Hungary released tens of thousands of Communist-era secret police files in an online public database on Wednesday, according to Reuters, in a text republished by WSAU.

Prime Minister Peter Magyar said some 60,000 names have now been made public and that additional files will be uploaded by February 2027. “We are implementing now, after 36 years … what was the promise of the change of regime,” he said at a briefing at the archives. The files contain the names of approximately 55,000-60,000 state informants recruited by the state security services between 1945 and 1989, according to Telex. The files are far from complete, as many were destroyed in 1956 during Hungary's anti-Soviet uprising and also in 1988-1989. Until Wednesday, ordinary people had been limited to viewing records about themselves or close relatives.