Hungarian news site Telex caught Hungary's resigned president, Katalin Novák at London Guildhall after she was attending Jordan Peterson's gala dinner ahead of #ARC2025 asking her about the scandalous 2023 pardon of a child abuser. She did not have much to say.

Campaign bonanza already on in Hungary! Péter Magyar and Tisza Party held very well-attended rallies in the Northeastern rustbelt cities of Miskolc and Szerencs. State media also tried to tag along but was excluded from rallies, and even encountered snowballs from Magyar-supporters.

Orbán's favourite, former Berlin ambassador Richard Grenell narrowly missed the mark to become Sec. of State, but it looks like Hungary's leader would still get him as Trump's special Ukraine envoy and therefore a strong ally.

HU transport minister Lázár went full gangster on critics of his job: "You may scold others' b.tch mother. You may produce visual designs. You may jury. You may try building a castle from raw shit: or you can introduce a new, cheaper fare system, renovate vehicles, repair tracks like we do"

Sebastian Gorka is back in the Trump administration, as his loyalty paid off. This is a reminder than at one time, he was trying to organize an internal coup within Fidesz to topple Viktor Orbán. It did not work out to say the least. 444.hu/2017/01/24/o...

Middle East crisis live: Hungary to invite Netanyahu to visit in defiance of ICC arrest warrant

Okay, I'll bite. Going to keep this account more Hungary and CEE-focused for an international readership. My X account will remain reliably chaotic though.