Budapest is once again hosting the World Press Photo exhibition, opened on 25 September by Mayor Gergely Karácsony. Running until 9 November at the Biodome, the showcase features 42 award-winning photographers from 31 nations, highlighting stories of war, resilience, and coexistence between humanity and nature.
‘I fear we are very close to the point of no return—and that at some point we will have to reconquer our own territory by force,’ Chega Vice President Pedro Dos Santos Frazão told Hungarian Conservative. He urged for remigration and sectoral admission quotas as urgent, pragmatic defences against parallel societies and the erosion of public order.
US President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke on Wednesday about Russian energy, tariffs, and the war in Ukraine. The call came as Trump urged Europe to end Russian imports, while Budapest insists geography leaves it no choice. FM Péter Szijjártó stressed that Hungary’s energy security is a matter of pipelines, not ideology.
Hungary’s border fence, Western Europe’s migration failures, and the future of European sovereignty dominated the opening day of the MCC–MRI summit in Szeged, marking the tenth anniversary of the Migration Research Institute. Policymakers, academics, and church leaders agreed that Hungary’s model—closing borders and aiding people in their regions—remains Europe’s only viable strategy.
The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has given cover to Péter Magyar, Ilaria Salis, and Klára Dobrev, refusing to lift their immunity despite ongoing Hungarian cases. Orbán blasted the move as ‘shame and disgrace’, calling Magyar ‘Brussels’ man’.
Ukrainian-born content creator Anna Malygon, known online as maligoshik, turned her country’s suffering into a brand—mixing war-torn backdrops with TikTok and OnlyFans promotion. The 22-year-old lives in a Los Angeles ‘castle’ with a butler, Porsche, and millions in earnings, symbolizing how victimhood has become a commodity while her compatriots still face bombs and suffering.
Western civilization is at risk of repeating Rome’s fate, argues Iain McGilchrist. Speaking to Hungarian Conservative at Brain Bar 2025, the renowned psychiatrist warned that dominance of the left hemisphere produces power obsession, woke intolerance, and technological servitude. Only a revival of wisdom, culture, and community can restore balance.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary could soon classify Antifa as a terrorist organization, echoing a similar initiative by US President Donald Trump. Orbán recalled violent attacks in Budapest in 2023, when Italian MEP Ilaria Salis joined Antifa groups targeting people with a ‘right-wing appearance’, and stated that such movements must be treated like the Islamic State.
Ukraine’s security service has blocked 15 outlets from Hungary, Romania, Moldova, and Greece—including Hungary’s Origo and Demokrata—accusing them of spreading Russian propaganda. Demokrata editor-in-chief András Bencsik slammed the move as proof Ukraine has become a ‘rotten, corrupt dictatorship’ that tramples free speech.
Singapore-based Vulcan Shield Global will build its first European plant in Békéscsaba, a 280 billion HUF investment creating 2,500 jobs by 2033. Local leaders hailed the project as the biggest in the county’s history, while the Hungarian government pledged 49 billion HUF support for the high-tech factory.
Hundreds gathered at the US Embassy in Budapest on Thursday night to honour assassinated US conservative activist Charlie Kirk. At the candlelit vigil, Zsolt Bayer, Miklós Szánthó, and László Molnár called his killing a strike against Judeo–Christian civilization, warning that Western culture must not be erased by far-left violence.
Donald Trump’s legacy split the stage at Brain Bar 2025, where Zoltán Pogátsa slammed him as an opportunist ‘populist clown’, while Jacob Reynolds hailed him as a disruptor who exposed the failures of globalization and elite complacency. The fiery debate showed why Trump remains the most divisive figure in global politics.
Mayor Abdullah Hammoud of Dearborn has ignited national outrage after telling a Christian man he was ‘not welcome’ and a ‘bigot’ for objecting to a street sign honouring Osama Siblani, local journalist who has glorified Hamas and Hezbollah. The clash, captured on video, has fuelled debate over intolerance, antisemitism, and freedom of speech in America.
Balázs Orbán and Carl Bildt clashed at Budapest’s Brain Bar festival, offering starkly different visions for Europe’s future. While Bildt urged deeper EU integration to confront crises from migration to war, Orbán accused Brussels of centralizing power and undermining sovereignty—echoing Hungary’s longstanding call for new leadership.
A new poll by Donald Trump’s longtime pollster, McLaughlin & Associates, shows Fidesz–KDNP leading Tisza—contradicting weeks of opposition-linked surveys that had placed Péter Magyar’s party ahead. Commissioned by Index, the poll puts Fidesz at 43 per cent, Tisza at 37, with Viktor Orbán still seen as the favourite for prime minister.
The blood of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk is not only on the hands of their killers—it stains the political and cultural establishment that excused, enabled, and even celebrated their deaths. These tragedies are not isolated—they are warnings for conservatives worldwide.
‘There is not much time left to save France, to restore our European nations—but the people are there, ready for change,’ Fabrice Leggeri told Hungarian Conservative. The former head of Frontex, now serving as a Member of the European Parliament for France’s National Rally, expressed confidence in the rise of patriotic forces and their ability to represent the will of the people across the EU.
Justin Logan told Hungarian Conservative that NATO is entering a new era where Europe must provide for its own security. With the US unwilling to give Ukraine ironclad guarantees and Russia grinding forward, he warned that European pledges will mean little unless backed by real force.
Hungarians will soon enjoy full visa-free travel to the United States again, after President Trump’s administration reversed restrictions imposed under Joe Biden. US Chargé d’Affaires Robert Palladino announced that from 30 September, ESTA approvals will be valid for two years, allow multiple entries, and cover all Hungarian citizens.
At the 5th Geopolitical Summit in Budapest, US Chargé d’Affaires Robert Palladino framed Hungary as central to the ‘renewal of Western civilization’, praising its defence of sovereignty and family. He argued that America and Hungary are allies not by convenience but conviction, united against chaos by shared civilizational values.
‘Borders must be enforced, constitutions defended, and citizenship laws tightened,’ Fabrice Leggeri declared at the Geopolitical Summit in Budapest. The former Frontex chief set out a detailed plan to reclaim sovereignty, warning that EU ideology has blurred lines between residence, rights, and national identity. Panellists from both sides of the Atlantic agreed.
The rules-based international order is collapsing, warned panellists at Danube Institute’s 5th Geopolitical Summit, as the UN and EU drift into irrelevance or abuse of power. Speakers, including Zoltán Kovács, agreed that sovereignty lies with nations, not supranational bureaucracies, but cautioned that unchecked collapse could bring conflict instead of stability.
Germany’s anti-immigration AfD scored a breakthrough in North-Rhine Westphalia’s local elections, nearly tripling its vote share to 14.5 per cent and finishing third behind the CDU and SPD. The result, in Germany’s most populous and economically vital state, signals AfD’s growing strength beyond its eastern strongholds.
London witnessed an unprecedented anti-immigration rally on 13 September as Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march drew up to a million participants, according to organizers. The event honoured assassinated US activist Charlie Kirk, with Elon Musk and Eva Vlaardingerboek delivering fiery speeches against mass migration.
In an interview on GB News with Nigel Farage, political director of the Hungarian prime minister Balázs Orbán said Hungary’s near-zero migration figures show the success of a firm border policy. He slammed Brussels for fining Budapest €500 million despite its role as a frontline defender of Europe, insisting EU rules reward illegal entry rather than deterrence.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, praising Donald Trump as the only leader capable of ending the war in Ukraine. Both sides stressed commitment to peace efforts and highlighted a new phase in bilateral ties, marked by US investments and energy cooperation.
Leftist MEPs blocked a one-minute silence for assassinated US conservative Charlie Kirk, sparking outrage among Patriots for Europe. Videos showed socialist chair cutting off the tribute, while right-wing MEPs protested. Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán called Kirk’s murder the result of the left’s hate campaign.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was sentenced to over 27 years for coup attempts and conspiracy, becoming the first ex-leader convicted on such charges. He denies wrongdoing and may appeal. Donald Trump and US officials blasted the ruling as political persecution, warning of possible sanctions.
At talks in Budapest with Ukraine’s Deputy PM Taras Kachka, Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó placed full blame on Kyiv for deteriorating relations, citing curtailed minority rights and strikes on the Druzhba pipeline. He declared Hungary opposes Ukraine’s EU accession, offering only a strategic partnership as a realistic path.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid tribute to slain US conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, blaming his death on the ‘hate-mongering left’. Orbán described Kirk as a ‘defender of faith and freedom’, joining Donald Trump and other conservatives in mourning the 31-year-old Turning Point founder.