Hungary confronts its past, the agent files will be opened - live from the government's press conference

In Hungary, despite the common reference to an agent list, no such registry exists. Data on individuals who reported to state security during communism are scattered across various institutions. Many documents were destroyed around the regime change, and most remaining records have been classified for the past 36 years. Starting Wednesday, certain archival materials will be accessible to the public, but the content of B-files is still being anonymized to protect individuals' identities. While names may appear in the searchable database, it does not confirm cooperation with state security, only that recruitment was considered. The database contains around 50-60 thousand names but may be incomplete, suggesting the actual network could be much larger.