Budapest Mayor celebrating 9% participation in online voting

Gergely Karácsony touts as a success the fact that 136 435 people voted online in the so-called Budapest Residents' Assembly.

'Life shouldn't be taken too seriously, you must be able to smile about it'

Valéria Gyenge won a surprise gold medal for Hungary at the 1952 Olympics when she was 19. Later, love took her to Canada and she published a book of artistic photography. She is 91 years old and...

The canopy walkway without a canopy, built from EU funds

The mayor of a Hungarian village built a canopy walkway on his land, financed by an EU grant. But there are no trees around the walkway, which he claims is so because the forest had reached the end...

The most violent afternoon of Orbán's system yet

Students, teachers and parents protested against a new education bill on Wednesday in Budapest. Hundreds marched to the PM's office where a scuffle broke out with the police, and the young...

Orbán had high hopes for the new Italian government, but so far there is no visible cooperation

The Italian government elected six months ago, hasn't helped Hungary much so far. Meloni and Orbán are diametrically opposed on Ukraine, but there are several reasons why the relationship might...

US may impose sanctions on influential Hungarian individuals

Citing several independent diplomatic sources, 444 reports that the United States may be planning new measures to punish the Hungarian government.

Academic freedom is structurally compromised only in Hungary in the EU, according to an EP study

The authors are also concerned about the 'model change' in universities, which makes higher education institutions totally dependent on public trust foundations.

Parliament approves Finland's application for NATO membership after eight months of delay

In the vote, 182 of the MPs voted in favour and only six against. However, the request from Sweden was not voted on.

If Putin came to Hungary, it would be a violation of international law not to arrest him

Although responding to a question from Telex at the government briefing, Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to visit Hungary,...

Eurobarometer: Support for the EU declines in Hungary, especially among young people

The report shows that 39% of Hungarians now think positively about the European Union – 6 percentage points below the EU average.

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