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: Inside the Kremlin’s Worries; Chinese Spy Suspicions in Budapest; NATO’s Intel Fault Lines

22.01.2026 Newsletter
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Goulash: Orbán Shelters More Polish Asylum Seekers; Slovakia’s Turbulent Year Explained

08.01.2026 Newsletter
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Goulash: Russian Spies and Sabotage; Orbán Meddles Abroad; Online Hate and Doxing – Best of 2025

31.12.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: The Plan Behind US Envoy Picks to Poland and Hungary; Babiš’s Base in Budapest Revealed

11.12.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Rendez-vous with Putin Behind Allies’ Backs; Slovak Pistols and Czech Cocaine Pilots

27.11.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Hungary’s Help in Polish Fugitive’s Escape Probed; Babiš Targets Czech NGOs and Journalists

13.11.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Putin’s Priest from Karlovy Vary at the FSB HQ Shooting Range; Article 7 Against Slovakia

30.10.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Orbán’s Spies in Brussels; Czech and Moldova Elections in the Spotlight

16.10.2025 Newsletter
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Inside the Fall of Viktor Orbán’s Secret Brussels Spy Network

13.10.2025
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Goulash: Prague Isn’t Turning Into Budapest; Visegrád24’s Operations Exposed

02.10.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Putin’s Terror Plot: We Found Out How the GRU Sent Parcel Bombs Across Europe

18.09.2025 Newsletter
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Crossing NATO Lines: Tracing the GRU’s Explosive Parcel Bombs

18.09.2025
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Goulash: Orbán’s Yacht & Plane Watch; Babiš Allies Mobilize; China Headaches for Hungary

04.09.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Kremlin Intel Ops Fuel Hungary–Ukraine Feud; Trump Invites Fico to Sign $15B Deal

24.07.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Plan B for Orbán’s Defeat, Russian Doxing of Central Europeans, and V4 Defense Dilemmas

10.07.2025 Newsletter
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Goulash: Hungarian Intel, Russian Airstrike; GRU Travel Agency for Fico’s Allies

26.06.2025 Newsletter
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