Czech and Slovak presidents pledge to keep Czech–Slovak relations strong

During talks in Prague Czech President Petr Pavel and his Slovak counterpart Petr Pellegrini agreed on the need to maintain strong ties between the two countries, despite disagreements over certain foreign or security policy issues. President...

People smuggler fleeing from Hungarian police causes brutal accident

Photo: Facebook/BRFK Budapesti Rendőr-főkapitányság A people smuggler caused an accident, injuring 11 people in Andau, in eastern Austria, as he attempted to flee Hungarian police late on Monday. The Pakistan-born driver fled from Hungarian police...

Brit List 2025 Unveiled: Welsh Hiking Horror Comedy Tops List of Unproduced Film, TV Scripts

The Brit List, the platform for emerging British screenwriting talent, has unveiled its 2025 lineup of the best unproduced film and TV scripts. Established in 2007, The Brit List‘s mission is to “showcases outstanding British voices, with its...

WeChat Pay Expands to Hungary to Boost Tourism and Local Trade

A new strategic partnership between WeChat Pay and Visit Hungary aims to strengthen Hungary’s appeal as a destination for Chinese travellers while improving digital payment accessibility across the country. The collaboration focuses on promoting...

A Night Of Harmony: Music Unites Cultures At The Historic Peshawar Museum

Peshawar witnessed an unforgettable evening of music, culture, and harmony as the historic Peshawar Museum opened its doors to a world-class concert, A Night of Harmony, organised by the Spanish Embassy in collaboration with the Directorate...

Childrens’ Show Creator Responds to Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash

The creator of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous finally responded to backlash over a moment of explicit queer love in the show. According to PinkNews, the children’s cartoon—set in the world of the Jurassic Park franchise—featured a scene where two...

The ethnic Romanians in Istria

The ethnic Romanian community in Croatia, in Istria peninsula, is one of the least known ethnic Romanian communities from outside Romania's borders. The History Show Steliu Lambru, 13.10.2025, 14:00 Romania’s neighbours the Republic of Moldova,...

Trump's Anti-Immigrant Violence Is a Message for the Rest of Us

For the Trump regime, the brutality is the point. It’s the means to the end of a violent, single-party state that they’re openly proclaiming, even though our media insists on turning away from it. Back in the 1980s, I lived with my family and...

“A stronger Ukraine means a safer Slovakia”: an interview with MEP Lucia Yar

Read in Ukrainian Slovak MEP Lucia Yar is convinced that supporting Ukraine is also an investment in Slovakia’s own security. In March, the MEP visited Kyiv, where she met representatives of the Ukrainian government and defence industry. Yar...

Playing for both teams: 6 LGBTQ+ spies from history

Some of history's most infamous spies weren't just living a double life professionally — they were also secretly LGBTQ+. Though their achievements aren't always documented, queer people have always existed and made contributions in every field,...

Barack Obama Targets Hungary, Poland in His ‘Fight for Democracy’

Former US President Barack Obama posted a video on the social media platform X on Saturday, 11 October, in which he introduces three people in the alumni network of his NGO, the Obama Foundation, from Poland and Hungary. Sándor Léderer, founder of...

Sanctify Yourself

In the summer of 2024, Deep Vellum, a Dallas-based press, announced a program to bring out “badass avant-garde masterpieces that would otherwise not be translated or published.” Kicking things off would be a trio of postmodern thousand-plus-page...

Renowned Overseas Education Expert Asslam Shaikh Says We Need to Think Beyond the U.S.

PNN Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13: In a candid assessment of the evolving global education landscape, Asslam Shaikh, founder of Aliff Overseas Pvt. Ltd. and a veteran with over a decade in the overseas education sector, urges Indian...

BREAKING – Budapest’s Sziget Festival faces extinction unless new investor is found urgently

American investors are pulling out from behind the Sziget Festival due to uncertainties in Hungary, but the festival may still be saved with new owners stepping in. Fragile future for the Sziget Festival The American private equity firm KKR, which...

PM Orbán: The era of cultural patronage has begun in Hungary

The prime minister emphasized that the 20th century was not favorable to heritage conservation in Hungary. “The 20th century was not the era of patrons in Hungarian monument history,” Prime Minister Orbán said, citing the long-term damage...

40th SPAR Marathon Festival in Budapest

Hungarian runners won the main event of the 40th Spar Budapest Marathon on Sunday, the second day of the traditional running festival: Viktória Nyikos was the first to cross the finish line in the women's marathon, while Máté Vásárhelyi won the...

Orban: Hungary launches petition against EU funding of war in Ukraine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Budapest has launched a national petition to collect signatures in disagreement with the European Union's "war plan" to finance military operations in Ukraine. "A few weeks ago in Copenhagen,...

EU: Crucial Hearing on Hungary’s Rule of Law Crisis

(Brussels, October 13, 2025) – European Union member states meeting on October 21 to discuss Hungary’s erosion of the rule of law should vote on whether Hungary is at risk of a serious breach of EU treaty values, Human Rights Watch said today. As...

Free Events: Huge Cartoon Festival in Hungary to Include Top Foreign Films in Mid-November

Literary adaptations are at the heart of the National Cartoon Festival, and more than 500 venues joined the eleventh edition of the event, which took place between November 14 and 16. The free-to-attend festival does not take place at a single...

Brit List 2025 Topped By Hiking Trip Horror ‘Don’t Even Go There’ & The Ritson Brothers’ ‘P.O.V.’

A comedy horror script about a Welsh hiking trip gone wrong and a feature from The Gilded Age star Blake Ritson and his brother have landed the most nominations at this year’s Brit List. The annual list, which promotes top unproduced projects from...