Belgium’s Musée royal de Mariemont reopens with a major exhibition on Mary, Queen of Hungary, exploring her political and cultural legacy in the very landscape she shaped. Running from 22 November 2025 to 10 May 2026, the show highlights her role in the Habsburg network through art, diplomacy and regional history.
Hungary has risen from sixth to second place among Israeli travel destinations, driven by public safety and Budapest’s pro-Israel policies. As Israeli tourism surges and travellers favour countries seen as friendly to Israel, Hungary is expected to welcome a record number of visitors this holiday season.
‘…without intellectual and political leaders who are able and daring enough to go beyond the surface-level symptoms of the infocracy, our capacity to reform society and adapt to a post-infocratic world becomes increasingly limited. It would be like fighting the weather: we might cool our houses with air conditioning, but we cannot stop the heat from entering in the first place.’
‘The whole system was evil and irrational. An observer noted that there was a full company of French soldiers in a transit camp. They escaped from German captivity, hid in Hungary, but they were put among the forced labourers simply because the Soviets wanted more people in the camps.’
‘Modern conservatism will never produce another Buckley. The current climate is too hostile to showy intellectualism and the media too fractured for any one man…to dominate the conversation.’
‘The so-called “populist wave” is not the enemy of democracy; it is the symptom of liberal democracy’s philosophical exhaustion.’
‘From the above, it is clear that “Filmes” was the “social contact” of the Hungarian intelligence service who attended Münch’s reception and who was also the director of the TV series Századunk—a description that fits only one person, namely Péter Bokor.’
Hungarian champions Ferencváros remain unbeaten in the UEFA Europa League league phase, after tying Turkish giants Fenerbahçe SK away from home. Remarkably, striker Barnabás Varga has scored his 14th header for the season for club and country.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok opened the exhibition Guardians of Eternity – The Terracotta Warriors of China’s First Emperor at the Museum of Fine Arts, calling it a display of treasures that shaped the Far East for millennia. He said the event symbolizes Hungary’s enduring cultural affinity with Asia and the strength of ties with China.
The Museum of Ethnography in Budapest has won a special prize from the international jury of the Children in Museums Award for its immersive ‘Sleep Over at the Museum!’ programme, recognized for its innovative approach to children’s museum education.
Tourism in Hungary continues its strong rise, with nearly 1.7 million visitors in October and record-breaking figures for the first ten months of 2025. New government measures aim to support small tourism businesses and boost long-term competitiveness.
A Hungarian medical team led by Budapest’s Saint Francis Hospital has completed a ten-day mission in Chad, training local staff, performing pioneering surgeries, and laying the foundations for a sustainable medical and educational model that could be replicated worldwide.
Progressives are in full meltdown over A Super Progressive Movie, a January 2026 satire produced by Australian senator Pauline Hanson. The film mocks woke ideology through the story of four Melbourne activists thrown into an Australia where Hanson is prime minister—a premise that has already triggered outrage.
According to Yossi Dagan, ignorance poses an even greater danger to Israel than antisemitism.
Young Hungarians consider the flag, the Anthem, the coat of arms, and the Holy Crown the most important national symbols, with the Anthem seen as the strongest expression of national sentiment. Rural youth place more emotional weight on the anthem, while views on the Holy Crown vary widely by age, gender, and location, according to a new survey by the MCC Youth Research Institute.
A high-level conference in Budapest on 24 November 2025 highlighted the growing strategic partnership between Israel and Central Europe. Hosted by the Europe Israel Press Association, it examined shifting Middle Eastern geopolitics, Europe’s security priorities, and disinformation undermining Israel’s right to self-defence.
Prime Minister Orbán of Hungary has recently put out an unusual tourism ad, urging people to visit Hungary this holiday season, as there are no illegal migrants here. This prompted a response not just from many X users praising it, but the British newspaper The Telegraph and a long-time critic of Orbán, German MEP Daniel Freund as well.
Hungary will raise wages for cultural sector employees by 15 per cent from 1 January, the Ministry for Culture and Innovation announced. The increase will affect 41,000 workers across state, church, municipal, and civil cultural institutions.
To celebrate the Day of Hungarian Football, here is our list of the 20 greatest Hungarian footballers of all time, featuring Ferenc Puskás, Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungary’s only Ballon d’Or winner Flórián Albert, and many more legendary players.
Hungary’s economic mood continued to improve in November, according to Századvég’s latest survey. Both households and companies reported stronger expectations, bringing confidence indicators to their best levels in more than three years despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is promoting Hungary as Europe’s safest Christmas destination in a new video posted on X. Inviting tourists to ‘experience Europe the way it should be,’ he also stressed that Hungary pays a daily €1 million fine for not opening its borders to illegal migrants.
15 schools across Hungary have received 220 refurbished laptops optimized for digital learning from the 4iG Foundation for a Digital Society, offering thousands of students new opportunities to develop digital skills and launch innovative projects.
Hungary’s festive season officially began in Ibrány, where this year’s national Christmas tree—an impressive 23-metre silver fir—was cut and sent on its way to Budapest. The giant tree reached Kossuth Square on Monday, where it will soon become the focal point of the capital’s Advent celebrations.
Hungary will not support the EU’s new Erasmus strategy until Hungarian students and researchers regain access to Erasmus and Horizon programmes, Minister Balázs Hankó said, calling their exclusion unlawful and politically motivated.
Budapest celebrated the 120th anniversary of the consecration of St Stephen’s Basilica with a light show, a festive mass, and a concert. Cardinal Péter Erdő highlighted that the basilica’s history reflects a path shaped by divine providence.
In its ‘Beyond the Óperencia’ series, Magyar Krónika is looking at the meeting points of America and Hungary, and at Hungarians in America, from penniless peasants to political emigrants and soldiers of fortune. In this section, let us introduce a mysterious woman who spent perhaps the most beautiful period of her overall tragic life overseas.
‘The White Terror was largely a series of events in the countryside, and although atrocities and murders did occur in Budapest as well, these were not characteristic of the 1st District. Nevertheless, at least one murder is known to have taken place in the 1st District, specifically in the Nándor Barracks on Kapisztrán Square…’
‘The damage is done. Most viewers will swallow the caricature without a second thought, file ‘Hungary = corrupt chaos’ into their mental map of Europe, and never realize they’ve been fed quiet propaganda dressed as entertainment. Beautiful Budapest didn’t deserve the smear. And the audience didn’t deserve the lie.’
The Axioma Center’s Budapest conference What Does It Mean to Be Human? explored Christian perspectives on human nature. Speakers such as Dr László Gájer and Bishop Dr István Bogárdi Szabó reflected on intelligence, freedom, and the body–soul relationship, stressing humanity’s God-given dignity and the enduring quest to understand our place in creation.
‘The books primarily focus on the U.S. and represent a “beautiful and high-quality imprint” of the Hungarian diaspora there…the project could be continued to include Hungarians living on other continents, and these works should reach every Hungarian community.’