How Viktor Orban’s government is favoring the Russians over a Hungarian company in a big business deal
Ganz won the tender with the backing of a state-owned Hungarian bank, but the deal fell through when the Hungarian government decided to redirect the loan to a ...
The EU Anti-Fraud Office investigated irregularities reported by Direkt36
OLAF found several irregularities in the implementation of the Jeremie venture capital programme in Hungary previously reported by Direkt36 in cooperation with ...
How we started our investigation into the Hungarian-Russian relationship
Our article about Klaus Mangold was our first Russian-related story. We received information from government officials and a foreign source who examined Mangol...
Orbán’s Game
Intelligence operations, huge business deals, and personal ambitions. These are some of the factors that drive Viktor Orbán in pulling his country closer to Ru...
The Eight Most Interesting Revelations From Our Orbán-Putin Story
Why did Orbán's ally had a business meeting with the Russian secret service? Why was it so important for Orbán to buy the Russian stake in Hungary's oil compa...
How Russians forced out Hungarians from a major company of Hungary’s new nuclear project
Its managing director, Attila Szitár-Csanádi, is known as one of Rosatom’s most trusted people in Hungary. He has played an important role in a controversia...
Company linked to Orbán’s brother won major public tender with the highest bid
The other bidders offered lower prices but they were eliminated from the procurement....
Here are the Hungarians with contracts for Paks 2 projects
The construction of the new Paks nuclear power plant may have not started yet but Rosatom has already been signing project-related contracts for months. Among t...
The Mysterious German Behind Viktor Orban’s Russian Deals
Klaus Mangold, a German businessman with good connections in Russia, has played a crucial role in the controversial nuclear deal between Hungarian Prime Ministe...
How a long-time Fidesz operative has become in charge of billions of EU money
Our investigation has exposed the controversial role Ágoston Gubicza, a businessman with close ties to government figures, has been playing in state-funded ven...