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Reports indicate that visiting dignitaries, including Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, were accommodated at a luxury hotel owned by a close associate of the Hungarian government during official visits.
Checks are underway at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Minister Anita Orban announced that part of the documentation was destroyed, leading to a police investigation against Péter Szijjártó.
Reports claim that staffers from the Hungarian Foreign Ministry were allegedly rounded up to fill empty seats at press conferences held by Minister Péter Szijjártó. This practice was reportedly used to create the appearance of higher attendance.
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the recall of 37 heads of diplomatic missions. The decision was made by Foreign Minister Anita Orbán.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry will review citizenship applications from recent years, prompted by concerns that hundreds of foreigners without Hungarian ties may have received citizenship. Some individuals reportedly returned diplomatic passports discreetly before elections.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry is letting go of 45 employees, including close colleagues of Péter Szijjártó, though a state secretary denies it is a purge, stating the dismissals are by mutual agreement.
Reports indicate that the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, during Szijjártó's tenure, issued diplomatic passports at the request of Árpád Habony, with prominent figures like Rákay Philip, Schmidt Mária, and Balázs Dzsudzsák among the recipients.
Russia conducted a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv, utilizing hypersonic Oreshnik missiles, resulting in four deaths and significant destruction. The strikes drew widespread condemnation from European leaders, who described the attack as an escalation and a political scare tactic.
Days after the elections, the son of Gábor Kubatov, who serves as a department head in the Hungarian foreign ministry, held a meeting with Russian diplomats, though the reason for the encounter remains undisclosed.
Marcell Kubatov, son of Gábor Kubatov, has been appointed as the head of the Department of International Organizations within the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Despite winning court cases at multiple levels, including the Curia, Átlátszó reports that the Hungarian Foreign Ministry still refuses to disclose the costs of Péter Szijjártó's flights to Japan and Azerbaijan in 2021, prompting enforcement action.
Reports reveal that the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by Péter Szijjártó, paid above-market prices for respiratory equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Máté Paczolay, former press secretary for Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, explained that ministry staffers were used to fill seats at press conferences to ensure a full room, citing the need to avoid offending foreign guests.
Chinese automaker BYD has stated its intention to operate its new factory in Szeged, Hungary, with a long-term majority Hungarian workforce, in response to comments from the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's state secretary.
According to the Austrian Foreign Minister, the Hungarian government destroyed many documents in the foreign ministry, with the Hungarian government dictating an astonishing pace.
Hungary's Foreign Ministry has disclosed that storing ventilators purchased by the Orbán government has cost 2.3 billion forints to date, prompting the new government to launch an inter-ministerial investigation into the criticized procurements.
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has initiated the termination of employment by mutual agreement for 45 government officials, which the parliamentary state secretary describes as fair treatment rather than a purge.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has proposed and begun recalling 776 diplomatic and 176 service passports, following allegations that many were improperly issued to individuals outside of official diplomatic circles. The move comes amidst claims that friends, sports associations, business circles, and foreigners received diplomatic passports from Foreign Minister Szijjártó.
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a statement by László Palkovics, who claimed that pollution from battery factories had been discussed multiple times at government meetings. The ministry stated this does not contradict earlier statements by Foreign Minister Szijjártó.
Marcell Kubatov, head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's international organizations department, met with Pavel Tsvetov, a Russian embassy first secretary identified as a diplomat linked to intelligence services.
The children of two Fidesz vice-presidents, Gábor Kubatov and Szilárd Németh, are employed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with Kubatov's son serving as a department head and Németh's daughter moving to the Canberra embassy from Malaysia.
The Hungarian investigative journalism portal Átlátszó has initiated court enforcement proceedings against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has failed to release travel expense data despite a Supreme Court ruling.
An internal review suggests significant overpricing and financial losses linked to medical equipment acquisitions during the pandemic under former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's tenure.
Máté Paczolay, press officer for Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, explained how press conferences were organized to ensure rooms were never empty, responding to inquiries about whether foreign ministry staff were deployed for this purpose.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry is reportedly recalling the heads of its diplomatic missions in Moscow, Kyiv, and Berlin, including Jenő Csiszár and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's cousin.
According to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, a private company in Canada allegedly facilitated the acquisition of Hungarian citizenship for a fee, potentially ranging from $30,000 to $60,000.
According to the prosecution, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided nearly 300 million forints in non-refundable support to a VAT fraudster in 2020, who allegedly submitted false information in a competitiveness grant application.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry is embroiled in controversy as the government and former employees offer conflicting interpretations of a wave of resignations and firings, with some ex-staff claiming they were dismissed for political reasons.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry claims that sports clubs, business circles, and foreign individuals received diplomatic passports without justification from the previous government, potentially posing a national security risk.
Significant changes are expected in the Hungarian Foreign Ministry and foreign representations, with approximately 50 positions anticipated to change quickly, contributing to a difficult mood within the ministry.
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has denied accusations that it is shredding documents, stating that only "unnecessary documents" are being destroyed. These allegations come amidst reports that the Interior Ministry recently purchased new document shredders.
An investigation questions whether the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's new polling station designations, such as a suburban hotel in Munich and a panoramic hotel in Barcelona, disadvantage Hungarians voting abroad.