A rap on the knuckles for Hungary?
Commentators in Hungary suspect Russian plots and Croatian political interests behind the accusations levelled against the Chief Executive Officer of Hungary’s oil multinational. Tibor Mátraházy, an...
View ArticleVictims or dominos?
A spy scandal replete with allegations of wrongdoing against two former heads of Hungary’s counter-espionage service, as well as a former Socialist cabinet minister responsible for supervising the...
View ArticleMOL CEO likely to be cleared of Croatian charges
Magyar Nemzet believes the corruption charges against the CEO of Hungary’s oil giant were part of the Croatian election campaign and will be dropped soon after the elections. “Now that Heti Válasz has...
View ArticleHungary bracing for a tough New Year
All commentators agree that 2012 will be even tougher than 2010. But they disagree on the reasons, and on the best policy to follow. On Komment.hu, Albert Gazda suggests that PM Viktor Orbán, who is...
View ArticleThe end of MALÉV and the government’s investment strategy
A left-wing analyst blames the government for splashing out on huge state-owned enterprises while the country faces grave financial problems. “We have a rather clear picture of what the costs are, but...
View ArticleState should regulate, not dominate business
A conservative economist welcomes efforts by the government to increase the state’s role in overseeing markets. He warns however that the government should only get involved in the markets temporarily...
View ArticleTact needed after Ivo Sanader’s conviction
Commenting on the bribery case involving former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader and Hungary’s oil multinational MOL, the leading left wing daily warns that wisdom is needed on both sides to prevent the two...
View ArticleCroatian prosecutor to interrogate MOL chief as a suspect
Népszabadság thinks Hungary will not be able to prevent the Croatian authorities from interrogating and eventually indicting MOL Ceo Zsolt Hernádi. On Thursday, the office of the Croation prosecutor...
View ArticleHungarian-Croatian dispute over MOL oil company
As the Hungarian government joins the dispute between Croatia and the MOL oil company, left-wing and centrist commentators believe that the Orbán government could defend the national interest abroad...
View ArticlePM shields MOL CEO
Népszabadság thinks the Croatian move to put the Chief Executive Officer of Hungary’s oil and gas multinational on the international wanted list was too rude for the Hungarian government to tolerate in...
View ArticlePolish tapping leaks about Hungary
A conservative blogger thinks the real revelation in the Polish leaks is not a widely publicised obscene remark about Mr Orbán and Mr Putin, but what the CEO of the Polish Oil Corporation had to say...
View ArticleMOL CEO sentenced in Zagreb
An independent conservative fact-finding journalist accuses the Croatian justice system of condemning the CEO of the Hungarian Oil and Gas multinational on trumped up charges. On Monday, the first...
View ArticleFuel price cap scheme narrowed down
An investment banker thinks that fuel consumption is unlikely to recede as long as most Hungarians still have access to cheap petrol. After MOL, the Hungarian oil and gas multinational had warned about...
View ArticleOil flow from Russia resumes
A pro-government pundit ridicules explanations by liberal commentators of the one-week interruption of Russian oil deliveries, while a left-wing commentator laments Hungary’s dependence on Russian gas...
View ArticleFuel shortages reported
As several gas stations run out of fuel, a left-wing columnist accuses the government of creating a shortage by maintaining fuel price caps. A pro-government economist, on the other hand, blames...
View ArticleGovernment imposes ‘extra profit’ tax on fuel suppliers
As the government slaps a windfall tax on fuel suppliers, a former left-wing politician calls on the government to compensate families for higher fuel prices. A pro-government columnist accuses the...
View ArticleHungary buys Vodafone
Liberal authors question the rationality of public ownership in the mobile phone industry, while a pro-government commentator sees the deal as a strategic step which bolsters Hungarian sovereignty....
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