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Informal Fidesz lobby starts to take shape in Brussels

Two young Hungarians, sent by the government in Budapest, have been organising informal evenings for their compatriots in the "Brussels bubble". This embryonic lobby can only be good news for the Hungarian authorities, which are mobilising hard in the European Union capital.

Viktor Orban's intelligence corps keeps watch in Brussels

Hungary's two-year battle for access to EU funding has had a profound effect on its external intelligence missions. The Informacios Hivatal's priority is now to carefully observe EU policymakers in Brussels.

Hungarian intelligence presses ahead with reforms in midst of upheavals

Against the backdrop of Russia's war on Ukraine, Budapest's intelligence community, which is currently undergoing major reforms, is seeking a new balance as it struggles to attract new recruits and faces scrutiny from its NATO allies.

The Intelligence Gazette
Access to UK Special Forces, DGSI and criminal records, JIO's new hub, TurkStream under threat and spying on French pilots in China?

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on London, Paris and Budapest.

United KingdomBen Wallace and the Defence Committee cross swords over parliamentary control of UK Special Forces.

FranceDGSI to have permanent access to criminal records file.

United KingdomThe Joint Intelligence Organisation creates an OSINT "insights hub".

HungaryBudapest scans TurkStream for sabotage risks.

FranceIs DGSE now keeping an eye on ex-Air Force staff abroad following Intelligence Online's revelations?

Giant Hungarian battery plant project strengthens Beijing's position in Central Europe

The €7.34bn investment to be made in the Hungarian city of Debrecen by Chinese electric battery specialist CATL confirms the success of China's diplomatic strategy in the region.

4G interception soon available to all hackers

Researchers have developed low-cost methods for intercepting mobile IMSI numbers in what promises to be a first step towards call interception

Viktor Orban’s tightrope act

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has hired Liberty International Group, [...]

Argus Security Projects

Argus Security Projects, the Budapest-registered security company that works for [...]

Argus Security, EU's Hungarian guards

Solidly established in the Balkan states and also in the Arab world, one of the European Commission's principal security contractors is a Hungarian company set up by ex-soldiers.

Hungarians snubbed

A member of NATO which did not contribute to the [...]

The SVR

The SVR, Moscow's external intelligence service, is suspected of ties [...]

Centralised intelligence

Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary, which currently holds [...]

Sandor Laborc

Sandor Laborc was stripped of his post as boss of [...]

Making Fun of Spies

In a somewhat bizarre attempt to brush up the image [...]

Rogue Bugging Center

Enjoying access to various communications systems, several former intelligence agents have been listening in for six years to conversations of government ministers and importany corporate bosses.

Sandor Laborc

Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany appointed Sandor Laborc as boss [...]

A Man With a Murky Past

Intelligence agencies in several countries are highly interested in the arrest of Peter Wilhelm, boss of a high-tech Hungarian firm, in Paris.