The long-running British newspaper The Times has published a very friendly profile piece about Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar, with the headline ‘Meet the biggest threat Hungary’s Viktor Orban has faced in 15 years’. However, they have left out many important facts that put Magyar’s political career in a more realistic perspective.
‘Christians are believed to have constituted about 30 per cent of the Syrian population in the 1920s. Before the Syrian civil war, they made up about 10 per cent of Syria’s people, a figure now diminished to about 2.5 per cent, falling from 1.5 million in 2012 to about 300,000 in 2022. Most Christians left for Lebanon, Europe and North America, escaping the war and Syria’s economic straits.’
Vehicle engineering student at Széchenyi István University Anna Szakonyi is gaining hands-on experience as a project management intern at Sauber’s Formula 1 team. Her journey blends academic excellence, motorsport passion, and innovative research.
The US Supreme Court ruled 9–0 in favour of Hungary in the case Republic of Hungary v Simon. 14 Holocaust survivors sued the Hungarian government and its railway company for damages for their property confiscated during World War II. However, the highest court in the US ruled that it lacks jurisdiction over the matter, as per the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.
After Viktor Orbán announced that Hungary would hold a public vote on Ukraine’s EU accession, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski suggested holding a similar vote across member states on Hungary’s EU membership. However, Hungary is not alone in viewing Kyiv’s accession as a potential threat to the European economy. Polish farmers also fear the collapse of the agricultural sector, and their votes could be decisive in the country’s presidential election in May.
‘The world is not what you think it is; there is a dimension to reality that modernity denies, but it’s still there and we have to reconnect with it because our own spiritual and cultural survival depends on it. There was a reason why we got to this place in the West. And if we understand that, we can return to what our ancestors knew to be true.’
‘I didn’t even know where the theology school was. So, I got off at the Üllői Road intersection and walked to the pastoral office at Kálvin Square, where I told the pastor what had happened to me. He responded: “This is extraordinary. The theology school is actually nearby, on Ráday Street. Go there and apply.”’
This August the Sziget Festival will welcome visitors with a refreshed visual identity and a reimagined programme, featuring international music stars, innovative performances, and enhanced experiences designed to captivate audiences day and night.
President Trump’s speech before Congress had a viewership of 36.6 million in the United States, which is a significant increase from President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address, watched by 32.23 million people. The vast majority of viewers also approved of Donald Trump’s address, according to polls both by CBS and CNN.
However, the ruling is not as bad for the Trump administration as the headline makes it sound: it only dictates that contractors be paid for their jobs already completed, totalling around $2 billion in expenses. The decision was close, a 5–4 split among the justices.