The 34th annual Bálványos Summer University and Student Camp in Tusnádfürdő (Băile Tușnad), Transylvania, Romania featured a highly anticipated panel discussion between Balázs Orbán, Political Director for the Prime Minister of Hungary, Lord David Frost, the former chief Brexit negotiator for the United Kingdom, Philip Pilkington, senior researcher at the Hungarian Institute Of International Affairs,…
Investigators suspect that senior Baza staff members bribed law enforcement The editor-in-chief and a senior reporter with Baza, one of Russia’s top Telegram-based news outlets, have been charged with bribery, following a police raid on the outlet’s offices. Baza, which has more than 1.6 million subscribers on Telegram and ranks 15th in popularity among Russian…
A surge in domestic production has helped the country relegate the EU nation to sixth place Russia has overtaken Germany in beer production for the first time, pushing the EU country out of the top five global brewers, according to an industry report released on Tuesday. Russia’s beer output rose by around 9% in 2024,…
The rise in insolvencies is attributed to high borrowing costs and shrinking demand The Russian infrastructure construction sector is expected to see a wave of bankruptcies this year, according to CEO of National Projectstroy, one of Russia’s largest construction firms. Aleksey Krapivin, whose firm oversaw the construction of the Crimean Bridge as well as key…
Hungary continues to reject the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota system, aligning itself with a growing number of member states expressing frustration with Brussels’s top-down approach to immigration. Speaking on Hungarian public television Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s chief advisor on internal security, György Bakondi, emphasized that most European governments no longer share the Commission’s…
New Delhi has said its priority is to provide energy security for its people India has denounced the European Union’s pressure tactics against New Delhi for importing and refining Russian oil, arguing that it prioritises its own energy security. When questioned by the media at a press briefing on Wednesday about Brussels’ 18th package of…
The largest opposition party in Pretoria’s coalition government had threatened to block the legislation but later voted in favor, along with smaller parties South Africa’s National Assembly has passed the 2025 and 2026 Appropriation Bill covering all government departments, with support from parties including the DA, PA, IFP, ActionSA, BOSA, and Rise Mzansi. The MK…
Moscow has designated Poland a “hostile” state in response to economic sanctions and support for Ukraine Poland’s Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory strongly recommending that all Polish nationals residing in Russia leave the country if possible. The warning comes as ties between Moscow and Warsaw have sunk to historic lows amid the Ukraine conflict…
Bisexual influencer Pascal Kaiser has reportedly filed a complaint after Fulham’s goalkeeper Bernd Leno liked a violent clip German police have launched a probe into a premier league soccer star over allegations he liked an AI video depicting violence at a gay pride parade, Bild has reported. The video reportedly shows a car crashing into…
The suspect was allegedly recruited by the Security Service of Ukraine while visiting the country last year A Ukrainian agent has been detained in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region while attempting to retrieve an improvised explosive device from a concealed cache, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. The Russian citizen, allegedly recruited by…
A Stockholm tribunal has blocked an Armenian government plan to nationalize Samvel Karapetyan’s energy firm A Stockholm arbitration court has blocked the Armenian government from moving forward with plans to nationalize a major electricity supplier owned by a jailed Russian-Armenian billionaire. Samvel Karapetyan was arrested in June on charges of calling for the seizure of…
Four local executives of Barrick have been held since their arrest in November on suspicion of financial crimes A court in Mali has rejected a request for the conditional release of four employees of Barrick Mining Corporation, who have been detained since 2024 on accusations of money laundering and financing terrorism. The decision was announced…
Donald J. Trump’s reelection in November 2024 has led to a rapid renovation of U.S.–Hungarian relations, which had suffered serious damage under Joe Biden, who held office between Trump’s two terms. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who visited Trump during the election campaign and at other times when Trump was out of office, has called…
The president has suggested that billions in cash his predecessor Joe Biden “gave away” could have been embezzled US President Donald Trump has claimed that billions of dollars in American aid given to Ukraine under his predecessor Joe Biden may have been misused. The US became Kiev’s top foreign backer under the Biden administration, allocating…
Demographic issues cannot be resolved without reinforcing cultural ideals, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has said Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved a law that bans licenses for movies seen as discrediting or denying “traditional values.” If adopted by the upper house and signed into law by the president, the measure will take effect…
New Delhi has relaxed restrictions that were initially imposed during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 In a sign of warming ties between New Delhi and Beijing, India has said it will restart issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens after a five-year pause. The restrictions were imposed during the early stages of the…
Bratislava’s energy giant plans to tap Gazprom for all imports, citing cost and competitiveness, the outlet has said Slovakia’s largest natural gas company is planning to turn to Russia for 100% of its supplies next year, Bloomberg has reported. Company officials cited cost benefits as EU countries face a ban on spot purchases of Russian…
Hungary successfully issued a major series of renminbi-denominated sovereign bonds on Tuesday, drawing strong investor interest and favourable pricing. The total value of the issuance reached 5 billion RMB (approx 595 million euros), making it the country’s largest and longest-maturity sovereign bond offering on the Chinese onshore market to date. The transaction, organized by Hungary’s…
Journalists have condemned Kiev for targeting a key agency installed to prevent embezzlement of foreign aid Western news outlets have criticized Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for stripping an independent anti-corruption bureau of its autonomy and placing it under the control of the prosecutor general. The move, carried out on Tuesday, drew widespread concern from journalists and…
The sides will discuss draft memorandums for the peaceful settlement of the conflict, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia and Ukraine are poised to hold their third round of bilateral talks in Istanbul to discuss settlement of the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed. The negotiations are scheduled to begin at 7pm Moscow time…
The 34th Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, known as Tusványos, officially kicked off on Wednesday with an opening ceremony featuring Zsolt Németh, co-founder and President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly; Lőrinc Nacsa, State Secretary for National Policy; Zsolt Butyka, Mayor of Băile Tușnad (Tusnádfürdő); Tibor Toró, Executive President…
The agreement with Togo reportedly outlines joint military training, participation in exercises, and cooperation on medical support The Russian government has approved a draft law to ratify a military cooperation agreement with Togo, TASS reported on Tuesday, citing meeting documents. The decision by the government commission on legislative activity comes as Moscow deepens defense ties…
The decision to take over the NABU and SAPO has sparked outrage and accusations of authoritarianism Hundreds of Ukrainians took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to protest Vladimir Zelensky’s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies. The campaign is seen by many as an authoritarian push by the Ukrainian leader towards consolidating power. The National…
The “Holy Land Five”, a reference to five men convicted of financing the Muslim terrorist group Hamas in 2008, has become a cause célèbre for militant Islamic and Marxist activists, including Zohran Mamdani, the “democrat” nominee for mayor of New York City. Defenders of the Holy Land Five epitomize the Red/Green Axis, a convergence of…
The development of a huge deposit of hydrocarbons could allegedly harm the environment and tourism German officials and environmental groups have hit out at Polish plans to develop a newly discovered oil and gas field in the Baltic Sea, warning of potentially “catastrophic” damage to local ecosystems, German media reported on Tuesday. Canadian company Central…
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is standing by its decision to build its first European car factory in Szeged, Hungary, and has not made any changes to its original investment and production schedule, said István Joó, the government’s commissioner for strategic investment and CEO of HIPA, Hungary’s investment promotion agency. Reacting to recent media reports,…
Kiev requires tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid to sustain its campaign against Russia The Ukrainian air force has reported the first loss of a French-supplied Mirage 2000 fighter jet in what officials described as an equipment failure on Tuesday evening. France pledged six of its 26 Mirage 2000 jets to Kiev as…
Maria Lucas has called for structural change to correct historical injustices Africa must reclaim everything that was taken by Western colonial powers – not only stolen cultural artifacts, but also its dignity, independence, and economic agency, Mozambican Foreign Minister Maria Manuela Lucas said on Tuesday. Speaking after talks in Moscow with her Russian counterpart, Sergey…
France is changing, not slowly, not marginally, but demographically and irreversibly. According to the 10th annual Arab-Muslim First Name Barometer, published by Fdesouche using civil registry data from France’s national statistics bureau (INSEE), more than one in four children born in France in 2024 received an Arab-Muslim first name. In the 1960s, Arab-Muslim names were…
Hungarian cinema will take centre stage at this year’s Venice International Film Festival, as two acclaimed directors, László Nemes and Ildikó Enyedi, will compete for the coveted Golden Lion. The 82nd edition of the festival, beginning 27 August, features Nemes’s new feature Orphan and Enyedi’s Silent Friend in its official competition lineup. The inclusion of…
An agreement is likely to be penned during Narendra Modi’s visit to London this week New Delhi and London will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Britain this week, Indian media outlets have reported. India’s cabinet approved the FTA on Tuesday, the News18 website said, citing government sources. “We…
The French president and PM Francois Bayrou are the least popular executive pair in modern France, a new poll suggests French President Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating has dropped below 20% for the first time since taking office, as criticism mounts over rising defense spending and cuts to social programs. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou also performed…
The US government agency says the bloc’s online content-moderation policies violate free speech The EU’s online content regulations are an affront to free speech, the US State Department has said in response to France’s praise for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The State Department echoed earlier criticism from US Vice President J.D. Vance, who accused…
On July 18, 2025, Munich witnessed a dark, all-too-familiar spectacle: a Jewish synagogue, not an Israeli consulate, not a government building, became the target of an organized pro-Hamas demonstration. Under the guise of political protest, left-wing extremists and Islamist radicals joined forces to glorify terrorism, vilify Jewish hostages as “war criminals,” and bring a message…
The demonstrators were outraged by the law curbing the independence of anti-corruption agencies Protesters in Kiev shouted insults at Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday as they denounced his decision to back legislation curbing the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Zelensky had just signed a bill into law granting the Prosecutor General’s Office authority to…
Eleven percent. That’s the magic number: the share of working-class Donald Trump voters that Democrats have a reasonable shot at persuading, according to the latest report from the Center for Working-Class Politics, or CWCP. The report amounts to one of the most comprehensive snapshots of working-class public opinion available — and the clearest evidence yet…
The Ukrainian leader cited the fight against “Russian influence” as he curtailed the independence of anti-graft investigators Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has defended a controversial reform targeting the country’s anti-corruption agencies, which has sparked street protests and raised concerns among EU officials. On Tuesday, Zelensky signed a bill into law granting the Prosecutor General’s Office…
Ukraine’s leader has signed a law restricting the independence of the national anti-corruption bureau Hundreds have protested in Kiev and other cities against a controversial decision to curtail the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies. On Tuesday, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky signed a bill into law placing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s…
Summary of today’s top items: 1. PLA Daily on political cadres – The PLA Daily has started a new commentary series on the regulations announced yesterday. The first installment in “On Firmly Establishing the Image and Authority of Political Cadres” is titled “Strengthen Political Loyalty, Always Preserve the Original Aspiration and True Character” and appears…
Is Corbynism back? Six years after Jeremy Corbyn’s cataclysmic defeat in the 2019 election, there are signs that the British Left is finally emerging from a depressive morass. The chaotic announcement of a new party co-led with Zarah Sultana, one of the few surviving Corbynist MPs, arrived swiftly on the heels of a major Left-led…
Rolling Fork was never a wealthy place. Yet squeezed between the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers, in the heart of the black-soiled delta, it boasted a rich past. The birthplace of blues icon Muddy Waters, and of the teddy bear, the town was proud and tidy. But then, in 2023, a tornado laid waste to Rolling…
In the recent debate that has resurfaced around abortion, one of the most common benchmarks for lawmakers is that once the baby is able to survive on his own outside of the womb, he should no longer be aborted. “So,” I think to myself, “around age 19 or so.” I work with teens and young…
When the guerrilla fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began their armed struggle back in 1984, the Cold War was in its death throes. Ronald Reagan was trying to roll back the Soviet “Evil Empire”, the USSR was chaotically transitioning toward Gorbachev, and the IRA had just narrowly failed to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. Some…
Australia has refused to go to war with China over Taiwan The Trump administration has been having a rough few months. Domestic chaos – fuelled by the use of black clad, masked para-military squads to deport illegal immigrants – has fused with the deepening foreign policy crises resulting from Trump’s support for the doomed right-wing Zelensky and…
Baku’s support for Kiev should not impact relations with Moscow, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia disagrees with Azerbaijan’s stance on the Ukraine conflict but hopes that this divergence in views will not hinder efforts to restore bilateral ties in light of a recent rift, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. He added that…
The US president says he wants to “go after” his predecessor and his top intelligence officials US President Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama of “treason,” promising to “go after” him and his administration’s top intelligence officials over their alleged plot to “rig elections” and stage the Russiagate hoax. Trump made the remarks while speaking…
The controversial bill has triggered warnings by the EU that Kiev is undermining the rule of law and sparked protests in the country The Ukrainian Parliament has voted to end the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. The ongoing crackdown has triggered international scrutiny and protests across the country. The Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday approved…
Location of Kaliro District in Uganda. (OpenStreetMap contributors, Jarry1250, NordNordWest) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a Christian convert in eastern Uganda on Friday (July 18) forced their way into his locked home and killed him, sources said. As he had done since accepting Christ in April, Kasajja Abdul Maliki of Kaliro village,…
Currently, however, the bloc is busy arming Ukraine at the expense of European taxpayers, the Russian foreign minister said Moscow hopes the “reasonable” position on the Ukrainian conflict displayed by US President Donald Trump will have an impact on the stance of the EU, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking during a press…
On July 22nd I spoke with Finbarr Bermingham, Brussels-based senior correspondent for the South China Morning Post whose beat includes EU-China relations. He has been on a roll with scoops about EU-China relations, including China tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine earlier this month. He explains what…
The legendary heavy metal frontman died just weeks after a final onstage reunion with his Black Sabbath bandmates British rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, the charismatic frontman of Black Sabbath who helped shape the sound and legacy of heavy metal, has died at 76, his family announced on Tuesday. No cause of death was given, though…
