Russia’s growing blockade of Ukrainian shipping in the Black Sea is threatening both Ukraine’s economy and global food security. With more than 90 per cent of Ukrainian agricultural exports passing through Black Sea ports, prolonged disruptions could cause farmers to struggle to find storage for their backed-up goods, break foreign contracts, and put pressure on global food markets.

‘If national continuity is sufficiently real to transmit liabilities from the past, it must also be sufficiently real to transmit assets and obligations into the future. Today’s Europeans did not build most of the cities they live in, create the legal systems they rely on, establish their borders or accumulate all the institutional and cultural capital they possess. They inherited them. Yet neither are they the final owners. Their children will inherit what remains.’

Antal-Ferencz Ildikó spent three years in the USA with her family, where they soon became active members of the local Hungarian communities. The many personal encounters resulted in several interview books, the essence of which is a compilation featuring 45 portraits that covers not only the past and present of the Hungarian diaspora in the USA, but also helps predict its future.

A Moroccan migrant who entered Ceuta during the mass invasion was reportedly arrested over the alleged street rape of a ‘young Moroccan woman’. While local media reports contradict one another over the case, a pattern of sexual violence is already clear in the Spanish enclave, with courts proceeding in at least six rape cases involving three Moroccan suspects and minor victims.

Famous American investigative journalist James O’Keefe dressed up in traditional Muslim attire to test Minnesota’s ‘voter vouching scheme’. Assuming fake identities at polling stations, he received confirmation from poll workers that he was allowed to vouch for up to eight other people, who would then be able to complete same-day registration and vote, all without anyone having to show any ID.

Large swarms of non-biting midges have once again become a major problem along Lake Balaton’s southern shore this summer, prompting complaints from tourists and businesses. While harmless to humans, their increasingly intense mass emergences are being linked to changing environmental conditions, including climate change. Siófok’s mayor has called for government action.

Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s military helicopter flight over Paks has triggered accusations of political propaganda and hypocrisy after he mocked Viktor Orbán for similar trips only months ago. The controversy comes as recent polling shows Tisza at 49 per cent among all adults, its first drop below 50 per cent since the election and its second consecutive month of declining support.