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26 Feb 2021

Religion, Politics and Football – Orban’s Way to Tighten His Grip in Vojvodina

Aleksandar Vučić and Viktor Orban in Budapest, 2015; photo: BETA/ Nenad Petrović
A sports academy, an expensive fence for the football field in the churchyard, the restoration and work of churches whose priests preach to vote for Fidesz, the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, are only a few donations from the Hungarian government in Serbia from 2011 to 2020. Investments worth more than 70 million euros, according to experts CINS spoke to, are the Orban’s attempt to expand his political influence.

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The production of this investigation was supported by a grant from the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund.

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Mihaly
Mihaly
01 Mar 2021 08:38

Yeah, it would probably be better if the Serbian economy didn’t receive money at all…
How much money did CINS invest to help out Hungarian citizens in Serbia?
None?
That’s what I thought.

Milica Šarić
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Milica Šarić
13 Mar 2021 12:25
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Hungarian citizens paid around 12 million euros for the work of Hungarian media in Serbia from 2011 until the end of 2019. CINS investigation shows that the neighboring country financed information content, current expenses, and the purchase of real estate by media that show sympathy with Fidesz, the party of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, in terms of content and ownership. Experts say this was a purchase of influence in Serbia. CINS also reveals the reason of the oldest Hungarian newspaper’s editor-in-chief dismissal, and why the votes of Vojvodina Hungarians are important for the result in the European parliament elections.