Hungary

Hungarian authorities have recovered nearly $20 million in cash during a bribery investigation involving Miklos Sesztak, a former development minister under Viktor Orban. The National Asset Recovery and Protection Office said the money was buried in forests, stashed in farm buildings, warehouses and homes, and kept in a safe at a secluded site. Finance Minister Andras Karman said twelve State Treasury staff spent eight hours counting the notes. Sesztak, who served from 2014 to 2018, denies wrongdoing. Two other former Orban ministers and a former central bank chief are also under arrest on graft accusations.

False bomb threats against European flights and media outlets led to diversions, evacuations and fighter escorts on 5 and 6 Nov, but no explosives were found and all aircraft landed safely. Eurocontrol counted threats against 14 flights on 5 and 6 Nov and against 7 flights on 3 Nov. Broadcasters RTE in Ireland, Sky and Nova TV in Croatia received threat emails from a sender calling himself Mikhail Andropov. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares called the campaign a hybrid attack on Europe's democracy, and investigations are under way in several countries.