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This is what Atlatszo reported last week

Military aircraft are covertly used as government planes in Hungary during the pandemic

Four airplanes of the Hungarian Defence Forces, namely two Airbus A319 and two Dassault Falcon 7X, were frequently used during the Covid-19 pandemic: The list of the known flight destinations includes Washington D.C., Moldova, Russia, Canada, and a ‘cheeky fling’ to Rome on Valentine’s day. Plenty of these destinations are showing parity with the publicly photographed and shared travels of the Prime Minister. Here is a summary of the latest routes and destinations obtained by Atlatszo.

The Orbán government adopted 104 state of danger decrees so far, some of them were pandemic-related in their name only

It would be unfair to say that the Coronavirus Act was directly aimed for misuse, but it certainly gave room for it, as the current government had never been shy to reach until (or over) the constitutions limits of its powers.

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