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Budapest police’s important decision about the proceedings Budapest Pride participants may face

Budapest police’s important decision about the proceedings Budapest Pride participants may face

Mayor Gergely Karácsony (l5), politician Tímea Szabó (l6), Mayor of Erzsébetváros Péter Niedermüller (l4), EU Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib (l3) at the Budapest Pride event on the Erzsébet Bridge on 28 June 2025. Photo: MTI/Balogh Zoltán...

Surprising number of foreigners now live in Hungary: Most Asian nationals ever recorded

Surprising number of foreigners now live in Hungary: Most Asian nationals ever recorded

Hungary is seeing a steady rise in foreign residents, with recent statistics revealing that more than 255,000 foreigners currently live in the country. Notably, nearly 100,000 of them are of Asian origin: a dramatic increase over the last decade....

Innsbruck vs Vienna: our analysis of the Eurovision 2026 bids

Innsbruck vs Vienna: our analysis of the Eurovision 2026 bids

As we reached the deadline to submit bids to host Eurovision 2026, on July 4, only two cities had gone all the way with the process: Innsbruck and Vienna. With its status as capital, and its experience hosting two previous editions, Vienna could...

Thousands join Budapest Pride March in opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Thousands join Budapest Pride March in opposition to anti-LGBTQ+ laws

More than 50,000 people took to the streets of Budapest Saturday to celebrate the annual Pride March, with many directly protesting against the government’s recently imposed anti-LGBTQ+ laws. While government officials, led by conservative Prime...

Beyond the Óperencia — A Settlement Founded on the American Frontier by Hungarian Emigrants: New Buda

Beyond the Óperencia — A Settlement Founded on the American Frontier by Hungarian Emigrants: New Buda

The following is an adapted version of an article written by Lázár Pap, originally published in Hungarian in Magyar Krónika. America—the new world, the land of opportunity, the land of the free. In the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of...

Hungarian tourist bus crashes near Subotica: 8 injured

Hungarian tourist bus crashes near Subotica: 8 injured

A Hungarian tourist bus carrying 82 passengers was involved in a traffic accident near Subotica, Serbia, on Sunday afternoon, according to Serbian police reports. The bus was heading toward the Kelebia–Tompa border crossing when it collided with a...

Educators master AI integration and social-emotional learning in Barcelona

Educators master AI integration and social-emotional learning in Barcelona

Two groups of educators, six of them from the Alternative Learning Programme (ALP) of Paola and the others from Romania and Hungary, completed an Erasmus+ teachers’ training mobility programme in Barcelona, between June 23 and 27. One group...

NewsBusters Podcast: Brian Stelter Defines the 'Reliable Source' as Liberal

NewsBusters Podcast: Brian Stelter Defines the 'Reliable Source' as Liberal

Is Brian Stelter tremendously unaware of what CNN sounds like? Brian’s so-called "Reliable Sources" newsletter seems to be currently based on the concept that the only sources that are reliable are the ones that hate Donald Trump with an...

What you need to know about the Jubilee of Youth in Rome

What you need to know about the Jubilee of Youth in Rome

From July 28 to August 3, 2025, Rome will host the Jubilee of Youth, during which Pope Leo XIV will address one million young Catholics from around the world. Here’s a summary of the planned event, in five points: 1One million participants...

Hungarian nationalists try to ban Jewish slaughter

Hungarian nationalists try to ban Jewish slaughter

Slaughter should not cause more suffering for animals than strictly necessary. Therefore, ritual kosher and halal slaughter should be forbidden, the Nationalist Our Homeland (Mi Hazánk) party in Hungary argues. For kosher or halal slaughter,...

Sword found in Hungary mistaken for replica, turns out to be 3,000 years old

Sword found in Hungary mistaken for replica, turns out to be 3,000 years old

One of the most well-known items on display at Chicago’s Field Museum is a Bronze Age sword found in Hungary, long believed to be a replica—but recent analyses have revealed it to be a genuine 3,000-year-old artifact. Archaeologists from Hungary...

Hungary Unveils Robot Dog to Teach Kids the Value of Animal Welfare

Hungary Unveils Robot Dog to Teach Kids the Value of Animal Welfare

A new robot dog in Hungary is turning heads, wagging its digital tail, and teaching kids how to care for animals. The Unitree Go2 robot dog is more than just a tech toy. It is a full-on lesson in empathy, responsibility, and real-world pet care....

3rd cohort of UKinSPIRE fellows to pursue high-impact international research

3rd cohort of UKinSPIRE fellows to pursue high-impact international research

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 25, 2025) — The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the University of Kentucky International Center (UKIC) have announced the third cohort of UKinSPIRE fellows. UKinSPIRE is an internal funding opportunity for...

Hungarikum Days Celebrate Culture and Gastronomy in Transylvania

Hungarikum Days Celebrate Culture and Gastronomy in Transylvania

This weekend, between July 4 and 6, the 16th Hungarikum Days will be held in Sibiu (Nagyszeben, Romania), at the ASTRA Open-air Museum. In this Transylvanian city, home to a Hungarian diaspora community, Hungarian folk culture, traditions, and...

‘Outdated, feudal agriculture’? EU and Hungary clash over the future of farming

‘Outdated, feudal agriculture’? EU and Hungary clash over the future of farming

The resources of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be distributed more fairly so they are accessible for the most disadvantaged sectors and regions, Christophe Hansen, the European Commissioner for agriculture and food,...

Henrico County Public Schools District Education: 50,916 students were enrolled in 2024-25 school year

Henrico County Public Schools District Education: 50,916 students were enrolled in 2024-25 school year

Lisa Coons Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction#:~:text=Lisa%20Coons%20was%20appointed%20Virginia's,%2C%20effective%20March%2022%2C%202023.Lisa Coons Virginia...

Hungary Pride 2025 was a dazzling show of defiance

Hungary Pride 2025 was a dazzling show of defiance

It was on the fifth floor of an old Soviet building with a creaking lift and wood-panelled halls where a group of activists had organised to meet in Budapest. The building was once a telephone exchange, built in the 1970s and equipped with the...

Here’s how your student ID can save you lots of money this summer in Hungary

Here’s how your student ID can save you lots of money this summer in Hungary

Here’s why keeping your student ID handy during the summer can save you tens of thousands of forints. Benefits extend beyond graduation The student ID isn’t just a school-related credential—it’s also a discount card that continues to offer perks...

Millions call on EU to protect regional cultures — Will Brussels listen?

Millions call on EU to protect regional cultures — Will Brussels listen?

Cultural and linguistic diversity, respect for the rights of minorities and participatory democracy are fundamental values of the European Union, Hadja Lahbib, the commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, said in Strasbourg...

A Conservative Case for Religious Freedom

A Conservative Case for Religious Freedom

Eighty percent of Americans believe religion is losing its influence in public life. In the past, John Wilsey might have found a silver lining in that news. When he was writing on American civil religion in his 2015 book, American Exceptionalism...

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