Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused Ukraine of ‘blackmailing’ Hungary by halting oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, warning that Kyiv and Brussels are applying growing pressure to force Budapest into a pro-war European coalition. Hungary has halted diesel exports to Ukraine in response while insisting its own energy supply remains secure.

A majority of Hungarians believe only Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be able to resist pressure from Brussels in debates over joint EU borrowing and financial support for Ukraine, according to a new Századvég survey.

In a new production of George Bernard Shaw’s 1923 play Saint Joan at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, the titular character Joan of Arc is being played by black actress Mandipa Kabana. This is yet another instance of a white historical figure being portrayed by an actor of colour.

Hungary and Serbia enjoy outstanding cooperation beyond economic ties, underpinned by what the culture and innovation minister called patriotic Christian leadership in both countries, as a joint cultural season and youth safety programme were highlighted.

‘In this sense, we can now observe an interesting process in which the Hungary Helps model converges with US state objectives. The pivot of a small, semi-peripheral nation towards a distinctive approach to international aid preceded that of the United States, long regarded as being at the forefront of organizational innovation.’

US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most recognizable figures of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, has been mocked for her performance at a panel at the Munich Security Conference. She followed that up by mistakenly claiming that Venezuela was below the Equator during an interview at a Berlin university just a few days later.