European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF)

14/03/2017

Former Socialist Prime Minister Medgyessy denies responsibility in metro 4 case

Metro 4 fraud
27/02/2017

Fidesz: Former Budapest officials expected to appear before parliament’s economic committee over OLAF report

Former senior officials of Budapest are expected to appear before parliament's economic committee on Tuesday
20/02/2017

Hungary Trends – The week in business and finance

Budapest (MTI) – See below MTI’s main business and financial news from the previous week: HUNGARY Q4 GDP GROWTH REACHES 1.6 PC Hungary’s GDP grew by […]
15/02/2017

Former leaders stay away from parliament hearing into alleged Metro 4 project graft

Budapest, February 15 (MTI) – Péter Medgyessy, Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Gordon Bajnai, Hungary’s prime ministers before 2010, and former Budapest Mayor Gábor Demszky did not turn […]
15/02/2017

Fidesz: Those named in OLAF report should clear themselves in parlt committee

Budapest (MTI) – Those affected by the European anti-fraud office OLAF report about the alleged fraud case concerning the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line should […]
12/02/2017

Government: Metro 4 case ‘textbook example of fraud’

Budapest, February 12 (MTI) – The report by the European Union’s anti-fraud office OLAF identifying corruption surrounding Hungary’s metro 4 construction project shows that the handling […]
12/02/2017

Fidesz seeks prosecutor’s help in informing public about OLAF metro report

Budapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party has reached out to Péter Polt, the chief prosecutor, requesting his help in informing the public about the details […]
10/02/2017

Jobbik: Both Socialists, Fidesz ‘up to their necks’ in metro scandal

Budapest, February 10 (MTI) – The Socialists, now in opposition, “divided the loot” with the now-ruling Fidesz party in the metro four construction scheme, the opposition […]
10/02/2017

Prosecutor holds talks with OLAF chief

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s public prosecution service is cooperating with the European anti-fraud office (OLAF) to pursue crimes that harm the European Union’s financial interests, Péter […]
09/02/2017

Weekly government press briefing: Metro fraud, abortions, fostered workers and migration

Budapest, February 9 (MTI) – János Lázár, the government office chief, has called Budapest’s metro 4 construction “the gravest corruption case” in the past few decades. […]
08/02/2017

Government office starts procedure to reveal irregularities in metro 4 construction

Makó (MTI) – The Prime Minister’s Office has launched a procedure to reveal irregularities suspected in the construction of the city’s fourth metro line, the government […]
07/02/2017

Former Budapest mayor Demszky to brief corruption probe committee

Budapest, February 7 (MTI) – The former liberal mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky, is expected to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating corruption surrounding the construction […]
05/02/2017

Jobbik urges parliamentary investigation into OLAF M4 findings

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – The opposition Jobbik party has proposed setting up a parliamentary committee to investigate findings by the European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) […]
05/02/2017

Ruling Fidesz proposes committee to look into OLAF metro project findings

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Ruling Fidesz has proposed that Budapest’s city council should set up an ad hoc committee to look into alleged corruption involved […]
03/02/2017

Govt publishes OLAF report, blames previous cabinets for corruption scandal

Budapest, February 3 (MTI) – Findings of an investigation by the European Union anti-fraud office (OLAF) “clearly shows” that the previous, Leftist governments and Budapest’s earlier […]
25/01/2017

Prosecutor: Hungary investigates all OLAF reports

Budapest, January 25 (MTI) – The prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that it had launched investigations into every report it had received from the European Union’s […]
24/01/2017

Budapest mayor urges publication of OLAF report on Metro 4

Budapest, January 24 (MTI) – Budapest Mayor István Tarlós has called it “unfortunate” that a report by the European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) concerning suspected corruption […]
21/01/2017

Budapest mayor: Fine for metro 4 fraud could be lower than first projected

Budapest (MTI) – The fine Hungary is expected to receive from the European Commission for irregularities uncovered by Europe’s anti-fraud office OLAF in connection with Budapest’s […]
20/01/2017

Orbán’s cabinet: Socialist-Liberal city leaders bear responsibility for metro 4 scandal

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – It is clear that the previous Socialist-Liberal leadership of Budapest’s municipal council bear political responsibility for the corruption scandal surrounding the […]
19/01/2017

Central prosecution investigating Alstom case

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – The central investigating chief prosecutor’s office (KNYF) is conducting a full-scale investigation into the case concerning French engineering company Alstom’s contracts […]