Budapest’s culture draws tourists through architecture, music, film, and cuisine. Experts at a BP Műhely panel highlighted how residents shape the city’s image, from service workers to everyday curiosity, while sports and party districts diversify the capital’s appeal on the global stage.

The Republican Representatives in the US House, joined by one Democrat, have passed the SAVE Act, which would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The bill is now headed to the Senate, where it will have a tough fight to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold, despite the GOP’s majority in the Chamber.

Is the Ayatollah regime willing to change under societal pressure? Will Iran strike a deal on its nuclear programme with the US? Does it have the capacity for a blitzkrieg? We interviewed the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs’ Budapest Global Dialogue on the ongoing turbulences in Iran.

Budapest’s municipality has begun construction on the Demo Hub, a pilot project under the EU co-financed AHA Budapest programme, transforming a long-vacant school building in Újpest into 26 energy-efficient affordable homes.

‘Is Donald Trump really weakening Europe? Or is it the fact that we have admitted millions of people whom we are unable to integrate? Over a 50–100-year horizon, this will fundamentally reshape our societies.’

Hungary’s Transport Ministry held a workshop on integrating stronger traffic education into the revised Traffic Code, focusing on early childhood training, unified methodology and a national action plan to improve road safety.