@andraspe

🇭đŸ‡ș journalist, @direkt36 co-founder, alum of @bbcworldservice and @washingtonpost. Nieman'20 #PanamaPapers #PegasusProject Tips: https://xitter.cf/t.co/UR2yipwRsF

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Joined June 2009
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Want to know how Viktor Orbán’s people secretly financed the acquisition of Euronews, one of the biggest news channels in Europe? Read the English version of our joint investigation with @lemondefr and @expresso. direkt36.hu/en/bizalmas-irat


Secret documents reveal that Orbán’s people were behind the purchase of one of Europe’s biggest TV...

Two years ago, a Portuguese businessman with good Hungarian government connections bought the Euronews TV channel. Direkt36, together with Le Monde and Expresso, found out that a large part of the...

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“We found a special position in the Hungarian media landscape. We’re not part of the news cycle. We focus all of our resources on investigative projects, reporting on stories that matter for the audience.” @andraspe co-founder of @direkt36 buff.ly/BTrK2Cr

A Hungarian investigative news site finds YouTube success with an “old-fashioned” documentary

"In a bizarre way, the government propaganda also helped create some buzz around the film."

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Zsuzsi Lippai@zsuzsiness2 Apr 2025
So proud to see @direkt36 from Hungary featured when I opened my @NiemanLab newsletter yesterday - and what and a great lesson learned about the how to leverage multimedia as a digital newsroom in a screen heavy society.
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@NiemanLab1 Apr 2025
“We found a special position in the Hungarian media landscape. We’re not part of the news cycle. We focus all of our resources on investigative projects, reporting on stories that matter for the audience.” @andraspe co-founder of @direkt36 buff.ly/BTrK2Cr

A Hungarian investigative news site finds YouTube success with an “old-fashioned” documentary

"In a bizarre way, the government propaganda also helped create some buzz around the film."

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Thank you @TheAtlantic and @griffwitte for the opportunity!
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@TheAtlantic15 Mar 2025
Trump's moves to curb independent media look familiar to the Hungarian journalist @andraspe: "The MAGA authorities have learned Orbán's lessons well." theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv


Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar

Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

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Griff Witte@griffwitte15 Mar 2025
Trump's moves to curb independent media look familiar to Hungarian investigative journalist @andraspe: “The MAGA authorities have learned Orbán’s lessons well.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv


Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar

Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

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Trump's moves to curb independent media look familiar to the Hungarian journalist @andraspe: "The MAGA authorities have learned Orbán's lessons well." theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv


Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar

Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

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ISOJ@ISOJ20268 Mar 2025
Join us at ISOJ 2025 for a panel with @AMLwhere, on the challenges journalists face in declining democracies. ✊📰 Hear from: @CarlosDada– El Salvador 📰 @gulsinharman– Turkey 📰 @khanumarfa– India 📰 @andraspe– Hungary  Learn more: isoj.org/program-2025/
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Paul Radu@IDashboard12 Feb 2025
For those in doubt: investigative reporting is free speech. We work in the interest of the many and against the interests of the few who try to rob them blind. occrp.org/en/feature/investi


Investigative Reporting Is Free Speech, Not ‘Treason’

I wrote a story that was cited by a whistleblower complaint that led to Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Now, it’s being used to attack foreign aid and the free press as part of a conspiracy theory....

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đŸ’„@direkt36's 56-minute documentary on Viktor OrbĂĄn's family enrichment is a huge success—2.2M views in a country of 9.7M. While OrbĂĄn’s propagandists smear us, we’re receiving unprecedented support and gratitude from our audience. 🎬Watch the movie here: youtube.com/watch?v=bZ4SXv9q

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Telex@Telexhu8 Feb 2025
This documentary tells the story of the business dealings of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, we also show the luxurious world built by Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz... telex.hu/english/2025/02/08/


The Dynasty – Direkt36's documentary about the economic empire of the Orbán family

This documentary tells the story of the business dealings of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, we also show the luxurious world built by Viktor...

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“The Dynasty”: a documentary on how Viktor #Orban’s family got so rich. By @direkt36 about corruption in #Hungary on the highest level youtube.com/watch?v=bZ4SXv9q

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The new @direkt36 documentary is finally released! “The Dynasty” investigates how Viktor Orban’s family got so rich. Everyone should watch and learn the mechanisms of corruption. (Featuring reporting by me) youtu.be/bZ4SXv9qJHM?si=NFT8

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I’m extremely proud to have been part of this project. Simple, clear, old-fashioned storytelling is still powerful.
direkt36@direkt368 Feb 2025
"The Dynasty" - Direkt36's new documentary has reached one million views. Thank you! If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch it here: youtu.be/bZ4SXv9qJHM?si=W5bF

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Stay tuned đŸŽ„
direkt36@direkt3629 Jan 2025
🚹 THE DYNASTY: HOW THE BUSINESS EMPIRE OF VIKTOR ORBÁN’S FAMILY WAS BORN 🚹‹ The very first documentary on the Hungarian PM’s family wealth is coming soon on Direkt36—also with English subtitles! Stay tuned & spread the trailer! đŸŽ„đŸ”„
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🔎💰 Behind the Orbán government’s “pro-family” policies lies vast corruption—benefiting one family the most: Viktor Orbán’s. My colleagues spent months on this documentary, the first in-depth film on corruption at the highest level in Hungary. Coming soon—stay tuned! @direkt36
direkt36@direkt3629 Jan 2025
🚹 THE DYNASTY: HOW THE BUSINESS EMPIRE OF VIKTOR ORBÁN’S FAMILY WAS BORN 🚹‹ The very first documentary on the Hungarian PM’s family wealth is coming soon on Direkt36—also with English subtitles! Stay tuned & spread the trailer! đŸŽ„đŸ”„
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Orla Barry@orla_barry24 Jan 2025
"Brace yourself for the worst". That's the advice to US journalists from reporters in Hungary. With thanks to @direkt36 @andraspe @JyShapiro @ecfr @MertekMonitor Listen back on @TheWorld theworld.org/segments/2025/0


Could Hungary be the media model for the Trump administration? - The World from PRX

There are some media commentators who are concerned that US democracy, and the media that monitors it, are going the way of Hungary. There, democracy was not overthrown by tanks in the streets, mass...

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...and the Transparency-Soma 2024 Award goes to: Zoltán Jandó, journalist of @G7gazdasag and Szabolcs Panyi & András PethƑ, investigative journalists of @direkt36! We had a wonderful ceremony on Friday evening. Again, we congratulate the winners for their amazing work! – at Budapest, Hungary
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đŸ„łWe just won Hungary's annual prize for best investigative journalism, the Soma-Transparency Award, with @andraspe! 🏆It's @direkt36's 4th win in 5 years—a huge achievement for our small but mighty non-profit team. 🔎This year, we uncovered 🇭đŸ‡șspying on EU institutions... 1/4
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This month in Cartagena, journalists & filmmakers from 25+ countries gathered at #FloodlightSummit to explore turning truth-based reporting into impactful fiction films & series. The future of investigative storytelling, w/our partner @FundacionGabo: occrp.org/en/announcement/in

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👀💰For the first time, Viktor Orbán was confronted with our reporting that Hungarian intelligence surveilled OLAF investigators while they were probing his son-in-law's company for defrauding EU taxpayers. He didn’t deny it... Here’s our original story: direkt36.hu/en/english-eu-in

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ICYMI: đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡ș EU Investigators Probing OrbĂĄn’s Son-in-Law Surveilled, Sparking Intelligence Agency Infighting @andraspe @direkt36 direkt36.hu/en/english-eu-in


EU Investigators Probing Orbán’s Son-in-Law Surveilled, Sparking Intelligence Agency Infighting -...

Direkt36 has revealed that during JĂĄnos LĂĄzĂĄr's administration, the Information Office was monitoring OLAF staff investigating suspicious projects linked to the son-in-law of Viktor OrbĂĄn. They tried...

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