Tundra vegetation at Sydkap, Greenland

Unequal Partners: US–Danish Negotiations During the Cold War

On 8 January European defence industry stock prices rose following Donald Trump’s press conference at Mar-a-Lago, where he declared the ownership and control of Greenland to be ‘an absolute necessity’. This came as a shock for many but in reality, America has been eyeing Greenland for more than a century.

US Embassy Awards Millions in Grants to Opposition Media on Trump Inauguration Day

Despite the end of the Democratic administration in the US and the departure of Joe Biden’s controversial ambassador to Hungary, the interference in Hungarian domestic affairs continues. On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US Embassy in Budapest awarded millions of Hungarian forint in grants to opposition-aligned media outlets.

The Inauguration of US Presidents: A Brief History

President Donald Trump is set to take office for the second time in Washington, D.C. today, 20 January. However, 20 January was not the original inauguration date. In fact, the first inauguration of George Washington was not even held in Washington, D.C. Here’s a brief rundown of the history of presidential inaugurations in the United States.

Supporters and friends of Emily Damari, one of the three Israeli hostages abducted on 7 October 2023, cheer upon her arrival outside the Sheba medical centre in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on 19 January 2025.

Who Is the Real Winner of the Hamas–Israel Ceasefire?

‘Hamas may leverage the prisoner releases to come to power. It has hammered out, to its own liking, a deal to take place over many months so as to build up enough strength to take control of the West Bank. This is similar to the deal the U.S. made with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, infamously known as the Taliban on 29 February 2020, in Doha, Qatar, by the first Trump administration.’

Benedictine Sisters of Mary College meeting with the internationally renowned architect, Marcel Breuer, in the early design process of their campus and monastery in 1950.

The Brutalist: Who Is the Real László Toth?

The protagonist of the 2024 film The Brutalist is brilliant architect László Toth, who leaves Hungary in the aftermath of the Holocaust to rebuild his life in the United States. While Toth never existed, his character is based on two great Jewish Hungarian pioneer architects: Marcel Breuer and Ernő Goldfinger.