Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that Hungary, backed by over two million votes in the ‘Voks 2025’ initiative, has blocked Ukraine’s EU accession. Speaking on Kossuth Radio, he also touched on migration, energy, the Pride march, and space policy.
Should Ukraine join the EU? Is Russia a threat to Europe? Does Trump endanger transatlantic relations? And how are British–Hungarian relations after five years in the making? We spoke with the British Ambassador to Hungary on the occasion of his completion of a five-year term as Ambassador this autumn.
‘And therein lies the challenge: while Russia’s decline creates a vacuum, China fills it with discretion. It has not entered the war—but it shapes its parameters. It has not declared sides—but it has ensured that one survives. That ambiguity is not a flaw of Beijing’s strategy. It is the strategy.’
The Hungarian government took every step to protect Hungary and the Hungarian families.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called on Hungarian authorities to allow the Budapest Pride march—scheduled for Saturday—to proceed, despite new legislation banning it. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged von der Leyen not to interfere in Hungary’s domestic affairs.
Israel’s 12-day offensive against Iran aimed to derail Tehran’s nuclear ambitions—an effort ultimately reinforced by a decisive intervention from Donald Trump.
Who started the war? Who is violating international law and committing war crimes? How much damage has Iran suffered, and how much damage can it cause to Israel? Our interview with Morteza Moradian, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Budapest, about the context of the war.
33-year-old radical socialist Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election. Previously, he has publicly supported radial ideas such as defunding the police for ‘queer liberation,’ decriminalizing prostitution, and safe injection sites for drug addicts—the American political establishment on both sides is stunned.
Hungary has received extensive negative coverage from the mainstream media in the West after the National Assembly passed a law restricting the Budapest Pride march earlier this year. Back in 2019, however, the coverage was very different when city officials in Modesto, California, denied the permit for a straight pride parade.
Is Israel prepared for any unexpected scenario of war? What was the casus belli, and what is the war goal for the Jewish state? Can Israel’s Palestinian and Iranian policies be defended? We asked Israel’s ambassador to Hungary about the war.