The University of Debrecen has successfully carried out its first minimally invasive video-assisted thyroid surgeries, introducing an advanced technique that reduces tissue damage, shortens recovery time and leaves minimal scarring.

A majority of MEPs present voted to reject the controversial Chat Control regulation but fell short of the absolute majority needed to block it at second reading. Controversially, the vote took place just before the summer recess, when many MEPs had already left Brussels.

The Hungarian Geographical Museum has launched an online reading challenge inviting participants to explore distant lands through travel literature. Until 15 September, readers must review at least three books, including one by Dénes Balázs and one by a female travel writer. Prizes and exclusive guided tours await participants.

Two exciting World Cup quarter-finals sent England and Argentina into the last four, yet VAR once again became the central protagonist by the end of the day. Norway protested over a deflection caused by a Spidercam cable before England’s equalizer, while Switzerland’s momentum collapsed after Breel Embolo was sent off following a highly debatable and match-defining video review.

‘While no individual should be presumed complicit solely by association, neither should the gravity of substantiated crimes be minimized. The challenge lies in sustaining a principled commitment to due process, evidentiary rigour, and proportional accountability, without succumbing to either instinctive disbelief or its opposite, moral panic.’

‘As editors maintain, anything that lacks informational or stylistic value is best omitted. When readers pay for content partly or entirely with their time, it is essential that the texts be streamlined and free of all kinds of “unnecessarily redundant ballast”.’

Video of Christian preacher David Grisham being accosted, then cited by police for preaching at a pride event in Fort Worth, Texas has just been published online. The incident has sparked outrage, as many feel Grisham’s right to free speech was clearly violated in one of the most conserative states in the Union.

According to a new poll by the firm More in Common, 55 per cent of British people think that national identity is disappearing due to diversity. Meanwhile, 42 per cent believe that Muslim immigrants cannot integrate into British society.

Western Europe experienced its hottest June on record in 2026, according to EU climate scientists, after a severe heatwave brought record temperatures, disrupted infrastructure and contributed to thousands of excess deaths. Researchers say climate change is making extreme heat events more frequent and intense.

Argentina’s football establishment is facing growing scrutiny both on and off the pitch as allegations that the World Cup is being ‘fixed’ in Lionel Messi’s favour intensify after the Egypt match, while the Argentine Football Association simultaneously faces a reported FBI investigation in the United States over money laundering.

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has played his last World Cup game in a 1–0 loss to Spain in the Round of 16; thus, he will retire without ever winning the World Cup. What does this mean for his legacy? Can he still be considered among the greatest players of all time?

Russell Kirk’s landmark 1953 work The Conservative Mind has been published in Hungarian by the Center for Fundamental Rights. At the launch, co-translator Miklós Pogrányi Lovas and philosophers Dr Zoltán Frenyó and Dr Zoltán Turgonyi discussed Kirk’s legacy, the diversity of conservative thought, and the enduring influence of Christian tradition on the American founding.

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic the Odyssey continues to draw negative attention online. Users noticed that the like–dislike ratio of its latest official trailer on YouTube is the second worst for any Hollywood movie, only behind the ill-fated Snow White by Disney released in 2025.

FIFA’s decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s automatic ban for his red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina after Donald Trump’s appeal has sparked protests from UEFA, Belgium, and the European Commission. Yet many point to Lionel Messi’s similar, unpunished challenge as evidence of football’s inconsistent disciplinary standards.

Mexico and England meet tonight in one of the most iconic settings in world football: the Estadio Azteca, where Pelé and Diego Maradona lifted the World Cup and where the Argentinian produced both the infamous ‘Hand of God’ and the ‘Goal of the Century’. England return to the stadium for the first time since that infamous 1986 defeat, facing an unbeaten Mexico for a place in the quarter-finals.

‘For those familiar with Biedermeier portrait painting, this painting really stands out from its peers…It is not the lifelikeness that makes the quality, since we do not even know what the little girl was like in reality, but the liveliness that even evokes the personality. This face is the face of a real person who, thanks to the magic of art, survives what is depicted.’

‘Rather than offering definitive conclusions, Lust for Life invites sustained reflection. Through the work of three contemporary Hungarian artists, the exhibition considers the body not only as physical form, but as a site where identity, vulnerability and freedom remain in ongoing negotiation.’

Thomas Jefferson, its primary author, and four other Delegates in the Continental Congress were on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, one of the most impactful documents ever written. The Continental Congress adopted its final wording 250 years ago today, on 4 July 1776.

In recent years, British and American legal scholars have met several times to debate whether the Declaration of Independence—the ‘birth certificate’ of the United States—was legally and lawfully adopted under the constitutional principles of its time.

Hungary’s housing market lost momentum in the second quarter, with annual price growth slowing markedly and quarterly increases nearly stalling. Buyer demand also weakened amid election-related uncertainty, seasonal factors, and the fading impact of the Home Start programme.

The Vatican has formally declared the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) to be in schism after it consecrated four bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s approval, triggering automatic excommunications and ending decades of efforts to reconcile the traditionalist fraternity with Rome following the rupture first sparked in 1988.

‘A monarch who once represented the Christian identity of the realm now consciously presents himself as protector of all faiths equally—including religions whose own theological traditions reject the very Christian doctrines upon which the monarchy itself historically rested.’

A video shared on X appears to show an incident in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in which a white man is accosted and then attacked by three black men before being detained by a policewoman immediately afterwards. The man, apparently mistaking the officer for another attacker, allegedly attempted to punch her and is now facing charges of assaulting a police officer.

Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom has hosted a pride celebration event at his residence, where he was jokingly introduced by lesbian Labour MP Olivia Bailey as a ‘lesbian style icon’ because of his hairstyle. PM Starmer happily accepted that title, and proudly touted the current British parliament as ‘the gayest parliament in the world’.

Production has begun on GYSEV’s new fleet of 11 InterCity trains, with the first units expected to enter service in 2027 and the full fleet operating on Budapest routes by 2028.

Famous British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson, on the social media platform X, has come to the defence of the 58-year-old Hungarian man who tossed the Pride flags displayed at the Elisabeth Bridge into the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, last month.

Hungary’s record-breaking heatwave is expected to end with thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds as the country’s highest heat alert expires and temperatures fall sharply.

‘The sitting President of the United States, after winning the 2024 presidential election by receiving 77.3 million votes nationally…was able to convince so many Americans to vote for him despite content about his supposed extraordinary failures as POTUS being a lot more prevalent in the media during his first and President Biden’s only term.’

Budapest Zoo’s Biodome has opened its permanent Urban Oasis, offering visitors a year-round tropical environment featuring exotic plants, wildlife, waterfalls and interactive displays after years of delays.

WWF Hungary is urging sweeping reforms to forest management after the current logging moratorium expires, calling for expanded continuous-cover forestry and stronger protection for the country’s most valuable native forests.