Zoltán Kiszelly is a Hungarian political analyst currently serving as Director of the Center for Political Analysis at the Budapest-based Századvég Foundation. We talked to him about the Hungarian elections to be held on Sunday, April 12th, and why it has such significance from a European perspective.
Articles and analyses about Hungary appear daily in the Western...
North Macedonia has placed digitalization at the heart of its political and economic strategy. With the creation two years ago of a dedicated Ministry of Digital Transformation, the government aims to turn the country’s human capital into its main strategic asset for future growth.
Speaking at the Budapest Global Dialogue, Minister Stefan Andonovski defended a pragmatic vision of...
The resurgence of DC Comics in film is, without a doubt, one of the most exciting things to happen in superhero cinema in recent years. With the success of Superman, the upcoming release of Supergirl, and their streaming release of Lanterns, it's safe to say that...
MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 10: Sandy Alcantara #22 of the Miami Marlins throws to first base to retire CJ Abrams #5 of the Washington Nationals during the fourth inning at loanDepot park on May 10, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images) | Getty Images
There are many more than 10 trade candidates in Major League Baseball. If you think about, every...
Science fiction has always been the genre where imagination runs wild, but the very best sci-fi movies do more than just showcase futuristic tech or alien worlds. The best sci-fi movies pull you into fully realized universes, pose intriguing ideas, and still...
The new Mercedes-AMG GLC53 4Matic+ has been revealed, and there’s not a four-cylinder engine in sight.Set to launch in Australia during the fourth quarter (October to December) this year, the hot mid-size SUV revealed overnight has a turbocharged 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine.That’s in contrast with the existing GLC43 and GLC63, both of which use a turbocharged 2.0-litre...
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A bloc of 40 state and territorial attorneys general is urging Congress to adopt the Senate’s version of the controversial Kids Online Safety Act, positioning it as the stronger regulatory instrument and rejecting the House companion as insufficient.
The Act would kill online...
HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 26: Jaren Jackson Jr. #8 of the Memphis Grizzlies reacts in the first half against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on January 26, 2026 in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License...
As one of the earliest successful streaming services, Netflix has played a significant part in creating “binge-watch” culture, particularly as a result of how the streaming service releases its shows all at once. While the platform has plenty of...
Thriller shows have always held a special place in the hearts of audiences, providing endless entertainment through their suspenseful stories and fascinating characters. Most of the time, however, knowing the twist at the heart of a thriller show can take all the...
BERLIN — Leaders of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) are quietly distancing themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump as backlash over the Iran war grows and important elections loom.
While rank-and-file members of the AfD continue to cultivate contacts with Trump administration officials and MAGA Republicans — and see it as in their long-term interest...
BRUSSELS — If you ordered Christmas presents from a Chinese web shop, they are likely to be toxic, unsafe or undervalued. Or all of the above. The EU is trying to do something about the flood but is tripping over itself 27 times to get there.
“It’s absolutely crazy…” sighs one EU official. The official, granted anonymity to discuss preparations to tackle the...
A new paper in a highly regarded British Medical Journal publication has sparked outrage for attempting to launch a debate on the so-called “harms of the current global anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) campaign.”
It says coverage of the practice, where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, often relies on “titillating sensationalism,” and...
BRUSSELS — Most EU governments say they back the switch away from fossil fuels. But when it comes to investing in Big Oil, they’re not quite so green-minded.
EU member countries made a deal on Wednesday that would make it easier for private investments earmarked for green activities to flow into companies building new fossil fuel projects.
It would mean big oil and gas...
Yanmei Xie is senior associate fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies.
After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at Davos last week, a whole continent contracted leadership envy. Calling the rules-based order — which Washington proselytized for decades before stomping on — a mirage, Carney gave his country’s neighboring hegemonic bully a rhetorical middle...
Most Europeans want their governments to have more control over their borders to tackle migration, polling across 23 EU countries shows.
Seventy-one percent of respondents agreed that “the European Union needs to allow member states much greater control of their own borders, so that countries can better manage immigration,” according to a survey of 11,714 people across Europe...
Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, is doubling down on the company’s strategy of utes, vans and emotional vehicles, as well as its policy of partnerships over acquisitions.In an interview with La Nacion at the automaker’s plant in Pacheco in Argentina, Mr Farley was asked about his childhood in Buenos Aires, where he was born and lived until nine as his dad ran the local Citibank outpost.He...
Forget the far right. The kids want a
‘United States of Europe.’
On social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades.
By NICHOLAS VINCOUR
A futuristic EU soldier stands guard, laser blaster at the ready. European fighter jets zoom through the sky over thumping Eurodance...
NICOSIA — France and Spain have teamed up in a bid to reserve space for European companies in an upcoming spectrum auction for mobile satellite communications, effectively pushing out U.S. players.
The move comes as Brussels and EU capitals are mulling restrictions on non-EU players in a vast array of technologies from cloud computing to software, and grappling with the bloc’s...
The German Criminal Code’s controversial Section 188, which prohibits social media users from insulting or even criticizing politicians online, has become a hot topic in Germany again after a Facebook user was fined for over €2,000 for calling Chancellor Merz a “liar.”
Pollster INSA conducted a country-wide survey to discover what Germans actually think about the law,...
Juan Carlos Ferrero expressed his gratitude to Carlos Alcaraz for the time they spent together and everything they achieved, but also appeared to indicate that he wanted to continue with their partnership but the 22-year-old had other plans.
On Wednesday afternoon, an absolute bombshell dropped after Alcaraz announced in a lengthy social media post that he was splitting with Ferrero. During...
The great cormorant has had a good run.
Driven to the brink of extinction by hunters and pesticides in the 1970s, the fish-eating waterbird was rescued thanks to one of the EU’s earliest environmental laws. On paper, that regulation represents a triumph for conservationists: Over the past 50 years, the cormorant population has grown from roughly 50,000 birds to between 1.5 and 2...
There are few crime dramas as beloved as HBO's True Detective. The anthology series, which premiered in 2014, is still going strong with four seasons of excellent episodes. The show has already attracted tons of A-list stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Woody...
Nobody hates television more than people who write about television for a living. Every year, the same conversation starts up again: audiences are rewarding “slop,” streamers are prioritizing quantity over quality, prestige TV is dead, and attention...
BRUSSELS — Countries that don’t welcome European companies into their markets shouldn’t expect access to EU goods and services contracts, the bloc’s top industry official has warned.
In comments to POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook on Friday, European Commission Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné said “support is growing”...
Romance TV adaptations are commonplace these days in a world of popular shows like Bridgerton and Heated Rivalry, but what works on the page might not necessarily work on screen. What makes a reader's heart race when poring over a book's pages might also lead them...
Earlier this month, Reform UK, Nigel Farage’s latest political incarnation, proposed one of the sharpest political ideas of modern times: to site new migrant detention centres in areas that vote heavily for the Green Party, which famously advocates for a “world without borders.” Likely locations include the historic Green Party stronghold of Brighton, but, after last...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Russell Wilson attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)
It appeared as though Russell Wilson might have reached the end of his NFL career, but now there could be a late change to that plan. The New York Jets made an offer to...
BRUSSELS — EU countries will only be able to move ahead with joining up their national economies and smoothing the movement of goods and workers if it doesn’t mean more bureaucratic burdens for industry, Germany is warning the bloc’s leadership.
The new position paper circulated by Berlin and obtained by POLITICO comes as presidents and prime ministers from across the EU...
By Whitney Gould
The plane, which brought me to Western Alaska is gone.
I’m standing on a remote, empty tarmac. The sky is a herring-gull gray, the air crisp and clean. I am surrounded by tundra. The only visible object is a square box painted white, the airport. People come, pick up passengers and supplies, and disappear as suddenly as they arrived. This is my dream job. I'm an Alaskan...
After a quarter of a century on the professional circuit, Stan Wawrinka will end his tennis journey in 2026.
The Swiss picked the upcoming season as the final chapter of his distinctive career.
Vintage Stan in Croatia ⏳@stanwawrinka defeats Guillen Meza 6-4 6-1 in Umag, where he lifted his first ever ATP title!#CroatiaOpenUmag pic.twitter.com/Rz9MRSJrye
— Tennis TV...
BRUSSELS — “We have a simple choice,” said Donald Tusk, Poland’s grim-faced prime minister, as he entered one of the most consequential European Union summits in a generation. “Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about Ukraine only. I am talking about Europe.”
Tusk’s point was that Europeans’ own freedom is on the line...
CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 10: Caleb Williams #18 of the Chicago Bears and DJ Moore #2 of the Chicago Bears visit on set of the Wildcard on Prime post game show after an NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on January 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The 2026 NFL schedule will be...
Vice President JD Vance is the Trump administration’s unofficial envoy to Gen Z. But young Trump supporters may not be all that enamored with him as they weigh their 2028 options.
In a focus group of nine young men who supported Trump in 2024, conducted Monday by Longwell Partners and shared with POLITICO, they showed tepid enthusiasm about the vice president and suggested he is...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday lambasted his critics who accused him of caving to Iran, calling them “stupid” and arguing that prolonging the war could lead to an “international depression.”
“There’s not one nation that came to us and said ‘please keep dropping bombs on them, please keep dropping bombs’ — the stupid people say...
President Donald Trump on Monday said he would like to “take” Iran’s oil — but that he hasn’t because Americans want to see the war brought to a close.
“If I had my choice, I’d keep the oil. But I also want to make the people of our country happy,” Trump told reporters at the annual White House Easter egg roll.
“Unfortunately the...
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There are regulatory disputes. There are political disputes. And then there is the curious spectacle of a British media regulator cheerfully announcing that being sued in the United States is, apparently, a job well done.
That, in essence, is the position of Melanie Dawes, the head of...
BRUSSELS — United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is defending the U.N.’s role as the world’s multilateral organization for responding in times of crisis, but acknowledges he is cooperating “actively” with President Donald Trump’s rival Board of Peace in Gaza — even though Guterres brands the board “a personal project” of...
BRUSSELS — A group of wealthy northern EU countries has launched a revolt against a proposal for only minimal cuts to the bloc’s €2 trillion budget.
The plan for a 2 percent (€32.8 billion) cut to the European Commission’s proposal for 2028 to 2034, put forward by the Cypriot government in its role at the six-month helm of the presidency of the Council of...
LONDON — Labour MP Wes Streeting insisted on Tuesday that he has secured the backing of fellow MPs that he would need to fight a contest to be Britain’s next prime minister.
The former health secretary said he wants a “genuine contest” to decide who will replace Keir Starmer in Downing Street, not an unopposed coronation for Andy Burnham — the Greater...
Wondering what women want in a man? From hookups to love, here’s what truly makes a guy irresistible, backed by psychology and real insight.
Trying to figure out what women want in a man feels like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube while blindfolded… underwater… in the dark. And just when you think you’ve cracked the code, boom, she’s ghosting you, or...
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Taylor Lewan and Will Compton attend The Volume Super Bowl Party 2023 on February 08, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for The Volume) | Getty Images for The Volume
It is NFL draft week which is all kinds of exciting.
As the week unfolds each and every team across the NFL will have hope hanging in...
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 27: Yaxel Lendeborg #23 of the Michigan Wolverines reacts during the second half against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the United Center on March 27, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) | Getty Images
INDIANAPOLIS — Will Tschetter knew...