Russia and the European Union on a collision course over the South Stream...
It was a week ago that the European commission told Russia that the “South Stream” pipeline, already under construction, and the contracts between Gazprom and six members of the European Union,...
View ArticleNew details on the Russian-Hungarian agreement on Paks; Kim Scheppele’s...
I’m returning briefly to the secretive Putin-Orbán agreement on the addition to the atomic power plant in Paks. Shortly after the news of the agreement became public, I heard rumors to the effect that...
View ArticleViktor Orbán is getting ready for a fight
If anyone thought that a second victory, especially with two-thirds parliamentary majority, would slow Viktor Orbán down, he was sadly mistaken. In fact, if it is possible, since his reelection he has...
View ArticleAnother corrupt official: The minister of national development and his...
Today’s scandal involves the newly appointed minister of national development. In case you get confused with all the “national” stuff, this is the ministry that was led in the last couple of years by...
View ArticleBillions diverted from Hungarian state coffers to natural gas broker
Thanks to Budapest Sentinel, we now have an English translation of an article published on the internet site 444.hu with the title “This is the way to make the most money in Hungary.” Earlier I wrote a...
View ArticleCorruption at the highest level? It looks that way
Eleni Kounalakis’s book on her tenure as U.S. ambassador in Budapest has prompted quite an uproar in Hungary. I have already spent three posts on her book. Here I simply want to call attention to the...
View ArticleAnother government shake-up: Greater confusion guaranteed
János Lázár has been the focus of a great deal of media attention of late. His often provocative behavior and his less than diplomatic comments about fellow politicians and important oligarchs made a...
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