Eastern oligarchs are made by their kings – they don’t buy politicians because they are owned by them Continue reading
Tag Archives: corruption
What can the EU do with member states that walk back on freedom?
Redistributionism vs democracy, values, fundamental rights and freedoms Continue reading
Hungarians can’t even remember life before state capture
Another year – another shameful corruption acceptance ranking 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
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
If you want to spy, at least don’t do it like this
Giving access to confidential opposition documents to your Fidesz handler via Google docs is pathetic 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
Heads are rolling at Microsoft for what passes in Hungary, and the SEC just took a cut for its silence
Microsoft paid the SEC to keep its secrets and stop the investigation. It was still a good deal. Continue reading
