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Hungarian spy ring targeted EU officials, Commission investigation finds
A Hungarian spy ring operated from the country’s embassy in Brussels, targeting EU officials between 2013 and 2016. The European Commission investigation confirmed the spy ring's existence and found intensified activities from 2015, though no serious security breaches were reported. Olivér Várhelyi, then Hungary’s EU ambassador and now a commissioner, denied knowledge of the alleged espionage.
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