Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in the Oval Office on 13 May 2019 in Washington, DC

US–Hungary Relations Already Healing as New Double Taxation Treaty Looms

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has instructed his cabinet to prepare an agreement to reinstate the double taxation treaty between Hungary and the United States, unilaterally terminated by the Biden administration. The scrapping of the agreement by the previous US government caused significant economic and political harm to Hungary.

A Hungarian Right-Wing Zionist’s Road to Communism

The obituary of László Geréb, who died in 1962, described him as a Marxist literary historian and a researcher of the class struggle. Perhaps by then no one remembered that Geréb, once known as László G. Gerő, used to be a promising Hungarian Jewish Zionist publicist and journalist.

Mandy Damari, the mother of freed hostage Emily Damari, speaks during a press conference at Sheba Tel HaShomer Medical Centre in Ramat Gan on 20 January 2025.

A Closer Look at the Hostage Release and What’s Next

The world press has covered the Israel–Hamas ceasefire deal in great detail, but little has been written about the three brave Israeli women who were the first to be released as part of the deal. Out article tells their story, also reminding that a Hungarian Israeli is still held by Hamas.

Belgian member of European Parliament and EU EOM Liberia Chief Observer Maria Arena gives a press conference in Monrovia on December 28, 2017. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)

The Lingering Scandal of Qatargate

Ex-S&D politician and former MEP Maria Arena has recently been charged with participating in a criminal organization. The Belgian politician is joining the line of former MEPs who are facing formal accusations of making political favours for countries such as Qatar and Morocco in exchange for monetary reward.

Hungary Leads Europe in Solar Energy Production

Hungary has overtaken Greece to become Europe’s leader in solar energy production, with solar systems accounting for 25 per cent of the country’s electricity production in 2024. This remarkable achievement highlights Hungary’s rapid growth in renewable energy capacity.

Brussels Sanctions Austrian Modul University Over Hungarian Ties

The European Commission has decided to suspend Vienna’s Modul University from participating in the Erasmus+ and Horizon programmes, mirroring a similar decision made against 21 Hungarian universities in late 2022. Balázs Orbán, the political director of the Hungarian prime minister, condemned the decision as outrageous and pledged to defend academic freedom.