The Businesses of Orbán’s Family

They try to hide it, but the involvement of Orbán’s father in huge railway construction project is revealed

The father of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivers building materials for yet another huge railway construction project, local workers say. We asked official sources about the details, but a subtle reference to Orbán’s family was enough to shut down the free flow of information.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s brother involved in company with offshore links and Central Asian past

Győző Orbán Jr. has become involved in Yntergy Zrt through one of his companies. One of Yntergy’s major shareholders is an offshore company allegedly owned by a mysterious Russian individual.

Reshuffle at the Orbán companies: PM’s brother quits a firm while his father gets positions in two other

One of the affected companies was also part of some big state-financed construction projects.

How an oligarch’s fall made way for the Orbán family’s businesses

Lajos Simicska, a former ally of prime minister Viktor Orbán, controlled how much state contracts the companies of the Orbán family could get. But when Simicska and the prime minister had a falling out, the companies started to prosper.

Public money keeps flowing to Orbán’s family: now they work on a state-owned power plant’s project

The businesses of the Hungarian PM’s family have participated in several public projects in recent years. Now two of the Orbán-companies are involved in the land rehabilitation work of a state-owned power plant.

How Orbán tried to explain away his father’s involvement in public projects

At a press conference in Brussels, Direkt36 asked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the involvement of his father’s company in state projects.

He had a lucrative business with Orbán’s father but then they entered a dispute that courts have been sitting on for 9 years

In an unusually long lawsuit, a former business partner of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's family claims that they stole his idea. The Orbán family's company denies this.

Companies of the Orbán family slowed down but they keep churning out hefty profits

Direkt36 has recently revealed that the companies have been secretly benefiting from EU-funded public projects.

Company of Orbán’s father found in yet another huge EU-financed project

The business of the Hungarian PM’s father delivered concrete elements for the sewerage system construction in the Tápiómente Region. This project was also financed by the European Union.

How EU-funded projects secretly contributed to the Orbán family’s enrichment

A Direkt36 investigation has revealed that the companies of the family of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán have been involved in several public projects.