The son of the Hungarian National Bank’s governor rented a luxury villa in Dubai
Direkt36 has obtained an official document according to which Ádám Matolcsy, who got rich with the help of state funds, rented a villa worth HUF 3.5 billion (...
Minister Péter Szijjártó was at the forefront of the construction of a BMW factory. His old friend’s company also benefited from the work
The government has given huge amounts of support to help build the factory in Debrecen. Direkt36 found out that a company owned a few years ago by an old friend...
Ex-wife of Antal Rogan is still making huge business successes with her tabloid. Alongside pro-government companies, ATV and Index are also behind it
Once again, the company publishes the online tabloid Top World News has made a profit of more than HUF 1 billion. According to Direkt36's research, the site twn...
Dubai luxury apartments bought by a company linked to the inner circle of the son of Hungary’s central bank governor
As part of the Dubai Unlocked investigation, Direkt36 has found that a company with links to the inner circle of Ádám Matolcsy, the son of the Hungarian centr...
Swiss Bank Account Tied to Hungarian Tycoon Provides New Details of Alleged Misuse of Government Funds
In an ongoing criminal case prosecutors claim officials of the Ministry of Agriculture fraudulently disbursed HUF 2,2 billion in 2019. Direkt36 has learned that...
Inside the crisis of the Hungarian opposition
The opposition parties that suffered a crushing defeat in 2022 are busy gaining positions in favor of each other instead of weakening the power of Fidesz....
A close acquaintance of Szijjártó acquired the company that is building a factory in Kecskemét, supported by HUF 1 billion from the state
Szilárd Benkő worked for many years alongside Péter Szijjártó and also yachted with him on the Adriatic Sea. The man with a background as an instrument mak...
A businessman known for yachting with Hungarian minister Péter Szijjártó was a member of a group of Fidesz activists destroying opposition’s posters
They sprayed anti-migrant slogan to Jobbik posters in the run-up of the 2018 campaign. Several people linked to the Foreign Ministry were in the group, Direkt36...
How did Szijjártó’s futsal player friend become a top businessman?
We have explored the business successes of Péter Szijjártó's old colleague and teammate, and how hundreds of millions of forints of public money from the For...
Áron Orbán promotes both diet-food and weapons. Meanwhile, pro-government businessmen are popping up around him
The company of the prime minister's brother runs a shop of Norbert Schobert's chain in Croatia. The gun shop he regularly advertises is building a shooting rang...