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.

Russian Diplomats with GRU Ties: Hungary’s Special Guests

15.10.2024
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Goulash: GRU officers embraced in Budapest; Online hoax in Slovakia’s election

10.10.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Orban money in a foreign election, again; Putin’s troll factory helps the far-right

26.09.2024 Newsletter
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Hungarian and CEE “Peace” Movements Serve the Kremlin’s Interests

18.09.2024
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Goulash: Hungary fronting for China; neo-Nazi networks busted; Slovak spyware scare

12.09.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Orbán’s big day at risk; Patriots for Europe’s first rift

29.08.2024 Newsletter
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Babiš, Under Investigation in France, Sells His €22.5 Million Chateau

08.08.2024
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Goulash: Zelensky asks for Orbán’s help; Trump-Vance ticket thrills Budapest

25.07.2024 Newsletter
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Orbán’s meeting with Putin was plotted behind EU, NATO allies’ back

05.07.2024
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Goulash: Orbán courting Trump; Budapest’s Olympics bid revived; RFE plans for Slovakia

27.06.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: NATO doubts about Hungary, Orbán’s son hunts for uranium & oil

13.06.2024 Newsletter
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Poland’s most wanted man enjoys secret luxury life in Budapest

05.06.2024
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Goulash: Orbán opens the door to Chinese surveillance tech & hundreds of Russians

23.05.2024 Newsletter
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Goulash: Chinese affairs in Hungary, Slovakia; new Russia investigations

09.05.2024 Newsletter
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Cash-strapped Hungary expects economic support from Xi Jinping’s visit

29.04.2024
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EU Parliament condemns Russian interference, praises investigative journalism

26.04.2024
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