Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in the Kremlin on Friday for their 14th bilateral talks, focusing on energy security, the war in Ukraine and future relations. Orbán reaffirmed that Hungary’s energy supply will continue to rely on Russian deliveries and said Budapest remains ready to host eventual peace talks.
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok opened the exhibition Guardians of Eternity – The Terracotta Warriors of China’s First Emperor at the Museum of Fine Arts, calling it a display of treasures that shaped the Far East for millennia. He said the event symbolizes Hungary’s enduring cultural affinity with Asia and the strength of ties with China.
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.
According to Yossi Dagan, ignorance poses an even greater danger to Israel than antisemitism.
‘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.’
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.
‘So the question arises: how do ordinary citizens continue their lives despite decades of unrelenting violence?’
Hungary has consistently warned the world about the suffering of Christians in Nigeria, and at last it is no longer a solitary voice. President Donald Trump has elevated the crisis to top-tier US policy, while global figures like Nicki Minaj have begun demanding action against Boko Haram’s ongoing terror.
‘“Within half a year, our bilateral relations gained new momentum, and the unsuccessful, troubled period may be replaced by a new American–Hungarian golden age,” wrote Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page after meeting Chargé d’Affaires Robert J Palladino of the US Embassy in Budapest, who is leaving the capital upon the expiration of his interim mandate.’
‘The White Terror was largely a series of events in the countryside, and although atrocities and murders did occur in Budapest as well, these were not characteristic of the 1st District. Nevertheless, at least one murder is known to have taken place in the 1st District, specifically in the Nándor Barracks on Kapisztrán Square…’