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Problematic Prayers: What the Egyptian Soccer Team's Anti-Christian Recitations Reveal
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (751+ words) Soccer is often portrayed as the world's great unifier'a place where national rivalries are set aside, where athletes compete honorably, and where victory and defeat are accepted with dignity. Apparently, nobody told Egypt's national soccer team. Before facing Argentina, the…...
Police Probe Pro-Orb'n Influencer over Facebook Post, Sparks Cross-Camp Outrage
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (469+ words) Hungarian police brought in pro-Orb'n influencer Istv'n Szak'cs on Wednesday, 8 July, on suspicion of threatening to commit a terrorist act, after he posted a Facebook video warning Prime Minister P'ter Magyar and his government not to arrest former prime minister…...
Most British Think Diversity Is Destroying National Identity, Poll Finds
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (202+ words) According to a new poll released by the European polling firm More in Common, 55 per cent of British people believe that national diversity is disappearing due to the nation's diversity. The left-wing outlet The Guardian and the right-wing outlet Breitbart…...
Hungarian President Says Constitutional Amendment Threatens Rule of Law
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (246+ words) The office of President Tam's Sulyok said on Thursday that several provisions of the proposed 17th amendment to Hungary's Basic Law are incompatible with the principles of the rule of law, democracy and the separation of powers. The president noted that,…...
Argentina's "Rigged' World Cup Run Is Becoming Impossible to Defend
1+ day, 35+ min ago (454+ words) Argentina's attempt to defend their world title is no longer being clouded by ordinary tournament controversy; it is being overshadowed by a mounting perception that the world champions are playing under different disciplinary and VAR standards from everyone else. According…...
Russia Moves Closer to Olympic Return at LA 2028 after IOC Lifts Ban
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (632+ words) Russia moved a step closer to returning to the Olympics ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The IOC Executive Board announced on Tuesday, 7 July,…...
June Inflation Eases to 1. 7 Per Cent as Forint Strengthens
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (382+ words) Hungary's annual inflation rate slowed to 1. 7 per cent in June, its lowest level in recent months, with economists attributing the favourable trend primarily to the strong forint and declining food prices. According to figures released by the Central Statistical Office…...
Russell Kirk's Conservative Mind Published in Hungarian
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (332+ words) One of the most influential conservative American thinkers" most famous work is now available in Hungarian. The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk, originally published in 1953, has been translated into Hungarian by Mikl's Pogr'nyi Lovas and P'ter Lengyel Balik', and published…...
MCC Says Foundation Restructuring Follows Legal Timetable, Rejects Claims of Political Retaliation
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (444+ words) The leadership of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) has rejected suggestions that the planned dissolution of its public-interest asset management foundation represents an unexpected government decision, saying the process follows the timetable established in Hungarian law. The statement, released on Monday,…...
Hungary's Drying Future: Heat, Drought, and the Politics of Water Retention
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (201+ words) Along those lines, it may be said that extreme heat is one issue, but the growing dryness may be an even greater one. With each summer, the climate seems to become increasingly dry. Summer rainfall across Hungary appears to be…...