Fire at MOL’s Danube Refinery, One Plant Shut Down A small fire broke out at the Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation-2 (AV-2) plant of the Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta, a... 2022.06.15.
Oil and Gas Analyst: Hungary’s Petrol Stocks Go Towards Helping OMV, but Also Helps MOL Hungary is releasing part of the country's strategic petrol and diesel stocks to help the situation caused by the longer-than-planned... 2022.06.14.
Press Roundup: Sanctions on Russia and Europe’s Future Commentators across the political spectrum ponder the broader implications of EU sanctions on the future of Europe. Hungarian press roundup... 2022.06.13.
MOL CEO Zsolt Hernádi Talks about Sanctions, Oil Embargo, and Price Cap Zsolt Hernádi, CEO of the Hungarian oil company MOL gave an interview to Mandiner, talking about EU sanctions, the oil... 2022.06.09.
Fidesz Comms Director: If the Oil Embargo Is a Nuclear Bomb, a Gas Embargo Would Be Armageddon If the oil embargo against Russia was a nuclear bomb for the Hungarian economy, then the gas embargo would be... 2022.06.03.
Former Momentum President Fekete-Győr: “We should have said what Fidesz said about the war” András Fekete-Győr told Klubrádió that if they had been in government, they would have joined the oil embargo, following the... 2022.06.02.
Christian Democrats Group Leader Simicskó: Most Pressing Issue Now Is the Ukrainian War István Simicskó, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, gave an interview to Magyar Hírlap in which he discussed the... 2022.06.02.
LMP: Compromise on EU Embargo ‘Acceptable but Not Green’ The compromise by European leaders on the EU embargo on Russian oil "is acceptable but it will not promote a... 2022.05.31.
PM Orbán ‘Got a Lot’ out of Oil Embargo – Foreign Press on Hungary and EU’s Agreement As we previously reported, the EU Member State leaders reached a partial agreement on the sixth round of sanctions against... 2022.05.31.
Fidesz: Left Would Have ‘Gone Along With’ EU Oil Embargo The left-wing, as in the past, failed to support Hungarian interests, and their statements make plain they would have endorsed... 2022.05.31.
PM Orbán Secures Pipeline Exemption for Hungary As EU Agrees on Partial Russian Oil Ban After hours of talks in Brussels on Monday, the leaders of the 27 European Union member states reached a partial... 2022.05.31.
Orbán: Hungary to Back Embargo if It Excludes Pipelined Russian Oil, Contains Guarantees Arriving in Brussels for a two-day summit on Monday, Viktor Orbán said Hungary could back an EU embargo on Russian... 2022.05.30.
Zelenskyy Criticizes Hungary for Not Having a Common Position With Other EU Countries Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Hungary's refusal to support an oil embargo against Russia, despite the fact that revenues from... 2022.05.27.
Orbán Proposes Leaving Latest Sanctions Package Off Next European Council Meeting’s Agenda Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in a letter to European Council President Charles Michel, has proposed leaving the European Union's latest... 2022.05.25.
PM Orbán Holds Talk with EU Council President on EU Oil Embargo Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Charles Michel, president of the European Council, in a videoconference on Monday in... 2022.05.24.
European Leaders: EU Should Adopt Oil Embargo without Hungary "The European Commission will propose a total import ban on Russian oil," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced... 2022.05.23.
Press Roundup: Weeklies on the Row Over Banning Oil Imports from Russia Opposition-leaning weeklies accuse the government of conniving with Moscow, by rejecting the proposed ban on importing Russian crude oil without... 2022.05.23.
G7: Hungary Pays Much More for Russian Gas Than Other EU Countries Hungary paid the most for Russian gas within the surrounding region in February this year. The price for our country... 2022.05.18.
CNN: Erdoğan and Orbán Are Putin’s Allies, They Have to Be Made “Irrelevant” On Tuesday, an opinion piece was published on CNN, stating that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkish Prime Minister... 2022.05.18.
Press Roundup: Phasing Out Russian Oil Still Dominates News Pro-government commentators find the EU proposal to eliminate Russian oil unrealistic and even counterproductive. Left-wing and liberal pundits also acknowledge... 2022.05.16.
FM Szijjártó: Hungarians Must Not Be Made to Pay Price of War Hungary's government insists that the Hungarian people must not be made to pay the price of the war in Ukraine,... 2022.05.16.
