Proceed to the new english feed
Our english language news feed moved here, please click: http://english.atlatszo.hu/ 84% Év végéig még 16 613 194 forint hiányzik a költségvetésünkből....
The court of first instance obligates Erzsébet Utalványforgalmazó és Gazdasági Szolgáltató Kft. to release all contracts related to advertising for year 2012. However, the judge dismissed the claim for all other financial information, as they will be made public by 1 June due to corporate law. The judgement also stated that since the company is using public funds, all and any financial data is public interest. This decision is a huge step for transparency, according to the counsel of the company they have never been obliged to release contracts to the public, index.hu and K-Monitor have failed with their FOI requests.
However, in another trial the same day atlatszo.hu lost against the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (HWPF). Atlatszo.hu had a FOI request regarding the TOA (corporate tax reliefs) certificates issued by HWPF. The intent behind the FOI request was to gather a list of all companies and clubs who enjoyed the benefits of a tax relief. Since the tax is public fund, atlatszo.hu firmly believes that it’s public interest who supported the clubs. Atlatszo.hu will file an appeal, despite the fact that the court used a quite similar argumentation („misuse of FOI request”) to a recently rejected draft bill.
This article was originally published here in Hungarian on 24 May 2013. The text was translated by Tamás Papp.
Számlatulajdonos: Átlátszónet Alapítvány
1084 Budapest, Déri Miksa utca 10.
Bankszámlaszám: 12011265-01425189-00100001
Bank neve: Raiffeisen Bank
Számlatulajdonos: Átlátszónet Alapítvány
1084 Budapest, Déri Miksa utca 10.
IBAN (EUR): HU36120112650142518900400002
IBAN (USD): HU36120112650142518900500009
SWIFT: UBRTHUHB
Bank neve és címe: Raiffeisen Bank
(H-1133 Budapest, Váci út 116-118.)
Támogasd a munkánkat az Átlátszónet Alapítványnak küldött PayPal adománnyal! Köszönjük.
Havi 5400 Ft Havi 3600 Ft Havi 1800 Ft Egyszeri PayPal támogatásOur english language news feed moved here, please click: http://english.atlatszo.hu/ 84% Év végéig még 16 613 194 forint hiányzik a költségvetésünkből....
Please vote for our videos in the Radical Democracy Video Challenge. Show your support for atlatszo.hu’s coverage on oligarchs in...
The Hungarian tax office NAV will start an investigation into the Hungarian public media fund’s (MTVA) suspiciously pricey contracts with...
Újszentiván, a village near the city of Szeged in southeast Hungary, has experienced an amazing population boom. According to the...
Támogasd a munkánkat banki átutalással. Az adományokat az Átlátszónet Alapítvány számlájára utalhatod. Az utalás közleményébe írd: „Adomány”, köszönjük!