January’s political developments reinforced Fidesz–KDNP’s clear lead ahead of Hungary’s 2026 elections, while the Tisza Party struggled to set the agenda, according to the latest analysis by the Center for Fundamental Rights.
The first concrete pour at the Paks II Nuclear Power Plant marks the start of foundation work for Unit 5, officially moving the project into the construction phase under IAEA standards and highlighting Hungary’s focus on energy security and nuclear power.
The expiration of the New START treaty on 5 February removes the last formal limits on US and Russian nuclear arsenals, ending decades of mutual verification and symbolizing the broader collapse of global arms control in an increasingly unstable and multipolar world.
Millions of Hungarian families are set to receive higher wages with their January pay packets as new government measures take effect, including expanded family tax allowances, salary increases for teachers, and income tax exemptions for mothers raising two children, government officials said at a recent briefing.
The Daily Caller has uncovered that the Minnesota-based organization Headwaters Foundation for Justice has received $3.3 million in funding from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. The Headwaters Foundation, in turn, has funnelled the funds to 16 progressive activist groups organizing anti-ICE protests.
‘Marine Le Pen is now present at her appeal hearing, and the public prosecutor has just made his closing arguments, asking the judges to uphold the ineligibility sentence.’
A Budapest court has sentenced German Antifa terrorist Maja T, born Simeon T, to eight years in prison for his role in the 2023 street assaults that left several people seriously injured. Prosecutors described the attacks as coordinated ideological violence, while far-left activists protested the ruling, framing the closely watched case as politically motivated.
At a Danube Institute panel in Budapest, experts examined Hungary’s growing role in Central European energy security. Speakers highlighted new transit routes, partnerships with Turkic states, and strategic infrastructure projects positioning Hungary as a key regional energy hub.
The Hungarian government has officially announced a January energy price cap to offset higher household consumption caused by extreme cold, providing a 30 per cent discount on gas, electricity or district heating bills.
Gyula Grosics was the goalkeeper for the famous Mighty Magyars football team of the 1950s. Today is the centennial of his birth, so we are honouring his legacy with the biography of his eventful life.
Hungary would be required to set up a 23,000-capacity migrant camp under the EU’s Migration Pact, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chief domestic security adviser said, stressing that Hungary has chosen a different approach to migration.
15 years after its ruling on crucifixes in Italian schools, the European Court of Human Rights has asked Greece to justify the presence of Orthodox icons in its courts. Legal scholar Nicolas Bauer reminds us that states have entrusted the Court with protecting individual freedoms, not erasing European cultural heritage.
Ukraine has agreed with Western partners that repeated Russian violations of any future ceasefire would trigger a phased military response from European forces, backed by the United States, according to officials briefed on the talks.
A bombshell report from the US House Judiciary Committee exposes how the EU has spent a decade hijacking the global internet to censor political speech. From the 2023 Dutch elections to the 2024 European Parliament vote, Brussels pressured Big Tech to silence conservative voices.
Ukrainian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova sparked controversy at the WTA 250 tournament in Cluj-Napoca after refusing to shake hands or pose for a joint photo with Hungary’s Anna Bodnár during their match. Oliynykova cited Bodnár’s earlier participation in a tournament held in Russia as the reason for rejecting the traditional gestures, drawing a comparison to taking part in a sporting event in Nazi Germany.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the EU–Mercosur trade agreement will enter into provisional application despite plans by opponents in the European Parliament to seek judicial review of the pact before the EU’s top court.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is not a legitimate body. To discuss the decision’s implications for Member States soveringnty, Marcin Romanowski, President of the Hungarian–Polish Institute of Freedom, Former Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro of Poland, and Polish constitutional law expert Oskar Kida held a joint press conference in Budapest.
Hungary will initiate legal proceedings against the EU’s REPowerEU regulation, arguing that it unlawfully threatens access to affordable energy and circumvents EU decision-making rules, the minister for EU affairs said on Monday.
The European Commission has authorized HUN-REN research institutes to begin key administrative procedures, ensuring uninterrupted participation in EU research and innovation programmes following the network’s legal transformation.
As the 2026 World Cup approaches, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has signalled a shift on Russia’s exclusion from international football. Calling the ban ineffective and counterproductive, he argued that athletes should not be punished for political decisions—a stance Hungary has consistently defended since Russia’s suspension in 2022.
‘Truth be told, it is not in America’s national interest to start a war with Iran.’
Behind closed doors in Zagreb, the European People’s Party outlined a vision for Europe that would dilute national sovereignty and turn the EU into an increasingly militarized organization anchored to long-term commitments for Ukraine. With Viktor Orbán standing as the main obstacle to this agenda, it is hardly surprising that Brussels is now heavily invested in unseating him ahead of Hungary’s April election.
Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó condemned the detention of ethnic Hungarian politician Örs Orosz by Slovak police during a protest against the Beneš decrees in Bratislava, stressing that Hungary rejects the principle of collective guilt and will continue to raise the issue with the Slovak government.
With an executive decree by the Spanish government bypassing parliament, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s administration has granted residency and work permits to half a million migrants who had entered Spain illegally. Vox leader Santiago Abascal has accused the Prime Minister of wanting to ‘replace’ native Spanish people, and wanting to eventually nationalize the migrants for votes.
Hungary and the Hungary Helps Programme received an international award in Washington for their work supporting persecuted Christians and religious minorities, on the occasion of the International Religious Freedom Summit.
Hungarian officials have condemned the death of 46-year-old Zsolt Rebán, an ethnic Hungarian and EU citizen who collapsed after being forcibly conscripted by Ukrainian authorities despite a documented heart condition. His death has intensified Budapest’s criticism of Kyiv’s mobilization practices and further strained already tense Hungarian–Ukrainian relations.
‘ As the last three decades have shown, the EU’s migration and asylum policy is an abysmal and absolute failure.’
Researchers at the University of Szeged are examining how artificial intelligence could support judicial decision-making in criminal cases, aiming to make sentencing practices more transparent, consistent and fair.
71 per cent of Hungarians would not support the reintroduction of mandatory military service, according to a new survey by the Nézőpont Institute, which found broad opposition across all social groups.
Masked Antifa-linked extremists armed with improvized weapons clashed with Italian police in Turin, resulting in multiple injuries and arrests. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence and urged the courts to hold the perpetrators accountable. The events in Turin are yet another example of increasingly aggressive far-left political violence that many Western countries have to confront in order to maintain stability.