Author: Rebel
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President Katalin Novák Visits Iraq
Katalin Novák, the first Hungarian President to visit the Middle Eastern country, has arrived in Iraq for a three-day visit. The president is in Iraq from Thursday to Saturday, where she will meet Hungarian soldiers stationed there and visit humanitarian projects implemented through the Hungary Helps program. On Friday, Katalin Novák met with Iraqi President…
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Finland's Sanna Marin apologises for lack of action on rights of indigenous Sámi people
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she’s sorry for delays in acting on new human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi people. It comes after Euronews highlighted ongoing problems with the Sámi Parliament Act, which Marin’s government had promised to pass in their current legislative programme. Four of the five parties in government are understood to support…
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Hermès wins case against artist who sold NFTs of Birkin Bags
KB Advisory Group founder Kristin Bentz discusses retail stocks in the green ahead of people returning to the office and luxury retailers finding new ways to promote their brands. French luxury brand Hermès prevailed in a closely watched intellectual-property trial over an artist who created and sold nonfungible tokens depicting the company’s iconic Birkin handbag,…
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Viktor Orbán Rules Out Energy Shortages
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shared his thoughts about the energy shortages. He accused the EU of making its own life difficult. “Europe has run out of energy,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán warned in a Facebook post on Saturday, citing his speech at the inauguration of the Bosch Budapest Innovation Campus last week. “What…
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Latvia prime minister's New Unity party wins general election — early results
The centre-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš won Saturday’s election, according to provisional results, with its 19% of the vote putting him in a position to head another coalition government. The results – with 91% of districts counted – mean Latvia should remain a leading voice alongside its Baltic neighbours Lithuania…
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World Health Summit: Gates Foundation commits extra €1.23 billion to eradicate polio worldwide
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit €1.23 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will also be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus which may evade existing vaccinations. The announcement was made at the World Health Summit, being held in Berlin. Pakistan has reported…
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Viktor Orbán: Hungary Is Not at War with Anyone
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the war in Ukraine in a radio interview on Friday morning, as well as in a meeting with speakers of the MCC conference the previous day. For us Hungary’s security comes first, and that is why Hungary is not at war with anyone, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the…
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Police discover €1.4m of cocaine inside wheelchair upholstery
Italian border police have discovered more than 13 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a motorised wheelchair at an airport near Milan. The drugs were found stuffed into the wheelchair’s leather upholstery by sniffer dogs, authorities said on Friday. When the cocaine was found, the man using the wheelchair stood up and walked away without assistance. The suspect…
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Viktor Orbán Congratulates Yet Another New British Prime Minister
The Hungarian government is preparing to cooperate closely with the new British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. In recent years, Viktor Orbán’s cabinet has seen the UK as an important ally. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated newly-elected British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a message on Monday evening. According to the Prime Minister’s press chief,…
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Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen fuel divorce rumors: A look back at some of the priciest divorces in sports history
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen divorce rumors continue to dominate headlines as reports swirl that the two have hired divorce attorneys. A representative for Brady had no comment when reached by Fox News Digital about the reports. Per Page Six, both Brady and Bündchen have hired attorneys and are figuring out…
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'Europe can count on Angola' for energy, President João Lourenço tells Euronews
The impact of the war in Ukraine is being felt far beyond the European continent. In a bid to cut its dependence on Russian gas, Europe is keen to shore up its energy supply and look for alternative sources. As the war in Ukraine passed its one-year mark, and following the visit of French President Emmanuel…
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Viktor Orbán’s Meme About Eva Kaili Makes Critics Furious
According to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meme, the Qatargate corruption scandal is rather ironic from a Hungarian point of view. Eva Kaili’s suspension from the post of European Parliament vice president last Sunday did not go unnoticed in Hungarian politics. The Greek socialist MEP was detained last Friday as part of a “corruption probe into…
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Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni skirts EU clash in new €35 billion budget plan
Italy’s new government, headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, signed off a new budget on Tuesday with a €35 billion spending plan and fiscal policies that seem intent to avoid a collision course with Brussels. The recently appointed premier hopes the spending boost will prompt a faster recovery in what is the Eurozone’s third largest…
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Foreign Minister Szijjártó Visits Cuba
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó visited Havana on Wednesday, where he was received by Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel and held talks with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca. “The world today is living…
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New York Rep.-elect George Santos confesses to lies about his resumé: Report
New York Republican Rep.-elect George Santos admitted on Monday to lying during his campaign about his work experience and education, according to reports. Santos, who will represent a portion of Long Island in the House of Representatives, made the confession during an interview with the New York Post, though he insisted the lies would not…
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Hungarians Bid Farewell to Football Legend Pelé
On December 29, the news broke that Pelé, one of the greatest figures in the history of football, had passed away. Often called the ‘Black Pearl,’ the Brazilian was the only three-time world champion footballer. Pelé, who was born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and has since been…
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Some student loan forgiveness programs are set to end this year – here’s what to do if this affects you
<!–> –> <!–> –> Student loan programs are coming to an end while the botched FAFSA rollout continues. (iStock) The Biden Administration has implemented a variety of student loan programs to help borrowers deal with high debts. Many of these programs are coming to an end by the end of the year. The “on-ramp” transitionary…
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Boris Johnson bags £1 million for speeches since resignation as UK PM
Boris Johnson has raked in more than 1 million pounds (1.16 million euros) in paid speeches since resigning a few months ago, according to a document published on Wednesday. The former UK prime minister, who was forced to quit in September amid a string of scandals related to sexual misconduct in his party and drunken…
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Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss recently poured over $60M into propping up left-wing groups and causes
A nonprofit bankrolled by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss recently funneled over $60 million to left-wing groups and causes, tax forms show. The Berger Action Fund, a Wyss-funded group that has steered vast amounts of money to progressive initiatives, continued propping up liberal organizations ranging from a massive nonprofit within America’s most prominent dark money network to groups…
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There Must Be a Strong Hungarian Entrepreneurial Community, Says PM Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a speech at a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Széchenyi Card Program in Budapest on Tuesday. He stressed that it had been decided to more than double this support. Next year, the program will receive 290 billion forints (EUR 710 million) from the budget, up from…