Over 130 Hungarian artists are protesting the inclusion of Northern Irish hip hop group Kneecap in the Sziget Festival’s line-up, citing the band’s support for the Islamist terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Signatories argue this goes beyond free expression and promotes hate, contradicting the festival’s core values.
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.
At an oversight hearing on misuse of federal funds in the US House of Representatives, Republican Congressman Brandon Gill of Texas asked why the Biden administration used American taxpayer dollars to fund the opposition against the democratically elected Prime Minister Orbán in Hungary.
Senior Fellow for the Center for Fundamental Rights Bryan Leib congratulated Tibor Kapu on X after the Hungarian astronaut safely returned home from space after 20 days. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó of Hungary also did the same.
As Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated in 2023: ‘Hungary and Qatar share the same position concerning the vast majority of the world’s gravest problems.’
‘American conservatism places the individual at the centre, with an emphasis on freedom and scepticism toward government intervention. German conservatism, by contrast, remains more attuned to the needs of the community, valuing stability and continuity,’ Dr George Weinberg, Executive President and Partner at Grundwert USA/Polska and Chairman of Republicans Overseas Germany, has told our site.
Hungarian journalist Tamás Vajda has sharply criticized the Sziget Festival for inviting Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, accusing the band of supporting terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. In an open letter, Vajda warns that giving such artists a stage reflects a moral failure and puts commercial interests above human rights.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has lifted both the federal and international arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik in March. The decision, a significant development in the years-long struggle between federal institutions and Dodik, has been interpreted very differently across the Balkan state.
Following a temporary price spike due to the Iran–Israel conflict, fuel prices in Hungary have dropped below the regional average again, with both petrol and diesel now cheaper than in neighbouring countries, according to official data.
On the 100th anniversary of Hungarian–Iranian diplomatic ties, Hungary joined Iran Expo 2025 in Tehran, fostering business talks and new trade partnerships. With 3,100 traders from 111 countries, the expo underscored growing economic, agricultural, and educational cooperation between the two nations.