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Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Hungary between May 8-10, the Hungarian government confirmed after weeks of speculation. Xi will arrive in the Central European country after official visits to France and Serbia. Moreover, the restrictions on…

Reeling from a rare series of setbacks at home and abroad, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán acknowledged a shaky start to 2024 but vowed to make a strong comeback during his country’s presidency of the European Union in the second half of the…

Since Direkt36 reported based on leaked documents that a large-scale Chinese chemical trade hub would be set up in Budapest and the town of Záhony, the Orbán government has denied the plans. However, a letter sent by Orbán’s chief of staff on the…

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Shanghai, Nov. 5, 2018. Source: Li Tao / Zuma Press / Forum China would transport a significant part of its chemical production destined for Europe by rail to Hungary. The…

According to secret plans uncovered by Direkt36, the Orbán government is close to reaching an agreement with China to transport Chinese chemicals supplying battery factories and other industries in Europe by rail through a Hungarian hub. One possible…

Although Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government published its plans for the taxpayer funded Fudan Hungary University, it censored all politically sensitive and explosive information from the documents. Although Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s…

For the first time in ages, thousands of angry people rallied in Budapest to protest not some tax-hike or strict lockdown measures – but a Chinese university. While those lockdown measures still forbid such rallies, organizers found a loophole in the…

An internal conflict erupted in Hungary’s government as the Budapest Student City project, designed for low-income Hungarian university students, was scrapped in favor of a Chinese private university for wealthy foreigners. Direkt36 also acquired…

Revelations the Hungarian government is considering taking a huge, opaque and disadvantageous Chinese loan to pay for the construction of Fudan University’s new Budapest campus shows the depths that Orban’s Fidesz is willing to kowtow to Beijing.…

Huge Chinese loan to cover the construction of Fudan University in Budapest Chinese workers will construct Fudan’s Budapest campus using Chinese building materials, all covered by a Chinese loan, but the Hungarian state is the one paying the huge…

Those who tuned in to Klasszik Radio, a Budapest area classical music station, encountered something weird on June 24, 2011. The broadcast was suddenly interrupted, and regular European classical music was replaced by a Chinese-themed music-and-talk…

On the morning of April 3, a plane packed with protective equipment landed at Budapest Airport. A large part of the shipment – 50,000 face masks, 3,000 protective goggles and 3,000 protective clothing – were donated by the Chinese telecommunications…

Budapest. Photo:Shutterstock Viktor Orban’s government has found itself in the middle of a great power conflict in 2019. Last year, a new battleground emerged in the trade war between the United States and China. Washington accused Chinese…

The Trump administration is nervous about the good relationship between the Orban government and Huawei. The Chinese giant has been involved in several Hungarian state developments in recent years, and their devices have even emerged with Hungarian…

Early in the morning on January 8th, agents of the Polish Internal Security Agency entered the homes of Piotr D. and Wejing W. The former, who used to work in special services, was a manager at Orange, a telecommunications company. The latter was the…