The Kremlin welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s refusal to send weapons to Ukraine, arguing that peace would come sooner if other countries adopted a similar approach, spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said after Magyar’s meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. The remarks highlight the government’s attempt to balance Western alignment with pragmatic relations with Moscow.

Anti-racist organization Stand Up to Racism has come under heavy backlash after activists disrupted a vigil for murdered British student Henry Nowak outside a Southampton police station on Sunday. The controversy intensified further after demonstrators shouted throughout a planned three-minute silence marking the time Nowak bled to death while handcuffed by police.

While pressuring President Tamás Sulyok to resign, Prime Minister Péter Magyar has also called for the resignation of the heads of two public media companies. The demands followed reports by RTL that leaked emails from public broadcasters showed a news director instructing staff to cover stories damaging to Magyar’s Tisza Party.

Hard-right, pro-Trump candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won a surprise first-round victory in Colombia’s presidential election on 31 May, ahead of left-wing senator Iván Cepeda Castro. President Gustavo Petro alleged fraud, while De la Espriella vowed to ‘defeat tyranny’ ahead of the 21 June run-off.

Prime Minister Péter Magyar said the Tisza Party will pursue a constitutional amendment to remove President Tamás Sulyok if he does not resign voluntarily, arguing that the credibility of Hungary’s presidency must be restored.

Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok refused to resign by the 31 May deadline set by Prime Minister Péter Magyar and the Tisza government, pushing the country toward an unprecedented constitutional confrontation. Magyar and Justice Minister Márta Görög will meet Sulyok on Monday as the government prepares possible removal measures.

At an anti-ICE protest, a New Jersey man was caught on camera threatening to kill an agent and his family. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed that the man would be arrested during his appearance on Fox News. Later that day, he announced on X that the perp is now in custody.

French champions Paris Saint-Germain have just become the first team to defend their UEFA Champions League title since Real Madrid in 2018. They won the first penalty shootout in a UCL final since 2016, after the game finished 1–1 after extra time. Havertz opened the scoring for Arsenal, but Ballon d’Or title holder Ousmane Dembélé equalized from a PK in the second half.

Ahead of tonight’s UEFA Champions League final at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna, fans of both teams gathered at the UEFA Champions Festival in Heroes’ Square. Visitors enjoyed mini-football pitches, photo opportunities, live DJs and even free haircuts as the city geared up for the season’s biggest match.

While Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government is celebrating the release of billions in frozen EU funds, European Commission officials are seeking to temper expectations. According to POLITICO Brussels, Hungary still faces major legal and procedural hurdles—and largely the same conditions imposed under Viktor Orbán—before any money can be disbursed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Armenia to hold a referendum on whether it wants to pursue EU membership or remain in the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union, warning that full integration into both is impossible. The remarks came days before Armenia’s parliamentary election amid intensifying competition between Russia and the West in the South Caucasus.

An 18-year-old man was arrested in Budapest after attacking a food delivery courier with an axe during a road rage incident. The suspect allegedly swung the weapon after a minor traffic collision, narrowly missing the victim. Police later detained him in an apartment complex.

Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has formally requested the Venice Commission to assess the escalating constitutional conflict surrounding his office after months of mounting political pressure from Prime Minister Péter Magyar demanding his resignation. The move marks a significant escalation in the increasingly open confrontation between Hungary’s head of state and the new government.

An explosive drone crashed into a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați early Friday, injuring civilians and prompting strong condemnation from European Union leaders, who accused Russia of violating EU airspace.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a ‘historic agreement’ with Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government on Friday. The deal unlocks €14.2 billion in frozen EU funds, while another €2.2 billion could follow later. Brussels also confirmed Hungary’s return to the Erasmus programme and accession to the EPPO system.

Several locations in Hungary are included on the target list of Palestine Action, a violent pro-Palestinian organization designated as a terrorist group by the British government.

In an open letter on the website Greek City Times, modern-day Greeks denounced the lack of actual Greek representation in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie The Odyssey. This is just the latest in a number of controversies surrounding the casting of the film which features black actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.

German right-wing activist Maximilian Märkl was detained at Munich Airport and banned from travelling to Portugal ahead of the upcoming Remigration Summit in Porto, with authorities arguing that the event promoted ‘right-wing extremism’. The incident fits into a broader recent pattern of European mainstream governments using legal and administrative measures to suppress anti-immigration voices.

Hungary’s social affairs minister has called for a comprehensive review of the country’s child protection system following talks with child welfare officials and a police investigation into alleged sexual abuse cases in a Csongrád-Csanád County institution.

Hódmezővásárhely Mayor Péter Márki-Zay, one of Péter Magyar’s earliest and most vocal supporters, has issued his strongest criticism yet of Hungary’s new government, warning that the country risks drifting toward a ‘new one-party system’. His criticism comes amid mounting controversy surrounding Tisza’s investigative committees and plans affecting municipalities.

Two female residents of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, have been charged with health care fraud in US federal court after they allegedly submitted claims to the tune of $46.6 million for fraudulent services in a federal medicaid programme. According to media reports, some of the fraudulent money has been wired to Kenya.

The EU’s watchdog overseeing European political parties has formally launched a procedure that could ultimately strip the sovereignist Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) alliance—including AfD and Hungary’s Our Homeland—of its official status and EU funding. Supporters of the alliance described the move as a politically motivated attempt to suppress anti-immigration and nationalist forces across Europe.

A jury at Southampton Crown Court has found 23-year-old Vikrum Digwa guilty of murdering university student Henry Nowak in one of Britain’s most politically explosive criminal cases this year. Hampshire Police issued an apologize for ‘handcuffing the dying teenager’, calling the case an absolute tragedy.

Hungary’s preparations for the 2026 UEFA Champions League final in Budapest have been thrown into uncertainty just two days ahead of the event after companies linked to businessman Gyula Balásy reportedly became effectively insolvent due to an ongoing criminal investigation. The crisis directly threatens the event because firms connected to Balásy are reportedly responsible for major logistical operations.

A major new rare earth minerals agreement between US company REalloys and Greenland’s Tanbreez deposit has been made. It highlights Washington’s growing push to reduce dependence on Chinese supply chains. The deal also underscores Greenland’s increasing geopolitical importance to the Trump administration.

Hungary’s labour market remains under pressure as demographic decline, weak economic growth and geopolitical uncertainty continue to delay a broader recovery, analysts said following the latest employment data.

‘Amid increasingly intense Russian threats, Moscow often portrays its actions as previously restrained, even though the scale and frequency of attacks on Kyiv have already been persistently high. This is not a future scenario. This is the current reality of Kyiv.’

Budapest will introduce additional public transport services and major traffic restrictions ahead of Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal at the Puskás Arena. Tens of thousands of football fans are expected to arrive in the Hungarian capital for the match.

According to critics, it is even possible that the move was a prearranged manoeuvre between Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox parties to consolidate their voter base and gain greater control over the timing of the next election.

For the second consecutive day, jurors at Southampton Crown Court failed to reach a verdict in the politically explosive Henry Nowak murder trial, as fears intensified that the defendant could ultimately be convicted of manslaughter rather than murder. The controversy deepened further after the judge instructed jurors to consider the lesser alternative verdict despite the severity of the attack described by prosecutors.