The US has returned a priceless 17th-century manuscript stolen from Budapest to Hungary. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called the gesture a milestone in cultural restitution and praised the renewed Hungarian–American partnership.
Will Brussels dictate the future of Europe, or can member states reclaim control? A high-profile panel at Tusványos, including Hungarian EU Affairs Minister János Bóka and Rod Dreher, criticized the EU’s centralization drive, arguing that the European Commission now holds more power than many national governments.
‘Bilateral relations between the United States and Hungary have swiftly moved forward and considerably improved since Trump returned to office on 20 January 2025…This is consistent with Trump’s emerging second-term foreign policy, which prioritizes realist engagement with other countries based on shared interests.’
‘If the government of Israel continues to cause the expense and bureaucratic harassment for the granting of routine visas that for decades have been routine, I will have no other choice than to instruct our consular section to review options for reciprocal treatment of Israeli citizens seeking visas to the United States.’
Edwin Feulner co-founded the influential American conservative think tank Heritage Foundation in 1973, then served as its president for 36 years, between 1973 and 2013, and again for a year, between 2017 and 2018. He passed away on 18 July 2025.
‘I also have non-Hungarian students who get to know the Kodály method and Hungarian folk songs. For example, I have an American girl born in Nigeria who recently sang in Hungarian, receiving an enthusiastic reception from the Hungarian community. This way, even Americans learn a great deal about Hungarian culture…’
We can learn about the incomprehensible tragedies of Baroness Laya Inkey’s life from her son Jenő Thassy Jr’s book. Serbs, Russians, murders, rape, deportation, emigration: these are the keywords that describe Laya’s ordeal. An empowering story about willpower and perseverance.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be coming to an end in May 2026, the American TV network CBS has announced. Colbert has been criticized by conservatives for being too partisan for a mainstream talk show ever since he took over David Letterman’s spot in 2015.
Although Géza Seifert later became a loyal Communist collaborator and President of the National Representation of Hungarian Israelites, he briefly led a ‘revolutionary committee’ within the Budapest Jewish community during the 1956 uprising—a role long forgotten and absent from scholarly accounts. This article revisits that moment, based on newly examined archival sources.
‘This was a vacuous election. No one truly won the campaign, and no one emerged victorious in the battle of ideas. Neither major party offered a compelling vision for Australia’s future. As Liberal candidate Henry Pike admitted after election day, the campaign “became a blur of competing handouts and taxpayer-funded concessions.” It was, in short, a mess.’