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POLITICS POLITICS POLITICS Stormy Waters: What Impact Could Red Sea Tensions Hold for Europe? The international coalition led by Washington appears to be incapable of
CURRENT CURRENT CURRENT Migrant Fine to Be Deducted from Hungary EU Funds? The European Court of Justice issued a €200 million fine, as well as
Hungary is sending a clear message: no one shall try to enter the EU through Hungary illegally, it will not be successful.
Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó claimed that EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas suggested Hungary and Slovakia should send troops to Ukraine, marking what he described as a new level of pressure from Brussels.
At the Danube Institute’s most recent event, MEP András László and a panel of experts have discussed how foreign aid agencies, such as the now-dismantled USAID, and ‘quasi-NGOs’ use foreign aid as a front to push a progressive agenda, as opposed to actually helping people in other nations.
Hungary’s government has signed an agreement enabling cooperation between Semmelweis University and Harvard University, supporting joint training in Budapest and Boston as part of a plan to elevate the Hungarian institution among the world’s leading medical schools.
At the Budapest Global Dialogue 2026, FM Péter Szijjártó accused Brussels of mishandling every major crisis over the past 25 years, while highlighting that Hungary’s break from EU leadership has led to favourable outcomes for the country. Also, panellists debated a fractured world order, the limits of liberal hegemony, and the growing role of middle powers amidst rising great-power competition.
Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó condemned the detention of ethnic Hungarian politician Örs Orosz by Slovak police during a protest against the Beneš decrees in Bratislava, stressing that Hungary rejects the principle of collective guilt and will continue to raise the issue with the Slovak government.
Balázs Csercsa, who ran the religious affairs task force for the Tisza campaign, announced his departure from the party earlier this month. Then, he talked to Index in a tell-all interview in which he claimed that the leaks about the party’s austerity plans are authentic, Tisza is hiding their actual plans from the public, and described Péter Magyar’s leadership style as ‘autocratic’, among other bombshell revelations.
In his inauguration speech a year ago today, President Trump spoke about issues of domestic lawfare, border security, energy, peace, territorial expansion, and government efficiency. Now, one year later, it is worth examining: how has his second presidency measured up to those promises?