A motorboat carrying 14 Algerian illegal migrants struck a 17-year-old girl swimming off Sardinia, leaving her critically injured before continuing towards shore and trying to evade police. A teenage witness said those aboard saw what had happened, stopped briefly and then fled, while authorities later detained all 14 men and arrested the suspected helmsman.

Balázs Somogyi’s memoir recounts his life from the 1956 Revolution to decades of Hungarian–American community work, offering a personal account of history, identity, friendship and service to the Hungarian diaspora.

Hungary’s parliament will elect the first president of the powerful NVVH anti-corruption and asset-recovery office on Friday, choosing between Nicholas Sárvári, Miklós Ligeti and Anna Róza Unger. The process, initially meant to establish the office’s independence and credibility, has instead descended into controversy, largely due to the governing party’s communication failures.

Slovakia’s government has approved a bill that would prohibit people under 16 from creating user profiles on social media platforms. The proposed restriction could take effect next year if approved by parliament.

Ákos Hadházy has published emails he says expose a manipulated tender behind Hungary’s St Stephen’s Day celebrations, placing Tisza vice-president Márk Radnai in talks with the eventual winner weeks before procurement began. The case has sparked outrage among Tisza voters, with many calling it ‘Fidesz 2.0’ and warning that it undermines Péter Magyar’s regime-change narrative.

The fundraising campaign for Lindsay Clancy’s parents has reached over $1 million. Clancy is currently being tried for the murders of her three children in Massachusetts. GoFundMe, the site hosting the campaign, has banned the fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse and the Canadian truckers protesting pandemic restrictions in the past.