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Budapest Showcase Hub Celebrates 10th Edition with 15 Countries and 30 Acts
The Budapest Showcase Hub (BuSH) will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, hosting three days of concerts and professional events across several of the city’s popular venues—Turbina, Gödör, and Akvárium Klub—between 29 and 31 October. More...
Children among victims in Russian strikes, hours after Trump-Putin talks shelved
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and John Sudworth,Kyiv ShareSave A man was reported killed and children wounded in an attack on a kindergarten in Kharkiv At least seven people have been killed including two children during intense Russian drone...
Louvre Heist Encapsulates a Western Culture That Will Not Defend Itself
I write from a quiet, mountainous part of Central Europe. The scenery is idyllic, and the fall air is crisp. But much as the case has been in my other recent trips to the European continent, the sights I see and the conversations I hear are all...
“Hungary could be a top three player in European battery production” – Interview with Péter Kaderják, HUBA’s Director
Péter Kaderják will be a speaker at the Hungarian Battery Days on 6 November 2025. In this interview with Péter Kaderják, we explore Hungary’s rapidly evolving battery industry and its role in Europe’s green transition. The discussion touches on...
Children among victims in Russian strikes, hours after Trump-Putin talks shelved
At least seven people have been killed including two children during intense Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, officials say. A kindergarten was hit in Ukraine's second biggest city Kharkiv and there was widespread damage in Kyiv....
Hungary to Send New Astronaut to ISS
Hungary is planning to send another research astronaut, Gyula Cserényi, to the International Space Station, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, adding that Hungary had reaped great economic benefits from...
How Trump’s plans for a Budapest summit with Putin turned into sanctions on Russia
By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump hung up the phone after his talk with Russia’s Vladimir Putin last week, he was so convinced there was enough progress made that he announced he was heading soon to Budapest...
You're not protecting women and children with violent protests
On October 20, there was an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl on the grounds of the Citywest Hotel in Dublin. A 26-year-old man has been charged in relation to the incident, and the judicial process is underway. Violent protests spewing...
Thune floats Senate ‘Russia week’ after Trump’s Budapest meeting punted
EXCLUSIVE – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is teasing a series of votes punishing Russia for the war in Ukraine, calling legislation that cleared a key Senate panel this week part of a “toolbox” of options meant to bring Russian...
Children among six killed in Ukraine after Russian missile and drone attack
The attack comes a day after US President Donald Trump put his planned meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on hold, saying he did not want it to be a "waste of time". Ukraine's energy minister said a "massive combined overnight attack" on...
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate is rising in Western nations both on & offline
A report released this week by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found a huge increase in anti-LGBTQ+ hate, threats, and violence in the US, UK, and Europe, which researchers frame as a backlash to twenty years of positive progress. The...
Mass Demonstrations in Budapest Highlight Growing Tensions Ahead of Hungary’s National Election
BY EMMANUEL OGBONNA Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians flooded the streets of Budapest on Thursday as rival political movements staged competing demonstrations, signaling the mounting intensity of the country’s political landscape ahead of next...
Ukraine Latest: Russian Drone Strike Hits Kharkiv Kindergarten, Zelensky Says “Russia is deliberately killing children”
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that Russia’s latest assault — launched just hours after US President Donald Trump postponed his planned meeting with Vladimir Putin — showed that Moscow “does not yet feel enough pressure to stop the...
Hungary to send another research astronaut to space
Hungary is planning to send another research astronaut, Gyula Cserényi, to the International Space Station, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, adding that Hungary had reaped great economic benefits from...
How to make immigration palatable in a populist age
Businesses hiring migrants have a surprising new idol. The inspirational figure is neither a liberal nor a devotee of globalisation. It is Ms Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister, who in 2022 climbed to power on a hard-right platform. She...
Budapest Peace Summit Uncertain as Hungary Prepares for Trump-Putin Meeting
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during an interview with Bloomberg Television in London, United Kingdom, on April 8, 2025. Getty Images/Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg As reported by Twitter account @FM_Szijjarto The Hungarian Minister of...
PM Orbán: ‘We won’t die for Ukraine, but we will live for Hungary’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a fiery speech in Budapest on 23 October, marking the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution with fierce criticism of Brussels and renewed calls for Hungary to remain a ‘lone voice for peace’ in Europe....
The Liberal Case against Human Rights
Recent protests over the UK government’s plans to house asylum seekers in hotels—most prominently at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex—have thrust human rights law and immigration policy back into the spotlight of British political debate. What...
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country’s two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring’s national election. The rival rallies on...
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest as Orbán faces...
The election is due in April, but an exact date for the vote hasn't been set. Orbán's supporters gathered on a bridge spanning the Danube River on Thursday morning and began marching toward Hungary's towering neo-Gothic parliament. The rally,...