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Putin
‘Your Mom’ Chose Budapest for Peace Talks, White House Press Sec Tells Reporter
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said her remarks were in response to a HuffPost reporter, calling him “not a journalist interested in the facts” but a “left-wing hack.”
Oct. 21, 2025
Zelensky
Zelensky Ready to Meet Trump, Putin in Budapest
Despite his readiness to take part in the Russian–US negotiations in Hungary it seems unlikely it will see the three parties seated around the same table – more likely to be in a “shuttle format.”
Oct. 20, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘Putin Cannot Be Stopped by Talk – Only by Pressure,’ Zelensky Warns as Trump-Putin Meeting Prepared in Budapest
The warning comes as US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he expects to meet Putin in Budapest within two weeks in a new effort to reach a peace deal over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Oct. 19, 2025
US
Plans for Second Trump-Putin Summit in Budapest
Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary. Commentators debate what this could mean for the efforts to end the war in Ukraine and deliveries of US Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Oct. 18, 2025
Putin
Hungary Says Putin Safe From Arrest During Planned Trump Talks in Budapest
Trump announced this week that he expects to meet Putin in Budapest within two weeks in a new effort to reach a peace deal over Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Oct. 17, 2025
Putin
EU Supports Trump-Putin Meet in Budapest if Serves Peace
Spokespeople said that the EU had to back any steps that might lead to peace in Ukraine – even though Putin is wanted under an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.
Oct. 17, 2025
Hungary
Tendentious AI Content Proliferates in Hungary Ahead of Elections
Orban, a nationalist who has been in power since 2010 in the central European country, is expected to face an unprecedented challenge from opposition leader Peter Magyar.
Oct. 14, 2025
Hungary
László Krasznahorkai Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The Hungarian international writer and now Nobel Prize winner, who is internationally acclaimed but effectively banned in Hungary, assessed in the media.
Oct. 12, 2025
Hungary Rejects EU Plan to Exclude Ukrainian Men of Military Age From Temporary Protection
Prime Minister Péter Magyar said that even if the EU adopts such a decision, it will not prevent Hungary from granting refugee status to ethnic Hungarians arriving from Ukraine.
July 1, 2026
