Top Hungary News: Samsung Poisoned Hungarian Workers and Guest Workers, Day Trips, Euro Introduction - 9 February, 2026

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Good morning! Here is the 444 daily newsletter again, with the most important materials of the past day. (We also have other newsletters, you can subscribe to them here.) THE GÖDI FACTORYThe air at the Samsung factory in Göd was so heavily polluted with toxic, carcinogenic substances that the government even deployed the secret service: according to a Telex source, at a government meeting in the spring of 2023, Antal Rogán called what happened a…

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Controversy over Hungarian surveillance report that found Samsung SDI's battery production plant in Göd, Hungary, had lax safety management, with carcinogens detected at levels exceeding 510 times the standard, raising suspicions that Samsung neglected and covered up the situation.

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In the spring of 2023, a secret service report was presented to ministers, stating that much more serious poisonings had occurred at the Samsung plant in Göd than previously known. There was a worker who was exposed to a carcinogenic chemical that exceeded the limit by 510 times. At the government meeting, several ministers, including Antal Rogán, argued for the suspension of the factory's operations.

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Police at Samsung's Göd factory, Mi Hazánk closed the entrance after the scandal - Violation proceedings have been initiated against the politicians.

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Both the Hungarian government and the management of the Samsung SDI factory ignored serious deficiencies that threatened the health of employees.