With the help of an expert, our paper explored how much truth there is to recent concerns.
2025. 07. 30. 11:03
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“Even in prison, people are different: you find idiots and normal folks in there, too. Just like in the army.”
2025. 07. 25. 12:10
While in most of Europe Russia is considered the greatest threat, Hungary stands out with an unusual result: Ukraine has taken second place on the list of perceived threats, according to the latest international survey by Pew Research. The perception of allies and enemies also highlights political fault lines.
2025. 07. 17. 13:20
In the market, there is currently only speculation as to which large Hungarian company has been put up for sale, and what has led to the sudden introduction of a state right of pre-emption in the event that a foreign investor wants to make a purchase.
2025. 07. 16. 11:18
A three-tiered company network has been built around the new private jet, ultimately leading to an international trust management group.
2025. 07. 11. 11:08
The government does not support allocating additional resources in 2026 for the reconstruction of the ageing residential water pipeline network – while companies and institutional actors are forced to pay for the necessary, though far from sufficient, developments through higher water tariffs.
2025. 07. 03. 09:16
Only one party preference poll was published in the first half of this year by institutions labelled as pro-Fidesz due to frequent government contracts. This is strikingly few compared to last year.
2025. 06. 25. 14:18
Despite the fake videos produced to smear Tisza’s politician were eventually deleted, hundreds of thousands of TikTok users had seen the content suggesting that András Kulja would abolish family allowance and drag Hungary into the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to the opposition politician, this could merely be the test phase of a later, much larger smear campaign.
2025. 06. 24. 11:45
Petrol and diesel could become 10 to 15 forints more expensive if the price of oil remains at the high level it reached following Friday's Israeli attack on Iran — according to an expert interviewed by 24.hu.
2025. 06. 16. 12:52
Is it possible, after all, to take back former state assets outsourced to public asset management foundations?
2025. 06. 05. 12:32
We summarise all that can be known about the law targeting independent civil society organisations and media currently awaiting adoption.
2025. 06. 03. 10:44
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The most heavily mined region of the world is found along the Russian-Ukrainian front. A detailed overview on the struggle where unexploded ordnance may pose deadly danger for decades.
2025. 04. 30. 13:32
With former Central Bank chief András Simor and Miklós Ligeti, legal director of Transparency International, we examined who could be held responsible at each level within the complex asset management network.
2025. 04. 22. 11:12
We asked five financial institutions, as well as the Hungarian Banking Association: how is the current situation regarding ATMs, and what do they think of the new government expectation?
2025. 04. 14. 10:29
The occasional temporary, critical weakening of the North Atlantic Current impacts Budapest's weather with a delay of just a few days: it causes colder winters, hotter summers, and extreme weather events each time. As the current slows, the ocean's heating and cooling effects weaken, along with the westerly flow that results in predictable weather and often brings precipitation. If the current were to stop completely, extreme weather would take over Europe.
2025. 04. 08. 11:23
Although the prospect of the police being able to retrospectively fine participants using a facial recognition system – meaning those attending Budapest Pride could be fined for up to 200,000 HUF under the recently passed law amendment – does indeed sound terrifying, an expert interviewed by 24.hu believes that with the currently available tools, authorities would struggle with even a medium-sized group of demonstrators, let alone a crowd numbering tens of thousands. What could drastically change the situation is the potential acquisition of Chinese technology.
2025. 04. 07. 10:57
Since Donald Trump took office, American authorities have toughened their stance, systematically detaining and then deporting illegal immigrants.
2025. 03. 24. 12:14
They are taking Lázár’s ministry to court, which will have to decide whether it was lawful for the Hungarian side to force its minority business partner into submission through sheer power.
2025. 03. 18. 10:27
Leaders bear immense responsibility as humanity may be facing the most crucial decisions in its history – says Yuval Noah Harari, one of the most celebrated historians of our time. Among other topics, we discussed why he considers the advent of artificial intelligence a much greater threat than African immigrants crossing the Mediterranean, what technological revolutions await politics, warfare, and religion, as well as how Europe can avoid becoming an American or Chinese colony.
2025. 03. 11. 11:12
Dorothea Hotel Plc., founded to manage the luxury hotel of the Tiborcz empire, was strengthened at the end of the year with a capital increase of nearly 1.5 billion forints. They did not respond to our question regarding why this step was necessary or whether the capital injection served to cover losses, but it is evident that the majority of the sum came from a private equity fund replete with public money.
2025. 03. 10. 12:05
De Gaulle has returned – and this time, he is German.
2025. 03. 07. 10:15
The previous world order has come to an end. In the new one, all that matter are brute force, power, and money, writes the former president of the Hungarian National Bank.
2025. 03. 05. 14:03
The Minister of Defence first purchased the former Tölgyes Manor with a panoramic view of Lake Balaton, then a few months later acquired Nagy & Nagy Winery along with its associated facilities. The press department of the Ministry of Defence responded to our inquiries with a single sentence.
2025. 02. 28. 12:27
Based on opinion polls, we examined how the Hungarian party system has shifted since Katalin Novák was brought down by the clemency scandal a year ago.
2025. 02. 25. 11:52
