Szabolcs Panyi

VSquare’s Budapest-based lead investigative editor in charge of Central European investigations, Szabolcs Panyi is also a Hungarian investigative journalist at Direkt36. He covers national security, foreign policy, and Russian and Chinese influence. He was a European Press Prize finalist in 2018 and 2021.

Goulash: Orbán’s son on a new mission; Budapest shuts down for Xi visit

18.04.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Russian surveillance, spies and oligarchs & Slovakia’s election

04.04.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Megayacht for Orbán’s friends; 100 Russian spies in Austria; EU’s Trump panic

21.03.2024 Newsletter
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How the Slovak leader asked for the Kremlin and Orbán’s help (and got it)

19.03.2024
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Goulash: Hungary’s intel chief in the spotlight; Tusk, Fiala shouting at Orbán

07.03.2024 Newsletter
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How Orbán flooded Central Europe with millions of online ads during election season

29.02.2024
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Goulash: Orbán’s weeks of crisis; Ján Kuciak remembered

22.02.2024 Newsletter
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Meet the man behind the downfall of Hungary’s president

19.02.2024
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Goulash: Orbán vs USA & NATO, Russian spies expelled

08.02.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Visegrád falling apart, Orbán vs EU

08.02.2024 Newsletter
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How Russian Spies Get Flipped or Expelled, As Told by a Spycatcher

01.02.2024
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Uncovering the secret African mission of Viktor Orbán’s son

30.01.2024
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Goulash: Meet the pro-Russian propagandist of Viktor Orbán

25.01.2024 Newsletter
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Katalin Halmai: Hungary is like a matryoshka doll

25.01.2024
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Goulash: Orbán’s campaign operatives in foreign elections

11.01.2024 Newsletter
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Unmasking Viktor Orbán’s Polish propagandist

11.01.2024
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