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Can Putin's 'Flying Kremlin' travel through EU airspace to Budapest?
The summit has not been set in stone, but if Russia's Vladimir Putin does go to Budapest to meet US President Trump in the next two weeks, he would need to clear a few hurdles first. When Putin travelled to Alaska for his Anchorage summit in...
 
    
  Trump and Putin's planned summit in Hungary boosts an authoritarian ally
President Donald Trump’s announcement that Budapest could host a second summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine was celebrated by Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday. “Budapest is...
 
    
  Lost Roman-Era City Found Under Hungarian Town
Maestriana’s wells discovered in an ancient Roman city found in Hungary. Credit: Olivér Kovács / Public Domain Search Archive Archaeologists have uncovered traces of an ancient Roman-era city buried beneath the modern streets of Zalaszentgrót,...
 
    
  Putin’s Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU, NATO
Audio By Carbonatix By Gergely Szakacs and Lili Bayer BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -When Russia’s Vladimir Putin steps off the plane in European Union and NATO member Hungary for a summit with Donald Trump, it will be uncomfortable viewing for...
 
    
  How will Putin travel to Hungary to meet Trump with ICC arrest warrant?
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Hungary in the very near future, where he will meet United States counterpart Donald Trump for a second summit on ending the war in Ukraine. The first – in Alaska in August – failed to result in any...
 
    
  Upcoming Trump-Putin Meeting in Hungary Pulls the Rug From Under Zelensky’s Ambitions, Sidelines EU Warmongers From Peace Process
Trump, Zelensky, Putin, and Orbán: peace process has been jump-started again. Trump is focused on the fact that ‘peace is the prize’. On the eve of his arrival in Washington DC for a meeting with Donald J. Trump, Kiev regime leader Volodymyr...
 
    
  Tragedy near Hungary: 3 dead and over 500 homeless after gas explosion – photos and video
A massive explosion shook Romania’s capital, Bucharest, in the Rahova district on Friday morning: a blast on the fifth floor of an eight-storey residential building claimed three lives and injured fifteen others, including two children. The...
 
    
  Bulgarians in Hungary with double celebration – Day of Bulgarian-Hungarian Friendship and UNESCO recognition for gardening
October 17, 2025 will go down in history as the date on which the Minister of Culture of Hungary presented the document with which the Tradition of Bulgarian Gardening in Hungary officially entered the UNESCO National Register of Intangible...
 
    
  The Man Threatening Viktor Orbán’s 15-Year Grip on Hungary
OROSZLÁNY, Hungary—Jabbing his finger at a life-size cardboard cutout of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán , Péter Magyar wooed the voters of this coal-mining town with a feisty speech about corruption and economic decline. Magyar, Orbán’s...
 
    
  EU Commission: Member States Decide on Putin’s Airspace Access Amid Hungary Meeting Talks
The European Commission emphasized that the decision on allowing the Russian leader’s aircraft to fly through EU airspace remains the competence of each member country. It concerns a possible meeting between Putin and U.S. President Trump in...
 
    
  News digest: Shoplifters gone wild, heritage goes paywall
Hi, Slovakia watchers. Some celebrities think they can do anything — even tag their names beneath Mount Everest. It’s Thursday, 30 October, and you’re reading Today in Slovakia. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after...
 
    
  White House’s Karoline Leavitt and Stephen Cheung say ‘Your mom’ when asked who suggested Hungary for Putin-Trump meeting
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
 
    
  Hungarian László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Twenty-three years ago, Imre Kertész won the Nobel Prize in Literature. And today, yet another Hungarian, László Krasznahorkai, has been named the recipient of the coveted prize. Hungary boasts a long history of Nobel laureates, with the most...
 
    
  Election day in Buenos Aires, October 26, 2025.
MILEI’S PURPLE PATCH President Javier Milei promised “the most reform-minded Congress in Argentine history” following a resounding triumph in last Sunday’s midterms after a generally negative string of results in the advanced provincial elections...
 
    
  Hungary’s Academic Engine for the Turkic World — An Interview with Liliana Śmiech
Liliana Śmiech is the Director General for International Affairs at the Ludovika National University of Public Service. She sat down with Hungarian Conservative to discuss the establishment of the Centre for Turkic Studies at the university,...
 
    
  Innovation: Lidl launches mobile shops in Hungary!
Starting on 17 October, Lidl is taking to Hungarian roads in a new form: the “Lidl on Four Wheels” mobile shop is setting off on a nationwide tour to bring everyday shopping to residents of the smallest villages with no grocery stores. The...
 
    
  Cruelty: Hungarian parents starved and neglected 39-year-old disabled daughter
A woman with a lifelong mobility impairment tragically died in Nyírbátor after months of neglect and starvation at the hands of her elderly parents. Beáta, who was 39 years old and bed-bound, weighed only 27 kilograms when she passed away. Elderly...
 
    
  EU supports Trump-Putin meet in Budapest if serves peace
The European Commission said on Friday it welcomes a meeting in Budapest between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin if it can help end the Ukraine war. Spokespeople said that the EU had to be pragmatic and back any steps that...
 
    
  Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet President Donald Trump in Hungary despite ICC arrest warrant for the Russian president
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Hungary soon for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine – despite the Russian leader facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Putin is...
 
    
  Jerusalem Church leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2025 / 06:00 am Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed: Jerusalem church leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem has...