The Danube Institute launched its new Turkic Western Engagement Initiative (TWEI) in Budapest on Tuesday with a high-profile conference exploring how the West and the Turkic world can deepen cooperation amid growing geopolitical volatility, with particular emphasis on Hungary’s strategic bridging role.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has met with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in London to secure continued European war aid to his nation. After the meeting, he told reporters that Ukraine has ‘no legal or moral right’ to cede land to Russia. Dr Sándor Seremet from the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs has commented on the latest development in the Russo–Ukrainian war.
Türkiye and Hungary elevated their relations to an enhanced strategic partnership on Monday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in Istanbul. The leaders highlighted deepening cooperation in trade, defence, transport and culture, setting a new framework for long-term collaboration.
Students and families in Debrecen are recreating Mihály Munkácsy’s Ecce Homo painting from his Christ Trilogy using 155,000 LEGO bricks. The large-scale mosaic, a community art and learning project, will be unveiled at the Déri Museum on 13 December.
Artificial intelligence could become the new driving force of the financial system, said Norbert Izer, Managing Director for Financial Markets and Digitalization at the Hungarian National Bank, emphasizing its potential to transform supervision, forecasting, and risk detection.
X is filled with videos of the Budapest Christmas lights, as well as the large outdoor festive market located near St Stephen’s Basilica.
Hungary ranks among the top ten most competitive tax systems in the OECD, according to the 2025 International Tax Competitiveness Index. Scoring 78.7 points, Hungary placed ninth overall, performing especially strongly in corporate and individual taxation, reinforcing its appeal to international investors.
‘The Americans left Somogy county, but they left behind the tradition of American–Hungarian cooperation and friendship—making it possible, perhaps for the first time in Hungary’s history, to host the army of a great power not as occupiers, but as guests.’
Gergely Gulyás warned that the Tisza Party’s plans would require massive austerity and billions in spending cuts. He argued the party would scrap taxes on multinationals, shifting the burden to citizens, and said a Tisza–DK coalition would risk repeating past left-wing austerity cycles.
The European Commission’s decision to fine X €120 million under the DSA has ignited the sharpest transatlantic clash since Trump returned to power. Musk called the penalty ‘bullsh*t’, while senior US officials warned the EU is undermining free speech and straining the foundations of the alliance.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned that the 2026 parliamentary election will be the last before Hungary could face a direct threat of war, arguing that only a national government can keep the country out of a conflict he says is approaching Europe. He claimed Brussels is preparing the EU for confrontation with Russia and shifting towards a war economy.
Tim Pool, a popular right-wing podcaster and influencer, has claimed in an X post that a vehicle approached and opened fire at his residence in West Virginia on Friday night. All this is happening just three months after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The University of Pécs has again achieved an outstanding result in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, placing 29th out of 1,745 institutions worldwide and securing the top position in Hungary, reinforcing its leadership in sustainability.
‘Unless NATO can produce a credible plan to remain relevant in a world that is changing dramatically—geopolitically and technologically—it risks falling apart under the weight of its own irrelevance.’
A new online database detailing the 1944–45 military occupation of Hungary has been launched, offering the most comprehensive, settlement-level overview to date of wartime operations, casualties, and damages across all 3,155 municipalities.
During the session on the bill, the National Rally was called the ‘party of the SS’ by one left-wing parliamentarian.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán widened his advantage over Péter Magyar in November regarding who Hungarians see as the most suitable head of government, according to a new Nézőpont Institute poll that shows nearly half the public would keep the current premier.
‘Arany’s legacy lives on nationally and internationally as someone who spoke for a nation in a moment of deep peril and despair.’
‘Learning, the moral and intellectual basis of human life, must be readapted and reopened to the world of value and inspiration. Education must once again become Bildung.’
‘The legacy of Klára Andrássy is one of turning the Andrássy Palace into an open centre of anti-Nazi resistance.’
‘Europeans occasionally refer to the United States as the “Fourth Rome”, yet within American discourse, the designation is simply the “New Rome”, implying direct succession to the Urbs Aeterna.’
‘A D66-led government would most likely eliminate most Dutch resistance, from environmental projects to diplomatic disputes between EU Members and foreign policy.’
She was the daughter-in-law of Pál Teleki, and in her heart she remained Transylvanian to the very end. The untamed countess of Zabola—the eternal rebel—the story of Hanna Mikes.
The group stage draw for FIFA World Cup 2026, held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, has been made, with the help of US President Donald Trump. England v Croatia, Kylian Mbappé’s France v Erling Haaland’s Norway, Brazil v Morocco, and many other exciting fixtures are on the schedule for next year’s tournament.
‘We are not lovers of liberty in any pure sense whatsoever. The Covid pandemic revealed that we are a nation of tutters, conformists, and curtain twitchers…’
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy warns that Europe is on a path toward ‘civilizational erasure’, urging EU governments to reverse course on mass migration and reclaim national sovereignty. The document explicitly backs Europe’s patriotic forces, signalling a coordinated push to reshape EU politics.
‘If China wants to exert pressure on Japan, this isn’t the way. Ultimately, it has only damaged the reputation and viability of its airlines.’
Hungary’s Hungary Helps programme is carrying out humanitarian and development projects in Chad that save lives and support the country’s fragile stability, according to State Secretary Tristan Azbej in charge of assisting persecuted Christians.
The person who placed two pipebombs at the Republican and Democratic National Committee HQs on the eve of the 6 January Capitol riots has been arrested and identified as 30-year-old black anarchist Brian Cole Jr. Despite 5,000 FBI agents working on the 6 January case under President Biden, who made around 1,500 arrests, the pipe bomber managed to evade authorites for nearly five years.
Hungary’s Pázmány Péter Catholic University and a Washington-based Catholic university are launching a joint research programme on the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence. The initiative follows a recent government delegation visit to the US.