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Sovereignty Protection Office: Network interfering with Hungary’s 2022 election is still active
The Sovereignty Protection Office said 5.5 million US dollars were sent to Hungary through US-registered Action for Democracy (A4D).
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Sovereignty Protection Office: Foreign network active in 2022 election influence and war escalation
The network that influenced Hungary's 2022 parliamentary elections from abroad remains active today and is working towards escalating the war in Ukraine, according to a report released by the Sovereignty...
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Zoltán Kovács: The sovereignty protection law is being attacked because its aim is to prevent foreign influence
In his post, Zoltán Kovács stressed that 98 percent of the Hungarian people agreed with the tightening of the law in the national consultation, and therefore the government will stand...
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Fidesz: Foreign money clearly linked to Karácsony
Zsolt Wintermantel addressed Karácsony, asking him whether he did not feel that his silence on the matter was “highly embarrassing”.
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The plot thickens: Karácsony’s campaign funding is reported for potential fraud
Budapest mayor Karácsony’s political movement is reported for the possibly fraudulent disclosure of their funding’s sources by OTP bank
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Fidesz official demands to know who funded Karácsony’s election campaign
“Gergely Karácsony and the dollar left have yet to absolve themselves of the money laundering scandal,” István Hollik said in a video statement.
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Fidesz: Budapest Mayor clearly involved in money laundering in 2021
Máté Kocsis insisted that the leftist parties had abandoned the political consensus around campaign financing and “made an alliance with foreign billionaires to go around the rules”.
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Rolling Dollars Scandal: A 52-page document has been declassified and it reveals the Left-Liberal opposition’s deceptions
A 52-page document just declassified by the National Information Center suggests current Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony received more than HUF 500 million of foreign money during his election campaign.
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Rolling Dollars Scandal: Recent findings of the State Audit Office reveal the possibly illegal campaign spending of the Hungarian Left
According to the investigation conducted by the State Audit Office (ÁSZ), prime ministerial candidate Péter Márki-Zay’s association burned through nearly HUF 1.7 billion of foreign funds on their failed election campaign.
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ÁSZ launches investigation into foreign campaign donations received by left-wing opposition
Erik Bánki said there were “strong suspicions” that the donations constituted illegal party financing and that the opposition parties had violated the election law by accepting them.
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Kocsis: Hungarian left-wingers represent Western pro-war forces
Máté Kocsis referred to the Fidesz-sponsored “pro-peace” bill recently submitted to lawmakers, and said the declarations contained in the bill were based on the opinion of ordinary Hungarians “expressed time and again”.
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Fidesz: Soros behind foreign campaign financing of Hungary’s left-wing
“The dollar left is keeping quiet about its 4 billion forints [EUR 10.2m] worth of foreign financing, but the picture is becoming ever clearer,” Fidesz communications director István Hollik said.
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Here’s the latest on the “rolling dollars”: Action for Democracy transferred hundreds of millions even before its foundation
Of course, the largest case of campaign financing fraud in Hungary’s democratic history did not trigger the crowd who’s always so concerned for free and fair elections in Hungary.