Transcarpathian Hungarian soldier Zoltán Sima was killed in a Russian drone strike in Konstantinivka, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The 128th Transcarpathian Brigade serviceman died when Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions with an FPV drone. His death brings the number of ethnic Hungarian soldiers fallen since the war began to more than 70.
‘The French Revolution of 1789 did appear vividly, to many Hungarians of the 19th century, as both a challenge to the old order and a blueprint for something new.’
US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, his family members, and political allies, reversing measures imposed by previous administrations. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the decision without explanation, prompting Dodik to hail it as a ‘moral vindication’ for Republika Srpska.
No progress was made on the future of the Sziget Festival, as the Budapest General Assembly failed to reach a majority vote on ending the city’s existing public-space contract with the organizers, leaving the fate of Hungary’s biggest music event uncertain.
‘To speak the obvious about demographic transformation, public safety, or cultural integration is to provoke a moral tempest that sweeps aside all debate and casts every doubt into the abyss of social damnation. This is not mere rhetorical excess. It is the lived reality of German public discourse in 2025, where statistical facts about migration are treated as heresy…’
‘This peace comes with a heavy price so far. You know, we paid the price of more than a thousand soldiers who were killed during this war. As President Trump said: “peace through strength”, so what keeps the peace is strength and deterrence—and the bad guys losing the war.’
A proposal to rename Budapest’s Bajza Street metro station after late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny failed in the City Assembly’s Transport Committee on Monday. The motion, submitted by Ferencváros Mayor Krisztina Baranyi, sought to rename the stop ‘Bajza Street–Navalny Memorial’ in front of the Russian embassy.
Microsoft has acquired a 27 per cent stake in OpenAI under a newly finalized partnership deal, valuing the ChatGPT developer at 135 billion dollars. The agreement redefines their collaboration and could pave the way for OpenAI’s future public listing.
To fight terrorism, illegal immigration, and antisemitism, we need a strong Israel, a strong United States, and a strong Hungary—this was the key message at the panel discussion of the third International Pro-Israel Summit. It was also revealed that Budapest has become Jerusalem’s number one ally in Europe.
The Center for Fundamental Rights held its third International Pro-Israel Summit in Budapest. While the first event in 2023 followed the 7 October Hamas attacks, this year’s took place a few weeks after President Trump’s Israel–Hamas peace deal. Speakers included Hungary’s Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Israel’s Education Minister Yoav Kisch, and Yair Netanyahu.