A Hungarian medical team led by Budapest’s Saint Francis Hospital has completed a ten-day mission in Chad, training local staff, performing pioneering surgeries, and laying the foundations for a sustainable medical and educational model that could be replicated worldwide.
Andrej Protić, a senior Serbian security expert, warns that Europe’s drug threat is entering a dangerous new phase. Speaking to Hungarian Conservative, he said illegal migration and trafficking networks remain intertwined, but the real fault line now runs between Western harm-reduction models and Eastern zero-tolerance approaches—reflecting a deeper value divide.
A 29-year-old Afghan national, who was allowed into the United States under President Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome programme after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, has shot two members of the National Guard near the White House in Washington, DC. The two victims are in critical condition, as is the perpetrator, who was hit by return fire.
Progressives are in full meltdown over A Super Progressive Movie, a January 2026 satire produced by Australian senator Pauline Hanson. The film mocks woke ideology through the story of four Melbourne activists thrown into an Australia where Hanson is prime minister—a premise that has already triggered outrage.
According to Yossi Dagan, ignorance poses an even greater danger to Israel than antisemitism.
A new proposal by the European Parliament’s competent committee would ban all Russian oil and gas imports from 1 January 2026. According to a Századvég survey, two-thirds of Hungarian adults oppose the embargo, fearing soaring fuel prices and a severe energy crisis.
The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative report calling for a unified EU-wide minimum age of 16 to access social media platforms, video-sharing sites and AI-based digital companion apps. Young people aged 13–16 would require parental approval.
Young Hungarians consider the flag, the Anthem, the coat of arms, and the Holy Crown the most important national symbols, with the Anthem seen as the strongest expression of national sentiment. Rural youth place more emotional weight on the anthem, while views on the Holy Crown vary widely by age, gender, and location, according to a new survey by the MCC Youth Research Institute.
A consortium of E.ON Drive Infrastructure, Voltix and GreenWay has received €70.3 million in EU funding to build one of Europe’s largest megawatt-class charging networks. By 2028, 330 high-power stations across 55 strategic sites—including in Hungary—will support electric freight transport.
A high-level conference in Budapest on 24 November 2025 highlighted the growing strategic partnership between Israel and Central Europe. Hosted by the Europe Israel Press Association, it examined shifting Middle Eastern geopolitics, Europe’s security priorities, and disinformation undermining Israel’s right to self-defence.
Prime Minister Orbán of Hungary has recently put out an unusual tourism ad, urging people to visit Hungary this holiday season, as there are no illegal migrants here. This prompted a response not just from many X users praising it, but the British newspaper The Telegraph and a long-time critic of Orbán, German MEP Daniel Freund as well.
POLITICO Brussels has once again revealed its anti-Orbán bias: within a single day, its Poll of Polls went from showing Fidesz narrowly ahead to presenting a sudden 9-point TISZA lead. The shift came after the outlet removed two pollsters whose surveys had placed Viktor Orbán’s party in front.
The EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages contracted in any member state must be recognized across the bloc, a decision that could trigger legal action against countries such as Hungary and Slovakia. The case stemmed from Poland’s refusal to register a marriage concluded in Germany.
‘Washington proposes to recognize Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk as de facto Russian, and freeze the conflict at the battlelines in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts…Naturally, the European plan disagrees with this proposal and recommends freezing the frontlines as they are, with the option to negotiate territorial swaps later.’
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attended the inauguration of Flex’s new 10,000-square-metre next-generation plant in Zalaegerszeg on Tuesday. The 35-billion-forint investment strengthens Hungary’s role in the fast-evolving global automotive industry.
Hungary will raise wages for cultural sector employees by 15 per cent from 1 January, the Ministry for Culture and Innovation announced. The increase will affect 41,000 workers across state, church, municipal, and civil cultural institutions.
‘But the fact remains: in Europe, almost every terrorist attack against Jews has been carried out by a Muslim perpetrator.’
A breakthrough in Ukraine’s peace efforts may bring diplomacy to Budapest, after President Zelenskyy said Kyiv is ready to advance a US-backed framework and Donald Trump signalled talks are nearing completion. With Viktor Orbán reportedly preparing a Moscow visit, the long-planned Budapest peace summit could finally materialize.
To celebrate the Day of Hungarian Football, here is our list of the 25 greatest Hungarian footballers of all time, featuring Ferenc Puskás, Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungary’s only Ballon d’Or winner Flórián Albert, and many more legendary players.
A new EUobserver article portrays Fidesz, AfD, and RN as central players in what it calls a growing ‘pro-Kremlin bloc’ in the EP. Using votes on 14 Russia–Ukraine resolutions, the Brussels-leaning publication argues their influence has expanded significantly since 2019.
Hungary’s economic mood continued to improve in November, according to Századvég’s latest survey. Both households and companies reported stronger expectations, bringing confidence indicators to their best levels in more than three years despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties.
A new Odoxa poll shows Jordan Bardella dominating the early landscape of France’s 2027 presidential race, winning every hypothetical matchup tested. The National Rally leader polls around 35–36 per cent in the first round and would defeat all major rivals in a runoff, including a landslide victory over Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is promoting Hungary as Europe’s safest Christmas destination in a new video posted on X. Inviting tourists to ‘experience Europe the way it should be,’ he also stressed that Hungary pays a daily €1 million fine for not opening its borders to illegal migrants.
15 schools across Hungary have received 220 refurbished laptops optimized for digital learning from the 4iG Foundation for a Digital Society, offering thousands of students new opportunities to develop digital skills and launch innovative projects.
At the MCC Budapest Summit on the Global Drug Epidemic, sociologist Ashley Frawley explained to Hungarian Conservative how woke ideology and the elevation of emotion over meaning have weakened resilience in Western societies. She argues this psychologized worldview drives people toward self-medication and dependence on drugs.
Digital illiteracy significantly increases vulnerability to fraud: people who believe AI-generated fake content on social media are three times more likely to fall victim to scams, according to a new Visa study presented with the CyberShield initiative.
‘Can I prove it is definitely not the case that Orbán’s allies are weaponizing manicure magazines for election gain? I mean, I guess not. You cannot prove that The Guardian is not secretly staffed by a race of transgender space lizards—but that does not necessarily mean we should be worried about the LGBTQ reptilian menace.’
Tamás Menczer said Viktor Orbán was right to warn Zelenskyy that time was against Ukraine in the war against Russia. In a Facebook post, he argues Trump’s proposed peace plan proves this, as it would require Ukraine to cede lost territories in exchange for frozen Russian assets and a limited path to postwar reconstruction under the deal.
‘So the question arises: how do ordinary citizens continue their lives despite decades of unrelenting violence?’
Hungary’s festive season officially began in Ibrány, where this year’s national Christmas tree—an impressive 23-metre silver fir—was cut and sent on its way to Budapest. The giant tree reached Kossuth Square on Monday, where it will soon become the focal point of the capital’s Advent celebrations.