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Hungarian 'Master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
"Ever since, I have never forgotten the taste of freedom," he said in an interview on the Friderikusz Podcast in 2023. DARK THEMES MAY RESONATE WITH 21ST CENTURY READERS His writing may resonate with readers immersed in news from Russia's war in...
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...
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...
Hungary's 'master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins literature Nobel
Novelist László Krasznahorkai, whose dense, hypnotic prose has earned him a devoted global following, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize for Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai considered by...
Hungary's Krasznahorkai, whose pensive oeuvre straddles East and West, conferred Literature Nobel
New Delhi, October 9 (IANS) In line with the objective of bringing seminal authors to greater global renown, the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature was conferred on Hungarian litterateur Laszlo Krasznahorkai, whose demanding, yet pensive,...
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...
Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, considered by many as Hungary's most important living author whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy. The Swedish Academy honoured...
Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM: Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. “Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great...
The ‘Mind Blowing’ Power and Developments of Generative AI
Keen to illustrate the spectacular potential of generative AI to his audience at a British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary event in September, Kiss Googled “Laszlo Gaal non-existent car show” and played the video on a big screen. A highly...
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...
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...
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...
Hungary’s ‘visionary’ Lazslo Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM - Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature, the award-giving body said on Oct 9, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. “Laszlo...
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...
Hungarian writer wins literature Nobel for…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden ‒ Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday. The committee chose "Krasznahorkai for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic...
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...
'Caused great harm': Church of Norway apologises to gay community
Like a number of other religions, the Church of Norway -- which has 3.4 million members, representing over 60 percent of the Norwegian population -- long refused to allow gays to become pastors or marry in the church. "The Church of Norway has...
Orban calls with Putin ahead of Trump summit in Budapest
Editor's note: The story is being updated. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 17, without providing details. The phone call follows an...
Vietnam, Hungary step up parliamentary diplomacy
AKP Phnom Penh, 17 October, 2025 -- The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly László Kövér from October 18 – 22 not only demonstrates the mutual respect between the two nations but also reaffirms the...
Kyrgyzstan, Hungary Sign 2026-2028 Co-Op Roadmap At Strategic Council Meeting
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, October 17. Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev and Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó signed a Protocol and Roadmap for Bilateral Cooperation between the...