12x more corrupt than Romania, 8x more than Slovakia Continue reading
Category Archives: Corruption is a feature, not a bug
Oligarchs don’t buy politicians here – It’s the other way around
Eastern oligarchs are made by their kings – they don’t buy politicians because they are owned by them Continue reading
The Orbán-government’s go-to excuse is that “it is a private business’ internal affair”
Too bad it’s a willful misrepresentation of the truth Continue reading
Is it possible that Covid-19 was used as an excuse to accelerate corruption?
During Covid-19 68% of crony companies’ tender winnings went down without even symbolic competition Continue reading
3% of the national railways’ annual profit is lost on just this one line
The equivalent of 3% of the 2019 profit of the Hungarian national railway was spent through car sharing apps on just this tiny, little piece of railway between Debrecen and Mátészalka, because commuters desperate for alternatives ditched the unreliable and painfully slow trains. Continue reading
Is that a tiny little purge I’m seeing?
Some low level cronies get busted. Is it a message? And if so, to whom? Continue reading
Demographers don’t get the point of buying 7-seated cars for families.
That’s because they don’t understand that the point of policy is corruption, not demography Continue reading
The unbearable tackiness of Orbán’s kleptocracy
The cronies near the honey pot of EU funds are not very sophisticated yet. Maybe the next generation will pick up some manners Continue reading
What’s the point of resisting freedom of information requests if they can just release false data?
They may be even bad at falsifying data Continue reading
The Baby Loan That Wasn’t
Orbán pulled a nasty trick on gullible couples who applied for the loan-for-babies state program Continue reading
