The long-running British newspaper The Times has published a very friendly profile piece about Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar, with the headline ‘Meet the biggest threat Hungary’s Viktor Orban has faced in 15 years’. However, they have left out many important facts that put Magyar’s political career in a more realistic perspective.

The US Supreme Court ruled 9–0 in favour of Hungary in the case Republic of Hungary v Simon. 14 Holocaust survivors sued the Hungarian government and its railway company for damages for their property confiscated during World War II. However, the highest court in the US ruled that it lacks jurisdiction over the matter, as per the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

To honour the re-publishing of Hungarian American philosopher Thomas Molnar’s books The American Way of Life and A Critique of the Ideal State, Professors Jeffrey Wilson, Balázs M Mezei, and Tamás Magyarics gathered for a panel at Ludovika University to discuss ideas such as utopianism and American exceptionalism.

President Trump’s speech before Congress had a viewership of 36.6 million in the United States, which is a significant increase from President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address, watched by 32.23 million people. The vast majority of viewers also approved of Donald Trump’s address, according to polls both by CBS and CNN.

However, the ruling is not as bad for the Trump administration as the headline makes it sound: it only dictates that contractors be paid for their jobs already completed, totalling around $2 billion in expenses. The decision was close, a 5–4 split among the justices.

Director General for the Center for Fundamental Rights Miklós Szánthó sat down for an interview with The Daily Signal while attending CPAC 2025 in the United States. He explained that while it is a welcome development that USAID funding has been frozen, George Soros’ Open Society Foundations is still funding similar progressive programmes across Europe.

The rotation of Hungarian soldiers deployed in Kosovo has started, with 280 new soldiers replacing their counterparts in a gradual process, according to a press release by the Ministry of Defence. Hungary has been taking on leadership roles in NATO’s KFOR mission in the Balkan country for decades.

In his Joint Address to Congress, President Trump laid out what he had achieved so far in the short time into his second term, such as pushing illegal crossings down to record lows and eliminating wasteful spending by the government. In his overzealous protest, Democrat Congressman Al Green had to be removed from the Chamber by force.

Bryan Lieb, who is in contention to become the next US Ambassador to Hungary, has met with a number of high-ranking figures in the Hungarian administration during his most recent visit to Budapest, including State Secretaries Tristan Azbej and Zoltán Kovács, as well as Minister Tibor Navracsics.

According to AtlasIntel, the most accurate pollster in the last three national US elections, President Trump is more popular among Americans than President Obama. Trump’s favourability stands at 50 per cent, while President Obama’s stands at 47 per cent.

The Brutalist, the film about a Jewish Hungarian artist who flees to the US from the Holocaust, did not win Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars, as most Hungarian people most likely would have liked to see. Instead, Anora, a film about a Russian American stripper was awarded in the category. However, Adrien Brody playing the Hungarian protagonist in The Brutalist won the Best Actor award.

Head of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás of Hungary stated at the Károli Open University event that he is certain US President Donald Trump will visit Hungary at some point in his second term. If he does so, he will become the fourth incumbent POTUS to come to our country.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine travelled to Washington, DC to sign the agreement that would create a co-owned fund between the US and Ukraine that would manage Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. However, the meeting came to a premature end, as President Trump asked Zelenskyy to leave after a tense discussion in front of the media, cancelling their scheduled lunch and joint press conference.

At the Peace Through Strength conferences hosted by the Center for Fundamental Rights in Budapest, the distinguished guests discussed the new geopolitical realities brought on by the second Trump administration. They have put a special emphasis on the Hamas–Israeli war, and the attacks on the religious freedom of Jews and Christians alike around the world.

The Danube Institute hosted an event dedicated to free speech in the UK and Brexit titled ‘Renewing UK Politics: Conservative Challenges and the Road to Prosperity’. The panel featured Senior Researcher Guy Dampier and Managing Director Dr Radomir Tylecote from the London-based conservative think tank Prosperity Institute, as well as Visiting Fellow Doug Stokes from the Danube Institute.

Multiple news outlets were able to demonstrate that, as of late February 2025, if a user said the word ‘racist’ to Apple’s voice note feature, it often first transcribed it as ‘Trump’ before correcting itself to the actual word. Apple has responded to the controversy, saying they are aware of the issue and fixing the bug.

The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) is soliciting submissions for their ‘Grandparents. Grand Stories. The Closest Stories from the Second World War’ contest. They are looking to hear first-hand accounts from WWII, passed down from older generations to the young within the family. The deadline is 15 March.

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has given a speech at the United Nations’ Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland. In it, he pointed out that Hungary has been saying for the last three years that only a Russian–American agreement can bring peace to Europe again, which is exactly what is happening now; and called on ‘pro-war leaders’ of the world not to obstruct the peace talks with Moscow.

Donald Trump likely would not have made it through the Republican primaries had he run in 2012. In 2016, however, he was the only candidate to reject the new absurd language norms imposed by the woke movement and the only candidate to actually speak up against illegal immigration. Since then, he has defied the common wisdom of American intelligentsia and media in multiple ways.

Bryan Leib has praised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary’s newly announced policy of giving income tax exemptions to mothers of two or more children. He has also suggested that the United States should implement a similar policy and even tagged Elon Musk in his reply.

Liverpool, with Hungary National Team Captain Dominik Szoboszlai in their starting line-up, beat defending champions Manchester City 2–0 away from home, thus increasing their lead on the table to 11 points over Arsenal. Szoboszlai, who scored a goal and gave an assist in the crucial game, is getting closer to becoming the first Hungarian player to win the English Premier League trophy.

Political Director for the Prime Minister of Hungary Balázs Orbán has appeared on the show Mornings with Maria hosted by Maria Bartiromo, where he shared his optimism about the recently started diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Russia regarding the potential end to the Russo–Ukrainian war.

Reigning Hungarian champions Ferencváros won the first leg of their tie against Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 at home. However, they lost the rematch 3–0 on the road, thus it was the Czech side Plzeň who got to qualify to the Round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League.

According to a recent poll by CBS News, 2 percentage points more people identify as Republican in the United States than Democrat. By comparison, when President Trump was starting his first term in 2017, Democrats had a five-point edge over the GOP in the same survey.

According to recently released data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), 29 per cent fewer new apartments were built in Hungary in 2024 than in the year prior. The total number of new apartments built was 13,295 in the country last year.

The first two of the ten episodes of the new historical drama series Rise of the Raven will air on TV2 at 8pm on 8 March. The show centres around John Hunyadi, a military leader and statesman in the Kingdom of Hungary in the 15th century, who was a key figure in fighting back against the Ottoman invasion of Europe.

The Israeli head of state met with both Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President Tamás Sulyok of Hungary; and visited the famous Holocaust monument on the bank of the Danube river in Budapest as well. He also thanked Hungary for its continuous support to his nation since the 7 October attacks.

President Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk have sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, which aired on 18 February. The two powerful men touched on a wide array of important issues, but mostly focused on their efforts to cut $1 trillion in government spending in the US.

State Secretary for International Communication Zoltán Kovács of Hungary has responded to the chief advisor of city diplomacy for the Mayor of Budapest Dávid Korányi, who has claimed in an article for Time Magazine that President Trump’s freezing of USAID funding to foreign countries ‘threatens global democracy’.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó of Hungary has met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Deputy Prime Minister Murat Nurtileu of Kazakhstan in Astana, Kazakhstan. This is the third of a series of high-level diplomatic meetings between the two nations.