The Tamási Thermal Spa, heavily damaged by fire three years ago, is set for a major restoration, funded by nearly 5 billion forints in government support. The extensive renovation, scheduled to conclude by autumn 2025, will bring state-of-the-art upgrades to the spa.
A Hungarian-led research team has launched the Geoastronomy project, supported by the European Research Council, to explore the composition and atmospheres of rocky exoplanets orbiting Sun-like stars. This six-year initiative aims to expand our understanding of both these distant worlds and our own planet.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accepted the Supreme Order of the Turkic World in Bishkek, Kirgizstan on Wednesday, recognizing Hungary’s longstanding connection with Turkic nations. He noted that Hungarians are the ‘westernmost of the Eastern peoples’, highlighting the shared heritage with the Turkic nations and expressing optimism for future cooperation between Hungary and the Turkic states.
Thursday’s European Political Community Summit in Budapest is significant in multiple ways. With Donald Trump’s victory, we have never been closer to achieving peace in Ukraine than we are now, thus the first step can be taken by European leaders today. The summit also marks the beginning of a new chapter in Hungary’s history.
Romanian President Klaus Johannis is participating in the fifth European Political Community summit in Budapest, where he will emphasize regional security, continued support for Ukraine, and advocate for stronger EU cohesion and a long-term approach to migration.
During the EPC in Budapest, President of the European Council Charles Michel was asked about the crisis in Germany and Donald Trump’s re-election.
An in-depth interview with Katalin Petreczky, originally a German teacher, who, after moving to the United States, first led an international playgroup and preschool, then through her children became involved in the life of the Hungarian community by becoming the principal of the Arany János Hungarian School and by co-founding and leading the American Hungarian Schools’ Association.
‘Weber wields extreme power, and despite his preaching about EU values and lecturing others at every opportunity, he manages the group like a dictator,’ an anonymous source told European Conservative. The corruption scandal surrounding EPP President Manfred Weber is intensifying, with an increasing number of loyalists to the German politician becoming involved.
István Haller was a prominent Hungarian Christian politician in the first half of the 20th century. His book summing up his views on Christian politics is apparently paradoxical—it is both Christian-inspired and antisemitic. This combination illustrates the troubling tension that burdened the Christian national politics of the Horthy era in Hungary.
‘We aim to draft a manifesto that sheds light on an alternative kind of capitalism—primarily beneficial for domestic business circles—which we refer to as “inclusive capitalism”. It is important to emphasize that our goal is not solely to outline inclusive capitalism but to formulate what we term “capitalism alternatives”.’