Another Maltese-registered yacht has been acquired by the Hungarian government elite. The 50-metre luxury yacht, the Seagull MRD was built last year in Livorno and is owned by the same company as its now infamous predecessor, the Lady MRD, which is only 42 metres long but also built in the Italian Benetti factory. Both superyachts have been registered by L&L Charter, a Maltese offshore company, which belongs to Hungarian business tycoon, László Szíjj.

There are only five public universities left in Hungary. The „private universities” that will be created with the university reform will continue to be funded from the state budget, but in a much less transparent way. The newly created foundations can now do whatever they want with taxpayers’ money. But only academics and researchers will be able to see that when the money starts to go into the pockets of those who are loyal to the current government. The Hungarian Academy Staff Forum (HASF) and Atlatszo are therefore launching a leaking platform to track the flow of taxpayers money not only in universities but also in the research network.