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.
The Businesses of Orbán’s Family
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.
Company linked to PM’s son-in-law got involved in public project years before winning the tender, secret recording shows
The firm had got involved in the preparations of a major public project nearly two years before it won the tender for it, shows a secretly made audio recording obtained by Direkt36.
Prime minister’s son-in-law sold his property business to an offshore company
István Tiborcz’s former company owns a high value property in an industrial park that is promoted by the government to investors.
Government promotes industrial park where prime minister’s son-in-law owns property
István Tiborcz's company owns a property in the industrial park where the local Nokia factor had been operating. Now the government is trying to lure new investors to the park.
Orbán’s son-in-law moves back towards public money by purchasing new company
A few months ago, István Tiborcz became a co-owner in a firm belonging to the WHB group, which won several big state tenders in recent years.
Police closed investigation into the public tenders linked to Orban’s son-in-law
One and a half year of investigation was not enough to find a reasonable suspicion in the case of the controversial public procurement businesses of Elios Innovatív. According to the Hungarian police, it is the true nature of the free market that a company can set different prices for similar lamps.
Prime minister’s son-in-law gets hefty dividend from his company
István Tiborcz, the son-in-law of Viktor Orbán, took 460 million forints (1.5 million euros) in dividend from his IT firm.
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