Overview
- Prosecutors and investigators from the national tax authority carried out raids on offices that host Fidesz party servers on Tuesday as part of a criminal probe into alleged embezzlement at the National Cultural Fund.
- The Bács-Kiskun County prosecutor's office confirmed the action is linked to an investigation into misuse of NKA grants and limited further comment to avoid compromising the ongoing inquiry.
- Fidesz says investigators arrived without notice with the aim of seizing the party’s communications system and databases while the party and Viktor Orbán called the move an unlawful attack.
- Six current and former officials have been charged over roughly 17 billion forints in disputed NKA payments and those accused deny wrongdoing as prosecutors seek documents and electronic records.
- The raids deepen a sharp political clash since the April election that toppled Orbán, with Tisza pursuing institutional purges and constitutional changes as it works to regain EU trust and unfreeze billions in funds.