Sophie Wilmés, the former Prime Minister of Belgium and current Vice President of the European Parliament, has stated that Slovakia may be on a path to become ‘the next Hungary’ while presenting the EP’s civil liberties committee report, according to news by POLITICO.
Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has posted a video in which he accuses President Trump of fascism for trying to strip the American broadcasting companies PBS and NPR of public funding. That is despite the fact that the 20th-century authoritarian regimes he is comparing him to did the exact opposite, and invested heavily in public media, turning it into a state-run propaganda machine…
The Council of Europe has raised alarm over widespread abuse by Ukrainian military recruiters. Days later, a Hungarian man allegedly died after violent conscription. With Brussels silent, Hungary is demanding answers—and questioning Ukraine’s readiness for EU membership.
The renovation of Budapest’s Liberty Statue and Citadel, set for completion in spring 2026, has ignited a heated debate. At the centre: a cross placed at the statue’s base, raising questions about historical integrity, symbolism, and political intent.
‘In this new age of hybrid warfare, information is power. As the saying goes: “the pen is mightier than the sword”—and nothing is more dangerous than a government or military that has mastered the use of both. Social media, when properly weaponized, offers governments and organizations around the world alarming capabilities.’
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.’
15 July has become a symbol of patriotism and democracy in Türkiye, as the Turkish people have commemorated the 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan every year since. This year, the presidency organized unprecedented international media events to honour the martyrs who lost their lives holding back the putschists.
At the European Parliament last week, Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch accused Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony of coming to Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, to actively lobby against Hungary receiving its frozen COVID recovery and EU cohesion funds.
Debrecen has been named one of the top three finalists in the race for the 2027 European Green Capital title, joining Heilbronn (Germany) and Klagenfurt (Austria), the European Commission announced on Friday.
In its ‘Beyond the Óperencia’ series, Magyar Krónika is looking at the meeting points of America and Hungary, and at Hungarians in America, from penniless peasants to political emigrants and soldiers of fortune. In this part, let us explore the story of a 1848 émigré, László Újházy, who established a settlement with his family and other Hungarian refugees.