Political rights in Hungary are at their lowest ebb since the fall of communism in 1989, according to a global corruption index released Tuesday by the watchdog Transparency International.

Responding to the investigation, Transparency International Hungary said it had filed a constitutional complaint with the country's Constitutional Court, arguing that the sovereignty protection ...

Transparency International Hungary on Tuesday (25 June) said that it had come under investigation by a controversial new agency set up under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government ...

In 2024, Hungary ranked last among member states of the European Union in Transparency International's (TI) global corruption list, with 41 points. This put the country in 82nd place out of 180 ...

Transparency International (TI), which compiles the Corruption Perceptions Index, said that of the 180 nations overall it surveyed, about a quarter have notched their lowest score since the NGO ...

Transparency International, in its Corruption Perceptions Index, has ranked Hungary as the most corrupt in the European Union for two years in a row, and the targeting of the two organisations ...

Hungary is perceived as having the worst public sector corruption record in the EU, according to Transparency International’s latest report.. With scores ranging from 42 to 46 out of 100, Hungary, ...

Transparency International's "Corruption Perceptions Index" for 2024 shows that many countries, whether they are dealing with rising temperatures or have hosted UN climate summits, have poorer ...

The CPI is published yearly by Transparency International. ... it added, is characterised as a flawed democracy in the Index. ... only Bulgaria and Hungary rank lower than Malta in the 2024 index.

Because Hungary is not some eccentric outlier, but a test case for how far illiberal democracy can stretch the bounds of EU membership. Each law that goes unchallenged becomes a blueprint for others.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian authority tasked with defending the nation's sovereignty against foreign influence has launched an investigation into the Hungarian branch of anti-corruption… ...

Hungary was the worst performing EU country in the NGO's annual Corruption Perceptions Index, while Denmark scored the best. Corruption across EU countries has gotten worse for a second ...