Private equity funds have become the primary tool for wealth concealment and siphoning off public funds in Hungary, while neither the operation of these funds nor state capital investments are transparent — as revealed in a recent study by Transparency International (TI) Hungary. Hungary's anti-money laundering regulations violate EU law, as they do not include provisions for recording the actual owners of private equity funds. Consequentially, the European Commission initiated infringement proceedings against Hungary in July 2024.

No matter how much the government is trying to emphasise that special taxes will be prevented from being passed on to the general public, profit-oriented companies keep finding ways to make us pay for what the government has mandated for them.

Top government personnel have been consistently receiving generous salary increases over the past five years, while government and public officials at the lower end of the hierarchy have only had their salaries raised once.

Chaos. Drama. Vulnerability. Tricks and tears. Catharsis and luck. An insane amount of luck. Our detailed overview of Gergely Karácsony’s mayoral campaign.

Corn crops will suffer greatly if the heat persists for another couple weeks – agricultural economist György Raskó told our newspaper. Last Wednesday

A Hungarian judge seeks to enforce proper compensation for judicial employees through the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.

Viktor Orbán has been working for three years to find a new political home for Fidesz in Europe, and now his efforts are paying off. At Fidesz’s

Despite losing some support irrespective of Tisza, Fidesz could have found itself in a position more comfortable and secure than before.

The Gyurcsány government leased the airport for 75 years and collected 464.5 billion forints. The Orbán government is offering 1,400 billion forints to buy out the foreign operators 56 years before the contract expires. According to this, "sovereignty" is worth three times more than the "failed privatization."

Has peace prevailed in Europe? Will Fidesz be able to find a party family? We have analysed Viktor Orbán's most important goals following the EP election.

Our assessment of János Csák’s two-year tenure.

Hungarian society is divided over the question whether the European Union should help Ukraine, and if so, what this assistance should entail.

Although EU membership has failed to meet the expectations of many Hungarians, a significant majority still believes that it was beneficial for the country to join the European Union twenty years ago.

Experts believe the sector's prospects are gloomy.

Last week’s attack on Robert Fico once again proved that assassinations, murders and attempted murders against political and public figures are much

A Ukrainian soldier shared his experiences of his ten months of Russian captivity at Budapest’s OSA Archive. Oleksiy Anulja was broken not only physically but also mentally.

Throughout Hungary, dozens of current and former mayors undeterred by the court proceedings, investigations or significant public scandals revolving around them are running once again for the office. Many have a chance to be re-elected on June 9, despite court rulings hanging above their heads like a sword of Damocles: should they be eventually sentenced to prison with final effect, their mayoral positions will be lost as per Hungarian law.

In just a few weeks, Hungary’s party system has been turned upside down by Péter Magyar’s newly founded Tisza Party. According to the current situation, five lists could be sending representatives to the European Parliament, but there is unusually large variation among surveys regarding whether the leading force of the opposition stands behind Péter Magyar or former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. An averaging of the polls might bring us closer to the truth.

István Ujhelyi became a Member of the European Parliament in the colours of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), and he is now leaving the European Parliament after ten years. Farewell interview about the Union, China, Péter Magyar, and his plans for the future.

In the end, the deciding factor for releasing some of the blocked EU funds was that the teachers had indicated their need for a pay raise. "We will check whether the money indeed goes to the teachers", Nicolas Schmit claims.

According to a prominent department head at ELTE, one of the most prestigious state universities, it is clearly solely a matter of political decision whether the state is willing to allocate an amount completely insignificant from a budgetary perspective to address the minimal adjustment of instructors' salaries – which have not shown an increase in the past two years, despite high inflation.

On March 15 – the anniversary of the 1848 revolution – the Prime Minister stated that while today Hungary stands alone, the country could soon be conquering Brussels. We have examined the possible pathways that could lead to such an outcome, and assessed their practical likelihood of success.

A recent IT labour market survey provides evidence that in 2023, significantly fewer IT positions were filled in the private sector than before, while the negative trend continued in the first two months of 2024.