Germany’s establishment celebrated Péter Magyar’s defeat of Viktor Orbán as a lesson in how to beat right-wing populism. Four months later, the comparison looks less comfortable: AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund is using a similar campaign strategy, combining a strong rural presence with social-media dominance, while the establishment repeats Fidesz’s grave strategic mistakes.

An unexplained US Air Force C-17 flight from Latvia to Moscow has triggered speculation that Washington may be preparing fresh diplomatic contact with Russia, with some military-aviation observers even linking the mission to Pete Hegseth. The development comes just as Reuters reported the other day that negotiations over Ukraine had stalled, with potential efforts to revive them now being discussed.

Hungary’s governing Tisza Party has begun financing its party-communication pamphlet, Tiszta Hang, with a state-funded allocation from its parliamentary group, replacing the donation-based model used during the campaign. The shift is legal but politically awkward, cutting directly against Péter Magyar’s promise to break with publicly financed party propaganda.

A local woman in Ceuta says she and her mother rescued a 12-year-old girl from being raped by five Moroccan illegal migrants after hearing her screams outside their home at 2am. She said overwhelmed emergency services failed to send police, while the number of confirmed sexual assault cases has risen to 16 since the July mass invasion, with more than 200 complaints now reaching the courts daily.

Kalocsa-based Smarttable CEE has agreed to take delivery of €1.5 million worth of Chinese ZTT energy-storage systems as Hungary races to expand battery capacity after August’s energy crisis exposed the limits of its solar-heavy grid. The deal lands just as both Budapest and Brussels tighten scrutiny of Chinese-linked energy technology and infrastructure.

Viktor Orbán’s grip on Fidesz is being tested from inside and outside as Tibor Navracsics builds a moderate alternative, János Lázár demands renewal and the new asset-recovery agency prepares to investigate the Orbán era. That makes September the most important month since April, potentially deciding whether Fidesz survives intact or begins to break apart.

Mothers are declaring ‘Same, Lindsay’ in a bizarre TikTok trend, identifying with Lindsay Clancy’s descriptions of postpartum distress during her trial for killing her three children. The sympathy campaign, which has sparked harsh backlash from conservatives, has gone so far that one woman says she now asks dates whether Clancy should go to jail—and walks out immediately if they answer yes.

Die Linke and the AfD are reshaping Berlin’s political map ahead of September’s election, with the radical left leading on 22 per cent and the hard right party tied with the CDU on 18. Their combined support has almost doubled since 2023, while the SPD has collapsed to 12 per cent and the governing parties that once dominated the capital now command only 30 per cent.

The Save Europe Act has passed 700,000 signatures less than three months after launch, keeping the remigration campaign on course for its one-million target despite Brussels refusing to register it as an official ECI. Co-founder Eva Vlaardingerbroek says the next steps are to reach one million and take the European Commission to court over the decision.

At least four migrant boys have been raped and remain hospitalized in Ceuta, as the number of victims in the aftermath of the mass invasion continues to rise. Judicial proceedings now cover at least 14 victims, many of them underage, while police have deployed specialists to protect thousands of minors still in the enclave, where the child protection system is operating at 4,600 per cent of normal capacity.