Kalocsa-based Smarttable CEE has agreed to take delivery of €1.5 million worth of Chinese ZTT energy-storage systems as Hungary races to expand battery capacity after August’s energy crisis exposed the limits of its solar-heavy grid. The deal lands just as both Budapest and Brussels tighten scrutiny of Chinese-linked energy technology and infrastructure.

Hungarian energy attorney Máté Tóth has accused Economy and Energy Minister István Kapitány of making misleading claims about Hungary’s gas prices. He says physical gas purchases and price hedging are separate transactions, and claims MVM had already begun hedging for 2027, despite the Minister’s statements to the contrary.

Viktor Orbán’s grip on Fidesz is being tested from inside and outside as Tibor Navracsics builds a moderate alternative, János Lázár demands renewal and the new asset-recovery agency prepares to investigate the Orbán era. That makes September the most important month since April, potentially deciding whether Fidesz survives intact or begins to break apart.

‘The snivelling wokesters will work themselves into a lather over the name. A mature country does not run from its history. A serious country does not vandalize its memory to satisfy the latest fashion in whinger politics,’ Minister of Rail Winston Peters of New Zealand has stated about a new ferry connecting the North and South Islands of New Zealand being named after Captain Cook.

The United States faces a complex immigration dilemma: while stronger border enforcement is necessary, deportations alone cannot provide a sustainable solution. A balanced immigration policy should protect national security while expanding legal pathways, addressing labor shortages, and offering a limited path to legal status for long-term undocumented residents.

A Hungarian Defence Forces Gripen fighter jet crashed near Szolnok on Monday morning for reasons that remain unclear. The pilot ejected safely, and no injuries or damage to civilian infrastructure were reported.

Hungary’s central bank is expected to continue cutting interest rates this week, while the KSH will publish fresh data on investment, wages and employment. The Finance Ministry will also release detailed figures on the central sub-system of the state budget for the end of July.

The alleged GTA 6 leaker has released a ninth gameplay video as the leak campaign enters its sixth consecutive day. Take-Two Interactive has expanded its legal efforts to identify those behind the leaks, issuing a subpoena to X after previously targeting Microsoft and Discord.

Mothers are declaring ‘Same, Lindsay’ in a bizarre TikTok trend, identifying with Lindsay Clancy’s descriptions of postpartum distress during her trial for killing her three children. The sympathy campaign, which has sparked harsh backlash from conservatives, has gone so far that one woman says she now asks dates whether Clancy should go to jail—and walks out immediately if they answer yes.

The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity is marking the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes with its 13th ‘Remember. August 23’ campaign. This year, the initiative tells the story of Dr Stefania Perzanowska, who saved prisoners’ lives by establishing a hospital inside the Majdanek concentration camp in 1943.

Die Linke and the AfD are reshaping Berlin’s political map ahead of September’s election, with the radical left leading on 22 per cent and the hard right party tied with the CDU on 18. Their combined support has almost doubled since 2023, while the SPD has collapsed to 12 per cent and the governing parties that once dominated the capital now command only 30 per cent.

The Save Europe Act has passed 700,000 signatures less than three months after launch, keeping the remigration campaign on course for its one-million target despite Brussels refusing to register it as an official ECI. Co-founder Eva Vlaardingerbroek says the next steps are to reach one million and take the European Commission to court over the decision.

‘It does not matter how high you build a castle’s walls if a backdoor is left open. In a migration-policy context, one of the most infamous backdoors is the asylum system itself. As long as the authorities allow asylum seekers to enter through official border crossing points…the border is not really secured.’

At least four migrant boys have been raped and remain hospitalized in Ceuta, as the number of victims in the aftermath of the mass invasion continues to rise. Judicial proceedings now cover at least 14 victims, many of them underage, while police have deployed specialists to protect thousands of minors still in the enclave, where the child protection system is operating at 4,600 per cent of normal capacity.

A dramatic police chase unfolded along the northern shore of Lake Balaton after a Mercedes driver refused to stop for police. Officers fired at the vehicle’s tyres, but the man continued fleeing, ramming several police cars before crashing into a utility pole in Balatonfüred, Hungary.

Hungary’s first St Stephen’s Day under Péter Magyar showed both continuity and change in its foreign relations. Washington remained firmly present, Zelenskyy paired his greeting with an invitation to Kyiv, and Pakistan and India joined the list. Israel, by contrast, disappeared after having prominently celebrated its friendship with Orbán’s Hungary in 2025.

Nathan Cafnas, the self-described ‘race realist’ researcher who first published the accusations of plagiarism against Jason Arday, has been suspended from his position by Ghent University pending an investigation. He blames the decision on rector Petra De Sutter, who was also the first transgender minister to serve in a European Union country.

‘The actual data tell…that Muslim migrants are disproportionately represented in jihadi terrorism in Europe…Such an implication may be inconvenient for the defenders of open borders, who would prefer to talk about the menace of the far right, but it is nonetheless true.’

Two Afghan illegal immigrants have been found guilty of a knifepoint rape in Barking Park, England, while two other Afghan migrants appeared in court the same day accused of raping a 14-year-old girl on a train to London. The cases broke amid ridicule of new Home Office guidance explaining rape and sexual harassment to asylum seekers, sharpening the political backlash.

Péter Magyar’s first St Stephen’s Day as prime minister has been overshadowed by allegations that the company awarded the celebrations contract had been discussing the project weeks before procurement formally began. The controversy, which dominated the day, undermined Tisza’s symbolic, regime-change-themed 20 August and left Magyar unusually silent.

‘In the event of any engagement with the Taliban, it is crucial for governments to establish a formal framework that incorporates Afghan women in pivotal conversations about the future of Afghanistan.’

A former British police officer has been convicted of sharing a meme mocking Islam, reigniting debate over free speech and Britain’s blasphemy laws. The case has also drawn attention in the US, with Senator Ted Cruz condemning the conviction and declaring on X: ‘No meme is criminal. The UK has fallen.’

Florida’s 2026 primaries delivered another strong result for Republicans, with Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds easily winning the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Republicans also turned out in greater numbers than Democrats, while the biggest surprise came on the Democratic side, where Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman despite being heavily outspent.

Ceuta’s rape epidemic continues to deepen, with JUPOL warning that groups of Moroccan and North African illegal migrants are dragging girls into secluded mountainous terrain and rape them. 15 cases have already been confirmed since the July mass invasion, while officials are racing to place hundreds of vulnerable migrant girls into emergency accommodation.

More than 30 laws, two constitutional amendments and a series of measures aimed at reforming Hungary were among the achievements of the new Tisza-majority parliament’s first 100 days, the governing party’s parliamentary group said on Wednesday.

Swietelsky will rebuild the 13.6-kilometre railway section between Almásfüzitő and Komárom for 36.3 billion forints. The project aims to enable trains to travel at up to 160 km/h while improving safety, accessibility and passenger facilities.

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen, convicted over citing a Bible passage on homosexuality, has been blocked from entering the United Kingdom, leaving her unable to attend a Northern Ireland conference where she was due to speak about freedom of speech. ADF CEO Kristen Waggoner urged Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to intervene, arguing that Britain should not uphold another country’s ‘heavy-handed censorship’.

Hungarians used almost twice as much mobile data per day while abroad in 2025 as they did three years earlier, according to the latest report by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH). At the same time, the amount of roaming voice calls began to decline last year.

Viktor Orbán himself is under review in a confidential Fidesz survey asking members to rate his competence, judge the party’s loss of moral credibility and even consider dissolving Fidesz altogether. The move suggests the former governing party is finally reconsidering assumptions that remained untouchable throughout its years in power, paving the way for the possibility of a genuine self-reflection.

‘After a day or two I no longer felt like a guest, but like an integral member of an old family-and-friends kind of community.’ The 50th ITT-OTT Conference brought together Hungarian Americans and members of the wider diaspora for a week of culture, intellectual exchange, music, dance, food and enduring friendship.