Hands Off Our Christmas!
‘Holiday season’ instead of ‘Christmas’, gay Santa Claus and bearded ‘Virgin Mary’ – what is the liberals’ problem with Christmas?
‘Holiday season’ instead of ‘Christmas’, gay Santa Claus and bearded ‘Virgin Mary’ – what is the liberals’ problem with Christmas?
Dissatisfaction with the Commission’s performance has grown and is still growing; even member states that have been pillars of EU integration, such as Austria, Germany, and Sweden, have expressed their dissatisfaction.
Today, the two major contexts of Hungarian foreign policy are determined by the evolution of the Hungarian economy and society after the economic restart and reconstruction, along with the surrounding international relations.
US President Donald Trump hailed Viktor Orbán as ‘a great man and a strong leader’ as he hosted the Hungarian prime minister at the White House. During their joint press conference, the two leaders discussed energy cooperation, potential sanctions exemptions, and the war in Ukraine, with Orbán reaffirming his support for Trump’s efforts to bring the conflict to an end.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Hungary to stop obstructing his country’s EU bid, as Brussels recommended opening membership negotiations with Kyiv. Addressing an Euronews enlargement forum, Zelenskyy appealed to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to show solidarity with a nation ‘fighting for its survival’ against Russia.
‘Violent crime has arrived in a country where it was exceedingly rare. Iceland is now even a contributor to the online migrant-crime genre.’
Eötvös Loránd University and the Digital Heritage National Laboratory have unveiled a new AI-optimized high-performance server, boosting Hungary’s digital heritage and language technology research with major national support.
Hungary has adopted its first Artificial Intelligence Act, aiming to ensure that citizens and small businesses benefit from technological change while remaining protected. The government says the law will create safe, transparent and responsible AI use across the country.
‘Germany faces a stark choice between continued strategic drift and fundamental transformation. The half-measures of constrained realism will prove no more effective than the delusions of values-based idealism when confronted with determined opposition…Only genuine sovereign realism…offers the possibility of effective foreign policy in the age of great power competition.’
The European Commission is considering legal action against Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia for refusing to lift bans on Ukrainian agricultural imports. Beyond its legal implications, such a move could once again unite the Visegrád countries against what they perceive as Brussels’ disregard for farmers’ livelihoods and national economic sovereignty.