Letters to Hungary
11 September 2011
What are we to make of the recent allegations in Heti Válasz that the Hungarian State Security Service had been collecting information on Viktor Orbán and László Kövér whilst they were in political opposition to the Socialist government of Ferenc Gyurcsány?
22 June 2011
Some eyebrows were raised recently when it became known that the Hungarian government had bought a significant number of shares in MOL, a national energy champion of sorts. Political opponents focused on the apparent use of funds previously loaned by the IMF to complete the deal – somehow suggesting that such a move was improper – while other commentators noted the undercurrents of energy security as a prime catalyst for buying the shares.