The need for media literacy grows ever more important

This morning, two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall. The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in hospital.

Parliament denounced Azerbaijan’s poor human rights record and called on the EU to end its gas dependency on Baku. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…

Me and Ella Chakarian for Pulitzer Center. This story took months of reporting. Please give it a read 🤍 pulitzercenter.org/stories/price-…

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in peace talks since the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, an effort commended by Western representatives. Yet for Armenians, a gulf exists between a forced peace and dignified peace. pulitzercenter.org/stories/price-…

Western representatives praise the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks as capable of bringing dignified peace to the region. Our reporting from Armenia shows a far more complex reality.

❗️🇭🇺 Election system overhaul”. Just weeks after opposition Tisza party overtook Fidesz in polls, #Hungarian justice committee submits bill to change the election system. This includes a redrawing of the election map, Budapest sending two MPs less to Parliament. Stay tuned

❗️#Hungarian CIA reportedly spied on EU officials. Officials from EU anti-fraud office were allegedly followed, wiretapped and had their laptops hacked by Hungary’s intelligence agency. Original story by Szabolcs Panyi politico.eu/article/hungar…

💥💥NEW INVESTIGATION: Hungary spied on EU officials, including OLAF investigators who were probing the company of PM Orbán’s son-in-law. However, there’s a twist to the story: Hungary’s intelligence agency became entangled in internal political rivalries. direkt36.hu/en/english-eu-…

🚨 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! 🎥🔥

🎥🍿 Full house at direkt36’s 10th birthday party and the exclusive screening of “The Dynasty: How Viktor Orbán’s Business Empire Was Born”. Huge thanks to our supporters & the creators! The first documentary on the Orbán family’s enrichment—coming soon to YouTube! Andras Petho

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…

"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…

Interjút készített velem a Válasz Online. Itt olvasható: valaszonline.hu/2025/02/12/sze…

“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.” Andras Petho co-founder of direkt36 buff.ly/BTrK2Cr

💥Viktor Orbán’s main lobbying arm abroad, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), was founded by his ex-national security advisor András Tombor. 444 reveals testimonies suggesting MCC’s founder was the “godfather” behind a decade-long scheme siphoning public funds from Budapest.🧵

🌈💪Billboards across Budapest now display a photo of Hungary’s largest-ever Pride March—banned by Orbán, defied by 200K people, and turned into a mass anti-government rally—put up by the capital’s opposition-led leadership. No text—just a photo of a crowd like never seen before.