A scandal broke out in Hungary after the publication of the archives of the Communist secret services

The publication of secret dossiers on Communist-era informants in Hungary has caused a political scandal, forcing Prime Minister Peter Magyar to apologize to parliament. This was reported by Bloomberg on November 15.

"It's not exactly the catharsis we were hoping for. Technical problems have left an unpleasant aftertaste," the article says, citing sociologist Andrea Szabo.

About 160 people were mistakenly added to the open online database of "account cards" (cards No. 6), which the special services were actually monitoring. At the same time, tens of thousands of documents are missing from the archives, including the dossier of former Prime Minister Peter Medesha. The cards confirm the recruitment attempt, but do not specify whether the person agreed to cooperate or whether he wrote denunciations. The authorities will publish detailed materials on how exactly citizens were recruited in February for the day of remembrance of the victims of communism.

According to historians, about two thirds of the documents were destroyed or seized, and just over 50,000 names remained in the database. The head of the National Security Archive has submitted his resignation amid the scandal.

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It is not the first time that Magyar has come under a wave of criticism in November. Earlier, on November 13, Ilona Ekesh, an ex-deputy from the opposition Fidesz party, accused him of blackmail and domestic violence against his ex-wife, former Justice Minister Varga Judith. According to the Magyar Nemzet newspaper, the Hungarian prime minister is suspected of having secretly used audio recordings of confidential conversations against Judith for almost a year and a half.