Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen have issued a joint message calling for stricter immigration policies across Europe. Despite coming from different sides of the political spectrum, the two leaders say they are united in defending Europe’s security, laws, and Christian cultural heritage.

‘The Ipoteka acquisition shows how Hungary can leverage its geopolitical connections with the Turkic world through its observer status at the OTS into economic and commercial benefits. Uzbekistan is not just another frontier market. It is a substantial…country that has strong and improving transport links eastwards to China and westwards through Kazakhstan towards the Caspian Sea and Europe.’

Hungary has become a leading regional centre for scientific research and education in animal welfare by 2026, according to the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest. The university said its cross-institutional and interdisciplinary model is unique in the region.

Hungary could introduce three new higher education programmes, while an Artificial Intelligence Informatics master’s programme could also be added to the country’s official list of higher education programmes. Public consultation on the proposal began on Monday.

New reporting has raised the possibility that Viktor Orbán could seek a senior international role after leaving office, from FIFA to the United Nations. The former prime minister reportedly discussed opportunities during his US trip and is interested in becoming UN deputy secretary-general, as a constitutional term limit and Tisza’s anti-corruption drive narrow his path back to power.

Around 900 Hungarian high school students from across the Carpathian Basin and the global Hungarian diaspora will gather in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary for the third National Hungarian High School Camp. Polish–Hungarian and media camps will also be taking place at the same location.

Viktor Orbán’s recent vacations abroad have fuelled criticism that he is disappearing at moments of domestic crisis. Those same trips, however, overlap strikingly with progress in MOL’s bid for Serbia’s NIS: undisclosed talks in Washington, an OFAC extension days later and a Serbian visit alongside MOL deputy CEO Oszkár Világi, pointing to possible influence beyond formal office.

BYD has signed an environmental cooperation agreement with the University of Szeged, under which the university will conduct independent monitoring of air, water, soil and noise levels, as well as stationary emissions.

Brazilian influencer Bianca Barreto has been convicted of a ‘social racism’ offence for misgendering transgender MP Duda Salabert from the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade). She was sentenced to two years in prison and a R$20,000 (around $3,800) fine.

EU-funded projects under Hungary’s Baross Gábor Rail Development Plan can now begin following the publication of a government decree. The ten-year programme aims to modernize the country’s rail and fixed-track transport network with a total budget of 3,550 billion forints.

Hungary’s government has sent schools a 14-point proposal package aimed at making primary education more child-centred, including shorter 35-minute lessons, longer activity breaks and more experiential learning.

Italian intelligence has warned that another mass illegal invasion from Morocco into Ceuta could begin within days, possibly as early as 10 August, as security services track renewed online mobilization resembling the campaign behind the 30 July wave. Spain is reinforcing the enclave as thousands from the first storm remain, leaving reception facilities overwhelmed and public order strained.

Hungary’s new foreign-policy establishment is preparing a ‘complete break’ with the MAGA-oriented model, according to the recently appointed leadership of the country’s main foreign-policy institute. Balázs Orbán, former political director of Viktor Orbán, said the shift meant abandoning a ‘sovereign, realist and conservative’ approach for a EU-centred liberal foreign policy.

Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham was knocked to the floor by Chicago Sky’s DiJonai Carrington on Saturday, escalating a dispute that had so far remained verbal and online. The row was sparked by Cunningham’s criticism of transgender participation in women’s sports and was even joined by former NBA players who ridiculed the debate by announcing plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft as women.

Real Madrid legend Roberto Carlos and club CEO José Ángel Sánchez paid tribute to Ferenc Puskás at St Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest on Saturday. The ceremony took place before Madrid’s 2–1 preseason win over Ferencváros and ahead of next year’s centenary of the Hungarian legend, which the club has pledged to help commemorate.

Former Supreme Court president András Baka will be the Tisza Party’s candidate for Hungary’s presidency, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Saturday, three days before parliament votes on Tamás Sulyok’s successor. His nomination carries double-edged symbolic symmetry: Baka’s own term was cut short under Fidesz, just as Tisza has now ended Sulyok’s presidency through constitutional engineering.

‘The aim of these three-to-eight-week (most commonly seven-week) summer camps is to provide children with programs that develop not only their physical abilities, but also their social skills—all while they are away from their parents and in a gadget-free environment.’

At least five migrant girls aged 14 or younger have allegedly been raped in Ceuta, according to reports from the Spanish enclave invaded by 72,000–80,000 from Morocco last week. NGOs said that around 4,000 to 7,000 unaccompanied minors are still in the city, with reception centres operating at 2,600 per cent of their capacity, creating fertile ground for sexual assault, trafficking and exploitation.

Hungary’s governing Tisza Party will recommend three presidential candidates to its parliamentary group before Tuesday’s vote, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said. The shortlist appears to be the culmination of the party’s social media casting after Judit Polgár’s failed nomination, with former Supreme Court president András Baka emerging as the clear media favourite.

Sebastian Mihai Caraba, a Hungarian Romanian national with a previous credit-card-fraud conviction, is awaiting deportation from the United States after ICE officers arrested him in Washington, DC. His case soon sparked an online comment war, as Hungarians and Romanians traded jokes and insults over whose criminal he was and which country should receive him.

A statue commemorating Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti in Bor, Serbia, has been vandalized, prompting the Hungarian National Council of Vojvodina to file a police report. The monument honours the poet, who was murdered during the Holocaust after being forced into labour in the town in 1944.

Paula Solanas de Miguel, a 27-year-old Red Cross volunteer who taught children and teenagers to identify gender violence, was stabbed to death by her Moroccan boyfriend as she prepared to leave him. Her killing became Spain’s 33rd fatal case of partner violence this year and has revived scrutiny of the disproportionately large share involving foreign nationals.

Following the plagiarism scandal of Professor Jason Arday, the woke doctoral thesis topics researched by students at the University of Cambridge is also receiving critical attention from the public. These include Gay Masculinity, Intimacy and the (Un)queer State, or the Legal Mobilization by Black Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) Womxn in Kenya and South Africa.

Hungary’s annual inflation slowed to 1.2 per cent in July, well below market expectations, prompting analysts to revise their outlook and increasing expectations of further interest rate cuts by the central bank.

Hungary has launched an official government website dedicated to artificial intelligence, providing information on AI regulation while allowing users to submit complaints about suspected misuse, Science and Technology Minister Zoltán Tanács announced.

Passenger services on the Budapest–Belgrade railway could begin this autumn if final safety tests on the Hungarian section are completed successfully, Hungarian Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said after talks with his Serbian counterpart in Subotica.

Croatia’s JANAF will transport 2.05 million tonnes of crude for MOL in 2026 under a retroactive take-or-pay agreement, ending the immediate contract gap after months of dispute. The volume is still modest compared with Druzhba supplies, yet Adria could become the backbone of Hungary’s gradual break with Russian oil if sustained capacity is demonstrated.

Lucas Jumalon, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Spokane, Washington, beat a field of 9,208 players in this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event, claiming the $10 million first prize.

Hungary’s next president could be elected as early as 11 August, putting the new head of state in office one day before St Stephen’s Day. The date would give Tisza’s regime-change narrative powerful symbolism, while the party’s social-media casting increasingly points towards András Baka or Botond Fülöp after Péter Magyar lost his top candidate through a rushed process.

Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow Democratic primary victory in Michigan has reignited the debate over the influence of the party’s progressive wing ahead of the 2026 midterms. With Wisconsin’s primary next, another self-described socialist candidate could jeopardize the Democrats’ chances in another swing state in the Midwest.