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Orbán’s brother detained in Hungary as corruption investigations reach former PM’s inner circle

Áron Orbán is suspected of involvement in people smuggling, in a case linked to illegal sale of work permits to foreigners

Orbán’s government negotiated €5bn Chinese loan framework weeks before his defeat

Beijing’s model in Hungary: preferential credit, Chinese contractors, and long-term leverage

Hungary’s former communist-era PM claims he read young Orbán informant reports

Orbán denies the allegation; the claim surfaces amid Hungary’s opening of communist-era secret police files

Finally revealed: Szijjártó’s Japan-Azerbaijan trip cost taxpayers Nearly €412,000

The investigative media Átlátszó obtained the figures after more than two years of litigation

Hungary opens communist-era informer files: a symbolic reckoning on tragic anniversary

For the new government, the move is presented as completing the “regime change” and restoring transparency after decades of selective access

Trump floated Orbán as joint U.S.-Russia-China candidate for UN Secretary-General

The former PM has shown interest but has been reluctant to enter without confidence of winning; an announcement could be deferred until after U.S. midterm elections

Hungary’s Magyar dismantles Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ law. The EU unlocks €4.2 billion in funds

Tisza-led parliament amends 2021 child-protection law; EU ends 2022 funding freeze

Hungary trades its EU veto for a Ukraine minority-school law

A sequenced deal would open two Ukrainian accession clusters on 13 October if Kyiv passes education changes

The Board of Peace, transatlantic loyalties, and the monetisation of diplomacy

Hierarchy with a membership fee: how Trump’s Board reprices democracy in Wider Europe

Hungary’s parliament lifts immunity of PM Magyar and two former Orbán ministers

The vote clears the way for separate criminal investigations as Magyar’s government steps up scrutiny of alleged corruption under Viktor Orbán

A no-staff firm was asked to bid for two huge Hungarian sports events 

Átlátszó keeps uncovering how public money was spent in the Orbán years. This time the trail leads to a shell company invited to organise championships worth more than €10 million.

Hungary probes state bank over Orbán-time €1bn loan to North Macedonia

The inquiry represents one of the most significant early actions by the government of Prime Minister Péter Magyar

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