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Art

Prompting makes perfect: Nóra Bereczki on making award-winning art

Is an AI-generated image really art? What role will AI play in schools and will machines take our jobs? Award-winning Digital Umami creator Nóra Bereczki gives her artistic impression on the creative processes, photography and education.

Climate

Receding Danube reveals potential centuries-old catapult stone

Experts at the Matthias Corvinus Museum in Visegrád must still examine the stone ball to confirm if it is a catapult projectile, but it could well be a historic find.

World News

Many feared dead after quake leaves shoppers trapped in Japanese mall

Police received reports of an explosion at the Aeon Mall outlet in the Kumamoto region but the force did not provide information on damage or any casualties.

Europe News

Tisza government to amend constitution to allow removal of president

At a press conference outside the Sándor Palace, Prime Minister Péter Magyar outlined Tamás Sulyok’s failings and announced plans to amend Hungary's Fundamental Law to allow for his removal.

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Europe News

Budapest readies ahead of welcoming its first Champions League final

Budapest’s Puskás Aréna will welcome Premier League finalists, Paris Saint-Germain versus Arsenal F.C., on Saturday, as tourism experts expect more than 200,000 fans to flock to the city in what could be the city's biggest tourism event ever recorded.

Europe News

Budapest celebrates Europe with a massive festival

In the coming years, the EU’s highly conflict-ridden relationship with Hungary is likely to change, a prospect that many participants in Europe Day welcomed.

Hungary

Péter Magyar's first cabinet crisis: the brother-in-law who had to go

Melléthei-Barna is a lawyer and a university peer of Hungary's next prime minister. He was one of the founding 10 members of the Tisza Party when it was formed in 2020 and served as the party's legal director.

Europe News

EU reset: Hungary's incoming PM to meet Giorgia Meloni in Rome

The lack of information about what the leaders will discuss has led to speculation about how relations between Budapest and Rome might look after 16 years of Viktor Orbán's government.

Ukraine

Hungary sends Druzhba fact-finding mission to Ukraine

A Hungarian government delegation has entered Ukraine to assess the Druzhba pipeline, damaged in a Russian drone strike in January. Ukraine refuses to recognize the delegation and has described its members as “tourists.”

World News

Parliamentary election campaings begin in Hungary

Candidates and their supporting organisations have two weeks to collect the necessary signatures of support.

Culture news

Hungary exhibitions celebrate optic art pioneer Victor Vasarely

Hungary is staging a series of exhibitions to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth in Pécs of op-art pioneer Victor Vasarely.

Thailand

Thailand's Conservative party secures win in general election

Anutin Charnvirakul's party has significantly increased its number of MPs but will only have a parliamentary majority with coalition partners. Analysts say there is a chance of stabilisation in Thai politics after the turbulence of recent years.

Sport

US rock climber reaches top of Taiwan skyscraper without ropes

Alex Honnold ascended the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes, using small outcroppings as footholds. The climb, broadcast live on Netflix, took around 90 minutes.

World News

Hungary's government launches war on drugs

Hungary already had one of the strictest drug laws in the EU, but now penalties are being further increased. While many people support the tougher regulations, research suggests that law enforcement alone is not enough to solve the problem.

Hungary

Videos of foot-and-mouth burial site in Hungary alarm local residents

Hungary last week reported its first outbreak of the disease in more than five decades, and at least 3,500 cattle have been affected in its northwest.

Hungary

Santa Claus arrives in Hungarian town in style - by helicopter

Children and their parents had gathered on the central beach by Lake Balaton, next to the Ferris wheel, and waited patiently for Santa Claus, who was met with great excitement upon his arrival.

Romania

Romania’s Schengen accession set to strengthen ties with Hungary

The European Commission declared Romania ready to join the Schengen area in 2011, but faced opposition from several countries. Austria, the last holdout, lifted its veto during a meeting in Budapest last month.

Hungary

Hungarian government alerts services as heatwave threatens homeless

The heatwave scorching Hungary can put homeless people in life-threatening situations.

Slovakia

Fico's bodyguards failed to protect Slovakian PM, security expert says

Personal security expert Dr J Ervin Kis told Euronews that Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's bodyguards reacted too late to the apparent shooter and not according to protocol.

Ukraine

Refugees in Western Ukraine hope to go home soon

Since the outbreak of the war, almost five million internally displaced people have been registered by the Ukrainian authorities. Many of them have arrived in Transcarpathia because it's far from the fighting, without leaving their homeland. We visited a refugee centre in one of the small villages.

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