Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar will attend his first NATO summit as head of government this week before remaining in Türkiye for a four-day private holiday with his sons, while Deputy Prime Minister Bálint Ruff oversees domestic affairs.

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.

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.

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.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government has revoked the refugee status of two key figures linked to Poland’s former Law and Justice (PiS) government, ending the protection granted under Viktor Orbán. The decision could strengthen Warsaw’s efforts to bring the former officials before Polish courts.

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.

The man suspected of beating Swedish football supporter Christian Zedig to death at a World Cup fan zone in Copenhagen surrendered to police on Friday after authorities released his photograph. The off-duty Swedish police officer, who leaves behind a wife and two young daughters, was reportedly attacked by a group of African men following Norway’s victory over Ivory Coast.

Hungary’s parliamentary Committee on Culture has appointed lawyer András Horváth to oversee the country’s public media organizations during their restructuring, with permanent leadership to be selected through a later public competition.

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.

Russia used drones launched largely from its shadow fleet to conduct surveillance over military bases and critical infrastructure across Western Europe for nearly 18 months, according to a new report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

BYD recorded a 143.8 per cent increase in Hungarian sales during the first half of 2026, becoming the country’s leading new-energy vehicle brand and the largest seller of fully electric cars.

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota has pardoned a 42-year-old Laotian illegal immigrant who was convicted of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl in 2006 and was set for deportation. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a public statement condemning the pardon.

Sony will discontinue physical disc production for all new PlayStation games from January 2028, accelerating the gaming industry’s shift to digital distribution and prompting concerns over ownership and game preservation.

Bern’s local authorities have apologized after police removed a man who identifies as a woman from a women-only nudist area, admitting that pool staff had wrongly ordered him to leave despite his meeting the city’s access rules. The incident has reignited the debate over transgender access to female-only spaces.

California’s proposed Protect Our Games Act failed to advance by a single vote after the Entertainment Software Association argued that community-run game servers constitute piracy, sparking renewed debate over digital ownership and game preservation.

The European Commission has for the first time officially confirmed that Hungarian intelligence officers operated from Hungary’s Permanent Representation in Brussels and targeted Commission officials, according to an internal document obtained by POLITICO. The report substantiates allegations that Viktor Orbán’s government had consistently dismissed as politically motivated.

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’.

The woman who drove the Stade mass shooter from the scene works as an adviser for a pro-migration NGO that receives substantial German government funding, according to NIUS. Prosecutors say she drove the suspect both to the custody meeting where six people were killed and away after the attack.

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.

France will hold the first round of its next presidential election on 18 April 2027 and the run-off on 2 May, just days before Emmanuel Macron leaves office. The announcement came as investigators carried out new raids linked to National Rally, whose leader Jordan Bardella currently leads polls to succeed the outgoing president.

Ireland assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July, handing one of the bloc’s most socially progressive and pro-Brussels governments control of the EU’s legislative agenda for the next six months. While Dublin promises competitiveness and security, conservatives warn it will use the role to advance progressive priorities across Europe.

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 has opposed a European Commission proposal aimed at supporting Ukraine’s wartime mobilization by limiting automatic EU protection for military-age men fleeing the country. The decision came just days after Budapest blocked the opening of all negotiating clusters in Kyiv’s EU accession bid and closely mirrors the position previously taken by Viktor Orbán’s government.

‘The Court distinguishes between objective grounds—such as the possession of modern technical or financial resources, or the experience acquired by the operator—and grounds that involve a “highly subjective assessment”, such as a project’s ability to fulfil a “societal function” or to serve the public interest.’

The US Supreme Court has delivered two landmark immigration rulings pulling President Donald Trump’s agenda in opposite directions, blocking his bid to restrict birthright citizenship while expanding executive authority over deportations. Together, the decisions could significantly shape the future of the administration’s emerging remigration agenda.

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.’

Veolia says increasingly frequent summer heatwaves are making flexible gas-fired power plants and battery storage essential for maintaining Hungary’s electricity grid during evening demand peaks.

The family of Louis, the 17-year-old boy beaten to death in Narbonne, has called for a major demonstration on 5 July, with the victim’s mother declaring that ‘it’s time for war’. As the killing fuels debate over immigration and juvenile crime, while attracting growing international mobilization, thousands are expected to attend.

In a 135–44 vote, MPs for the ruling Tisza Party voted to abolish the Sovereignty Protection Office created by the Orbán administration in 2024, after finding that it ‘served no actual public good’.