Hungarian government declares state of energy emergency
BUDAPEST, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Hungarian government declared a state of energy emergency and adopted a 7-point plan on energy security, with special focus on the supply security of Hungarian families, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, told a press conference on Wednesday.
The measures will take effect on August 1.
Gulyas blamed the prolonged conflict in Ukraine and the European Union's sanctions against Russia for the steep rise in energy prices in Europe, culminating now in what he called an energy crisis.