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Péter Krekó: “Like a grim episode of Black Mirror”

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Péter Krekó, political analyst at Political Capital, a Hungarian think tank, has been the target of a frenzied attack by media allied to Viktor Orbán’s government. He told us about the sound a smear campaign makes on one’s phone and the best way to sanely live through a character assassination. by Márton Sarkadi Nagy, Atlatszo […]

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15.01.2021

Verdict on Slovak businessman Marian Kocner in Pezinok

Marian Kocner is seen in the courtroom for the verdict in the case of the murders of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, in Pezinok, Slovakia September 3, 2020. Source: RADOVAN STOKLASA / Reuters / Forum

The results of a police investigation into the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak have left powerful figures in Slovakia extremely jumpy.

Lukáš Diko

Tomáš Madleňák

13.01.2021

TFP logo, a lion on a red background. Source: Reporters Foundation

How can Our Lady of Fatima holy cards distributed in Poland add up to hundreds of thousands of euros that have been invested in a radically conservative organization in Lithuania? Our cross-border investigation.

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30.12.2020

March for Life and Family, 20.09.2020, Warsaw. Photo by Reporters Foundation

The amounts funneled over several years by the founders of Poland’s Ordo Iuris to radical Catholic organisations overseas reach ten million euros. The discovery came as a result of our international investigation.

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28.12.2020

Adam Hofman from R4S, a company behind the campaign prepared for Coca-Cola. Photo by Darek Golik/Forum

We reveal a disinformation effort undertaken behind-the-scenes in an area where Poland’s PR and business sector meet.

Wojciech Cieśla

Konrad Szczygieł

05.12.2020

Photo by David Ištok/Aktuality.sk

On 1 December dozens of special police commandos in Bratislava entered the headquarters of Penta, an influential private-equity firm.

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03.12.2020

Fernando Antunez Aldunate (center) and Jędrzej Stępkowski (right), prominent members of Piotr Skarga Foundation Institute of Social and Religious Education during a March for Life and Family, 20.09.2020, Warsaw. Photo by Reporters Foundation

Tens of millions of zlotys, expensive properties, and a behind-the-scenes war for influence and money – we reveal the financial dealings of an empire built in Poland by a group of Catholic fundamentalists.

Konrad Szczygieł

20.11.2020