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Poland's former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted on several criminal charges in his home country, has fled Hungary to the United States, he confirmed on Sunday, after being granted asylum from former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orb?n's government last year.

We have continuously monitored the activities of the Orbán government and its inner circle from 2010 to 2026.

Hungary's next leader seeks to restore Central Europe's influence by drawing on its imperial heritage.

After returning to power in Hungary 16 years ago, Viktor Orbán began steadily dismantling the country's independent media, building a system that brought journalism increasingly under state control.

Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in classified and sensitive work.

In recent years, Hungary has emerged as one of the Kremlin's key allies within the European Union. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has praised Vladimir Putin, obstructed EU assistance to Ukraine, and repeatedly blocked sanctions against Russia — a notable shift from his earlier stance in the late 2000s, when he was more openly critical of the Kremlin.

Hungary's opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the election, bringing an end to Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power.

Hungary is set to hold parliamentary elections on April 12, and the country's future depends on their outcome.

The European Commission is being urged to investigate whether Hungary's elections are being undermined by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists, and voter coercion by the ruling party.

According to sources cited by Átlátszó, the individuals behind the surveillance of the Tisza Party — including the operative known as “Henry” — are unlikely to be part of the official staff of Hungary's Constitution Protection Office.

Meta restricted campaign messages on Facebook and Instagram in October, yet researchers studying disinformation caution that the prohibition has driven political promotions supporting Orb�n's Fidesz into the shadows

Present and past researchers profiting from profitable, state-funded agreements at Hungary's authoritarian-associated Danube Institute have invoked “security worries,” “confidentiality entitlements,” and anxieties about “advertisers” to rationalise concealing their identities

During the 1990s, bodybuilder László Kovács was employed by Igor Korol, one of the most powerful figures in organised crime in Budapest. Korol, in turn, was answerable to Semion Mogilevich, the leading figure in the Russian criminal world

When footage circulated widely online seeming to depict the execution of a Hungarian soldier, its unsettling content shocked all who viewed it

Over the last ten years, the Hungarian government has placed the nation's economic prospects on the battery sector

Confidential transcripts and audio files examined by The Insider and its investigative collaborators indicate that a direct communication line between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov might have been employed to transmit critical EU-related information to Moscow

According to information from the European Union's anti-corruption body, Olaf, Hungary retrieved and returned less than 20% of the funds identified by Brussels as at risk of fraud between 2015 and 2024

Authorities in five EU nations are “persistently and deliberately” undermining legal governance, Europe's foremost civil liberties organisation has cautioned

Next week, refuelling a typical family car is expected to amount to £100, according to Giles Sheldrick

The ex-President of the Commission states that there is "nothing stopping" EU member states from gathering without Hungary to deliberate on sensitive issues if trust has been compromised

Close to Hungary's frontier with Croatia and Serbia, a €747 million bridge over the Danube is under construction by a firm owned by László Szíjj, who is a business associate of the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's oldest friend

Hungary states it intends to obstruct the EU's proposed 20th set of sanctions and any other Ukraine-related resolutions needing consensus, until the Druzhba pipeline's oil supply to Hungary and Slovakia is reinstated

On Friday, Viktor Orbán is set to visit the White House as Hungary's far-right leader attempts to arrange another meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, which Orbán's aides assert might contribute to resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine

Thick metal pipes stretch across one of the galleries in Warsaw's Museum of Contemporary Art, forming part of an exhibit claiming to demonstrate "how the movement of gas, propaganda, and conspiracy theories are interconnected."