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Hungary’s parliament elected Andras Baka, a former head of the Supreme Court, as the country’s next president on ‌Tuesday, a symbolic step in Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s effort to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban’s bastions of power.

In mid-April, significant events took place in the criminal trial—which has been ongoing for years at the Székesfehérvár Regional Court—regarding the alleged embezzlement case at the Ministry of Agriculture.

Bálint Ruff, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, signed the decision, meaning that at the end of July the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation (MCC) will cease to exist, along with all “public-interest asset management foundations performing public duties” (KEKVA).

A company owned by Péter Szijjártó’s close associate, Szilárd Benkő, was involved in an African investment project financed by a Hungarian loan and participated in multiple foreign affairs-related deals, though the former minister insists he was unaware of these activities.

Hungary’s opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the election, bringing an end to Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power.

The European Commission is being urged to investigate whether Hungary’s elections are being undermined by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists, and voter coercion by the ruling party.

According to sources cited by Átlátszó, the individuals behind the surveillance of the Tisza Party — including the operative known as “Henry” — are unlikely to be part of the official staff of Hungary’s Constitution Protection Office.

Meta blocked political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in October, but misinformation researchers warn that the ban has pushed political ads by Orbán’s Fidesz underground.

When a video went viral appearing to show a Hungarian soldier’s execution, its disturbing nature came as a shock to anyone who saw it.

Over the past decade, the Hungarian government has staked the country’s economic future on the battery industry