How I found out that an opposition politician teamed up with the government’s allies
After Viktor Orban's party won the latest election by another landslide, we looked into the allegations of some opposition politicians secretly working with the...
Paks 2 is facing a risky modification that could favor the Russians
The preliminary ground works could start already before the approval of the overall project plans. This contains serious risks but it would benefit the Russians...
Inside the fall of the oligarch who turned against Viktor Orbán
Lajos Simicska failed to craft a winning strategy and came under intense pressure from Orbán's political machine. At the end of his campaign the oligarch even ...
Paks 2: This is what it looks like when influential people are positioning themselves around the project
An association with relations across the political spectrum appeared around Paks 2 last year. It wanted to act as an intermediary during the nuclear power plant...
A Hungarian company came under Russian influence. Now it could receive another contract in Hungary’s nuclear project
The car rental company that is likely to be contracted by Rosatom is under the influence of a Russian bank. One of the company's owners previously held high in ...
The business partner of Lorinc Meszaros is bidding for two valueable Paks 2 tenders
This is the first time that government-close business circles have appeared as bidders in Paks2-related tenders....
Viktor Orban’s government has become an enthusiastic partner in Russia’s financial expansion
Vladimir Putin resurrected the International Investment Bank a few years ago to increase Russia’s influence in Central and Eastern Europe. Hungary has become ...
Opposition politician’s businesses are thriving after he teamed up with businessmen close to Viktor Orban’s government
The company group of Gergo Czegledy who is influential within Budapest circles and his partners with links to the government won over the past years state tende...