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Black Cube-style operation used in smear campaign against NGOs
The video interviews published by pro-government Hungarian newspaper aimed at discrediting foreign correspondents and NGOs critical of the government were made under suspicious circumstances.
Gabriella Horn
Orbán’s nominee for president: anti-gender crusader Katalin Novák
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán announced Fidesz will put forward Katalin Novák for president. The step ensures Orbán’s party will have an ally in the office even if they lose the general elections coming up in spring. Former minister for families Novák is the face of the Hungarian government’s anti-gender campaign and interacted with various Russian individuals believed to be close to intelligence operations.
Márton Sarkadi Nagy
Hungary is buying real estate in Slovakia through an unassuming company
The Hungarian government of Viktor Orban is directly purchasing real estate in neighbouring countries, using an unassuming company and a state foundation to do so.
Peter Kapitán
NGO wins in the European Court of Justice: OLAF’s Elios report must be made public
Viktor Orban’s son-in-law – István Tiborcz – co-owned and managed the company, Elios Innovatív Zrt at the time when it won contracts to install new street lights in towns across Hungary.
Gabriella Horn
Orban’s Hungary seen through the lens of a Polish photographer
Trying to muzzle Hungary’s top news site was a bad idea
Szabolcs Panyi: I was hacked with Pegasus software
Orban put me at the same level as a dangerous criminal – says Panyi, a surveilled Hungarian journalist and a member of the international team revealing Pegasus Project.
The ‘Far-Right International’: Genuine coalition prospects or media stunt?
The pandemic did not kill the far right. Nor did it stifle media interest in the topic. The painstaking attention devoted to the formation of a ‘Far-Right International’ revolving around the Hungarian Fidesz, the Italian League, and the Polish Law and Justice (PiS) parties is a good case in point.