Over the weekend, his family revealed that Former President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. President Biden had also lost his son, Beau Biden, to cancer in 2015.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the British Embassy Residency in Budapest, Ambassador Fox is hosting a series of events this year, all dedicated to the illustrious building, which has been visited by both the members of the rock band Queen and Queen Elizabeth II herself during its long and eventful history.
At Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming inaugural mass in the Vatican this Sunday, President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok will be leading the Hungarian delegation, his office has announced.
A Hungarian Facebook user has shared a video of tanks driving across the streets of Budapest at night over the weekend. Many people picked up the footage, fearing it was a sign of military escalation. However, an expert from the Hungarian tabloid Blikk has cracked the case.
Center for Fundamental Rights Senior Fellow Bryan Leib has recently attended the Jewish News Syndicate’s conference in Jerusalem, Israel, where he explained to the audience why Hungary is the safest place for Jews in Europe.
István Kovács from Nagykároly (Carei), Romania, will be officiating this year’s UCL final between Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale. He is the fourth ethnic Hungarian to referee the premier European club competition’s final, after Károly Palotai (twice, in 1976 and 1981), Sándor Puhl (1997), and, most recently, Viktor Kassai (2011).
‘The only true solution [to the Demographic crisis] is to support families and encourage higher birth rates among the domestic population,’ Political Director to the Prime Minister of Hungary Balázs Orbán wrote in his recently published essay for The Telegraph.
The Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) posted the video of the arrest of the Serbian man apprehended at the southern border. He was caught with over five kilograms (11 pounds) of heroin and methamphetamine.
The Washington Post recently ran an article in which it details how LGBT pride march organizers in the United States are facing major gaps in their budgets for this year’s events, as corporate funding has significantly slowed under the second Trump administration.
In Hungary, students take a so-called ‘érettségi’ (maturity) exam at the end of their high school education, which serves as both their SAT and GED in the American context. These exams take place in early May every year—students are taking their exams as we are writing this article.
At a press conference on Thursday, President Trump revealed that the first country to sign a new trade agreement with the US under his second term is the United Kingdom. Per the new deal, the US will have a baseline tariff of 10 per cent imposed on the UK, with certain exceptions, such as UK-made steel. Meanwhile, the UK will drop its tariffs on US goods from 5.1 to 1.8 per cent.
Here’s a look back at the bizarre story of how James Corder managed to not only lose all of his clients’ money, but also put them in debt by selling naked commodity options with his hedge fund. This is the story of OptionSellers.com, from back in November 2018.
Visit Hungary has shared that the 5 millionth foreign tourist of the year arrived in Hungary on 6 May, which is the earliest date to cross that milestone on record. Overall, there has been a 6 per cent increase in the number of foreign tourists year-on-year.
The Budapest-based think tank Center for Fundamental Rights has listed the five greatest accomplishments of the first 100 days of Presdent Trump’s second term, such as the closing of the border, or dismantling USAID—read more to find out the rest of the list!
At a press conference with State Secretary for Families Zsófia Koncz and Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS) President Tünde Fűrész, Minister of Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó of Hungary stated that, unlike Brussels, the Hungarian government is spending its resources on peace, family, and children, not war.
After nearly a decade of mainstream pollsters consistently underpolling President Trump’s national support in the United States, it is fair to ask the question: Does his approval rating even matter anymore? Or is there any better way to asses the success of his second administration?
After the terror attack in the disputed Kashmir region last month, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó of Hungary wrote in a Facebook post that he had spoken with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar over the phone; and that Hungary wants to see a de-escalation of tensions in the region.
‘Hungary is not looking to pick fights. It’s looking to form mutually beneficial partnerships. If only all of our NATO allies thought the same way as Hungary! Every meeting…was guided by a single, unifying theme: the urgent need to end the war in Ukraine and restore peace and security to Central Europe,’ Bryan Leib wrote in his recent piece for the Daily Caller.
Players, coaches, agents, sporting directors, scouts, and many more from the world of football gathered to share their respective expertise and exchange ideas about the game at the third annual Football Forum Hungary, held at the Gruopama Arena, home of reigning Hungarian champions Ferencváros, in Budapest. The Hungarian capital will also be hosting the UEFA Champions League Final next year.
With their 5–1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool FC are now officially the champions of the 2024–2025 English Premier League season. Dominik Szoboszlai contributed two assists to the victory, and he is now the first Hungarian player to win the Premier League.
The Fidesz-KDNP coalition, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, won 263 seats out of the National Assembly’s 386 at the time, and won the popular vote by 33.4 points, 15 years ago today, on 25 April 2010. They have won three more elections in a row with a constitutional supermajority since, which is an incredible feat.
Infamous nuisance streamer Johnny Somali is one of the most hated people in the world right now. While he is stuck in Seoul, South Korea, awaiting the adjudication of his five total charges, let’s take a detailed look at some of the most frequently asked questions about his story.
Football Forum Hungary 2025, the event featuring illustrious speakers from the world of football to talk about the sport from a business, science, and legal aspect, will be taking place at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary, on 29 April this year.
‘Children are the guarantees of the survival of the Hungarian nation, they will follow in our footsteps, they will continue our work, and hopefully they will correct our mistakes,’ President Tamás Sulyok of Hungary said at a conference on child protection held by the Csongrád-Csanád County Government Office in Szeged, Hungary.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed in an X post that the report by POLITICO claiming that he and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff were debating lifting sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline is ‘unequivocally false’ and ‘if POLITICO has an ounce of integrity they will fully retract this piece of fiction.’
According to the Budapest Business Journal, MÁV had 50,000 employees on their payroll across two entities, making them the largest employer in the country. Among non-state-owned companies, the building cleaning and facility management firm B+N Referencia Zrt has the most workers, 14,217.
Center for Fundamental Rights Fellow Bryan Leib has recently given an interview to the Hungarian public television, in which he urged the Hungarian government to keep fighting the bureaucracy in Brussles, since ‘this big governmental body in Brussels is telling Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian people how to live their lives, what to spend their money on, and to accept migrants—it’s absurd!’
Former New York Young Republican Club president and CPAC Hungary 2024 speaker Gavin Wax has been appointed as Chief of Staff to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington in the US. Center for Fundamental Rights Director General Miklós Szánthó congratulated him on his new position in a Facebook post.
Dániel Böde, who currently plays for Paks, played his 500th game in the first division of the Hungarian football league against Puskás Akadémia on Saturday. He also scored his 160th career league goal in the match.
‘Going on a media blitz for an illegal alien with likely gang ties is not the best idea for Democrats, as common sense would suggest…However, Democrats do have to move fast on the issue. The 2030 census is fast approaching, and if Republicans manage to retain the White House, they will be in control of the US Census Bureau, conducting it.’