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Like snakes in the grass: Lies, bribes and corruption and the NGO world
The recent Qatargate scandal reveals the two-faced nature of some NGOs, taking advantage of a privileged image to commit fraud and bribery for power.
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Fidesz: Left-wing MEPs possibly maintained links with defendant in Brussels corruption scandal
There was “strong suspicion” that “MEPs of the dollar left-wing”, including Klára Dobrev and István Ujhelyi possibly maintained links with the primary defendant in the scandal.
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Latest study by Nézőpont Institute: Majority of Hungarians believe the Brussels leadership is corrupt
More than half of Hungarians (54 percent) believe the European Union leadership to be corrupt, with even a third of government-critics (31 percent) holding the same view.
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Mrs. Gyurcsány caught in the act
Klára Dobrev toured Berlin on Friday, discussing corruption in Hungary with, ironically, the German chancellor who’s up to his neck in Germany’s biggest corruption scandal to date.
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Entrenched bias at New Statesman misses key facts on Hungary and OLAF
What’s particularly conspicuous in this latest article is the blatant bias in the reporting.
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FM: Joe Biden should address corruption allegations in connection with Ukraine
The foreign minister slammed Biden for recently making “totally unjust and unworthy” accusations against Hungary and Poland at a campaign event.
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Stop the presses: Soros-funded Transparency International worried about “big money” and its “undue influence” on politics
Make no mistake: Transparency International is part of George Soros’s wider network of “independent” NGOs. Like its affiliate in Hungary, this group receives ample funding from Soros’s Open Society Foundation, and it should surprise no one that that fact is reflected in the group’s biased analysis of Hungary.
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Let’s have a candid conversation about Finland
Hungary has become a popular topic among some in Finland recently. In an opinion piece published online in Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat, the former Finnish ambassador to Budapest, Petri Tuomi-Nikula, writes that “Hungary is one of the most corrupt countries in the European Union”.
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Hungary makes significant progress in the fight against corruption
Sándor Pintér welcomed significant progress in fighting corruption, adding that automated bureaucratic processes were of great help in “reducing the chance of temptations”
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Hungarian government creates reserve in budget to pay EU fines over Metro 4 line scandal under Socialist-led government
The Hungarian government believes that this may be the most significant abuse of EU funds since the end of communism
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Hungary's former government lands the country in hot water surrounding Metro 4 project scandal
OLAF had reviewed 400 billion HUF in concluded Metro 4 contracts and found inconsistencies in 272 billion HUF (880M EUR) worth of work. There were indications of five possible crimes at a total value of 166 billion HUF (540M EUR), and the EU is asking for the repayment of 59 billion HUF (192M EUR)
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Hungary's former Socialist government lands the country an 18 billion HUF fine by European Commission
The EU has determined major discrepancies with relation to eight contracts concluded between 2003 and 2009. This is the second largest sum that Hungary must repay following the corruption scandal relating to the Metro 4 project
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Former mayor of Budapest to face parliamentary committee over M4 corruption scandal
Gábor Demszky's lawyer said the former mayor would cooperate with any investigation and has nothing to hide