Orban: nationalise other 6-7 expediency business firms

Hungary is in talks to nationalise six or seven utility companies as part of a drive to lower energy prices and revive a struggling economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, Reuters reports.

The move is the latest attempt by Orban, whose ruling Fidesz party faces elections next year, to increase the power of the state, against the trend in much of the rest of Europe, said the Reuters News Agency.