12 Dead, Dozens Injured in Polish Bus Crash in Hungary
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashed on Hungary’s M3 motorway early Sunday. Police suspect the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashed on Hungary’s M3 motorway early Sunday. Police suspect the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
Europe’s tallest statue of the Virgin Mary was consecrated on Saturday in Konotopie, Poland, where around 2,000 worshippers gathered for the Feast of the Assumption. Privately funded by billionaire Roman Karkosik as a votive offering, the project arrives as Poland, a fundamentally deeply Christian country, wrestles with secularization and declining Catholic practice.
‘Because the politics of a non-sovereign country, per definitionem, functions differently from that of a sovereign one…a dependent state can never essentially become a true follower or replica of the great power.’
Russia’s growing blockade of Ukrainian shipping in the Black Sea is threatening both Ukraine’s economy and global food security. With more than 90 per cent of Ukrainian agricultural exports passing through Black Sea ports, prolonged disruptions could cause farmers to struggle to find storage for their backed-up goods, break foreign contracts, and put pressure on global food markets.
This year’s Sziget Festival has attracted visitors from 112 countries across all six inhabited continents, with foreigners accounting for around half of the audience. The event has also drawn journalists from more than 40 countries and hundreds of international media outlets.
A 49-year-old man fled from police near Lake Velence after officers attempted to stop him over an expired vehicle inspection. His car eventually caught fire in a sunflower field, where police located and arrested him using a drone.
The ninth Budapest Classic Film Marathon will screen 100 restored films from September 15 to 20, including the original version of The Match Of The Century starring Ferenc Puskás and Tony Scott’s The Hunger featuring David Bowie. The festival will also mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution.
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.
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.
‘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.’
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