The EU's anti-fraud unit opened an investigation into a Hungarian nursery that cost almost €2 million, but has only 12 places available.
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00:00The European Union's anti-fraud office opened an investigation into a Hungarian nursery
00:06that costs around 1.8 million euro, but has only 12 places available.
00:12The new nursery opened in September, but the problem is that each child attending will
00:15cost around 150,000 euro in EU funds.
00:19That's more than the price of a large family house in the local village.
00:22It is obvious that this is a theft, especially if we look at the company and who asked for
00:29the offer, we can find connections there, of course, this was not a real contract,
00:37it was a directed contract.
00:40Last week, the European Union's anti-fraud office, OLAF, opened an investigation into
00:45the expensive nursery.
00:47This should be investigated by an expert, who has access to it, regardless of whether
00:57there is such a thing at all.
01:00A separate Hungarian investigation is ongoing in the village, after the mayor's friend allegedly
01:05received about 1.2 million euro to create fishponds, which he failed to account for.
01:10We managed to reach the mayor of Getseák on the phone, but he didn't want to be in
01:15front of the camera, saying he doesn't trust the media.
01:18However, he announced that an investigation had already begun in relation to the possible
01:22overpricing, and the local government will only report that it has been closed.
01:26Zoltán Siposegyi, Euronews, Kazár.