Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said Prague should follow examples set by the United States, Hungary and Poland, warned against further guaranteed loans to Ukraine, and argued for reviving regional alliances in an interview with Mandiner.
How is the current series of anti-government demonstrations different from previous protests in Iran? What are the most likely scenarios for system change? How strong is the Ayatollah regime? We asked the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute to explain what is actually happening in Iran.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the Gaza Peace Council, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, while reaffirming Hungary’s rejection of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
Portugal’s presidential election is headed for a run-off between right-wing, anti-immigration Chega leader André Ventura and socialist António José Seguro after the first round delivered a surprise Seguro lead with around 30 per cent, while Ventura secured 24.46 per cent with more than 93 per cent of votes counted.
‘Some were permitted to take shelter with relatives in the countryside, but the majority of such requests were rejected. Only in the rarest cases did deportees arrive under relatively consolidated conditions…This article will focus especially on deported families with little children, and our further articles will inspect other interesting cases as well.’
‘The honest takeaway from the year’s first two to three weeks is this: to the American Empire, everything remains on the table. Yet its interest in the world has never been narrower. The United States is not retreating from the globe, but from those regions that no longer yield dividends. For the same reasons, China and Russia will likely follow suit.’
‘In addition to his role as patron of the country, the prince who died in an unfortunate accident had to wait centuries to find his place among the Hungarian saints, so that his legend could be used to inspire young schoolchildren and promote Catholicism to them.’
‘In the case of Ukraine and Spain, it also produces circumstantial parallels that obscure the unbridgeable gap between the very natures of the two conflicts, conflating the ideological antagonisms of the 1930s at their most nationally internecine with a globalized, technological war for territory. Far from far-sighted, the mantra that Europe should re-learn forgotten lessons or resign itself to perish here becomes dangerously myopic.’
‘Though it was ultimately forced to merge with the Democratic Party, the Farmer–Labor Party’s legacy lives on today, making the Democratic–Farmer Labor Party often further to the left than the rest of the Democratic Party across the United States.’
‘The idea of becoming a congregational pastor matured in me in America. We managed to visit my grandmother several times, who fled Hungary in 1956 and lived in New Jersey…In 1996, however, I felt that I’d like to come to America properly, look around, and talk to fellow pastors. That was when I first felt that perhaps I should try my hand at congregational ministry.’
‘Trump…does not need to “take over” Greenland by force or by acquisition. Instead, he should rely on his artful strategy that has thus far been marked by business pragmatism and a preference for power politics—peace through transaction, that is, cutting a deal.’
Hull City Council rolled out Pathways, an anti-extremism game, hoping to steer students away from so-called ‘far-right ideas’. But it didn’t go as planned. The game’s goth character, Amelia, meant to be a warning sign for nationalism, quickly turned into an internet sensation. People turned her into a meme, showing how clumsy progressive messaging gets when it paints normal patriotism as a threat.
‘The warm friendship between President Trump and Prime Minister Orbán is itself a visible sign of hope that we can renew our countries, restore our memory of God, and recover the manifold strengths that Christian Faith brings to the world.’
What is the significance of the American military intervention aiming to capture President Maduro? What went wrong during the Chávez era? What will be the fate of the Maduro—and the Cuban—regime? The Hungarian Conservative asked the prominent Venezuelan opposition figure in Budapest about America’s capture of President Maduro and its political consequences for Venezuela.
An exchange at a US Senate hearing baffled many and went viral on X. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri was asking obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Nisha Verma if men can get pregnant, but could not get her to give a straight answer during five minutes of questioning.
As the world order shifts at breakneck speed—from Donald Trump’s pressure on Denmark over Greenland to Washington’s operation against Venezuela—EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas offered European lawmakers an eyebrow-raising response: ‘start drinking’. The remark has become a symbol of Brussels’ paralysis in the new international environment, prompting Balázs Orbán to call for Kallas to resign.
Eight energy infrastructure projects to be implemented in Hungary have been included on the EU’s latest list of Projects of Common Interest, a move expected to strengthen energy security and support stable household energy costs, according to Hungarian MEP András Gyürk.
The Hungarian news site Mandiner claims to have obtained information that US President Donald Trump may be coming to CPAC Hungary 2026 in person. President Trump has already sent exclusive video messages to the event in 2023, 2024, and 2025 as well.
‘Venezuela has become a stress test. And Europe’s response has exposed both its instincts and its inhibitions.’
Another Hungarian citizen has been released from prison in Venezuela, Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Friday, saying a detained Hungarian woman was freed in the presence of Hungary’s honorary consul in Caracas. Budapest coordinated the operation with the Dutch consulate and US authorities following a recent American action in the Venezuelan capital.
In his first interview of the year, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary must decide whether to support large-scale EU funding for Ukraine or protect national interests, warning that unconditional aid risks dragging Europe deeper into war.
A student at the University of Szeged has developed an AI-based text detector that works in Hungarian and can distinguish human-written content from AI-generated text with exceptional accuracy, offering a new tool for education, media, and beyond.
‘Northern and Eastern Europe…as well as parts of Central and Western Europe, are also becoming high-risk areas. Surveillance data show an upward trend in reported Lyme disease cases since 2015, with many countries recording an average increase of about 36 per cent over their last two reporting years—serving as clear evidence that warmer conditions are lengthening the tick season.’
The 100 best secondary schools in Hungary were recognized and awarded at an illustrious event at the Castle Garden Bazaar in Budapest, Hungary. The data-based annual ranking was done by a collaboration between the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) and the Ministry of Interior’s Education Authority (OH).
Hungary’s public broadcaster will set up a Public Media Election Office ahead of the parliamentary elections to oversee compliance with campaign advertising rules and the presentation of election-related content, Duna Media Service CEO Anita Altorjai said on Thursday. The seven-member office will monitor political ads and campaign coverage, coordinate with the National Election Office, and operate until the elections conclude.
Hungary’s Day of Culture is set to become a week-long celebration from 2026, as the government launches a new Week of Hungarian Culture with an independent visual identity. State Secretary Magdolna Závogyán said institutions across the Carpathian Basin will welcome visitors throughout the week of 22 January, expanding the traditional one-day commemoration.
Hungary’s government has announced a national petition opposing EU plans to channel large-scale funding to Ukraine, arguing that the costs would burden Hungarian families, while also confirming pension payments, energy subsidies and winter relief measures.
In a recently published analysis, POLITICO Brussels calls Hungary’s 2026 election the EU’s ‘most important’, while admitting that Brussels is invested in Viktor Orbán’s defeat. The piece frames Péter Magyar as a credible challenger and highlights how the EPP and Renew have embraced Tisza to ‘secure influence over Budapest’—as EU pressure on Hungary continues to mount.
Fire in My Pocket, an animated short by Hungarian filmmaker Janka Feiner, has been selected for the Generation Kplus competition at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, bringing a visually inventive children’s story to one of Europe’s top festivals.
Hungary’s governing Fidesz–KDNP alliance would secure 49 per cent of the vote among committed party supporters if elections were held this Sunday, maintaining an eight-point lead over the Tisza Party, according to a new nationwide poll.