Organizers of the Sziget Festival have announced more than 40 new performers, including Bring Me The Horizon, Zara Larsson, Loyle Carner and Wolf Alice, strengthening the international line-up for the 2026 edition of the event.

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 immediately embraced the initiative and began drafting a policy proposal under the same name, with the aim of creating a unified pan-European company structure…However, the member states are likely to be less enthusiastic, as the planned 28th regime would in fact reduce national jurisdiction.’