Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the Mandiner Awards Gala that the polarization gripping the West is not a universal phenomenon but a symptom of failing democratic systems. Speaking with astronaut Tibor Kapu, he contrasted Western decline with the rise of dynamic non-Western societies that are expanding their economic and social power.

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.

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.

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.