‘Because the politics of a non-sovereign country, per definitionem, functions differently from that of a sovereign one…a dependent state can never essentially become a true follower or replica of the great power.’

More than 30 laws, two constitutional amendments and a series of measures aimed at reforming Hungary were among the achievements of the new Tisza-majority parliament’s first 100 days, the governing party’s parliamentary group said on Wednesday.

This year’s Sziget Festival has attracted visitors from 112 countries across all six inhabited continents, with foreigners accounting for around half of the audience. The event has also drawn journalists from more than 40 countries and hundreds of international media outlets.

A former British police officer has been convicted of sharing a meme mocking Islam, reigniting debate over free speech and Britain’s blasphemy laws. The case has also drawn attention in the US, with Senator Ted Cruz condemning the conviction and declaring on X: ‘No meme is criminal. The UK has fallen.’

Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday has been found dead at 41, days after resigning amid a major plagiarism scandal and widening scrutiny of his academic record. Police are treating the death as unexpected but not suspicious, while people close to Arday said his mental health had deteriorated sharply under intense public criticism in the final days of his life.

ELTE and the University of Szeged have been named Hungary’s top universities in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, both placing in the 501–600 range. Four Hungarian institutions made the world’s top 1,000, led globally by Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.