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World has less than three years to avert worst climate impacts, scientists warn

bne IntelliNews July 22, 2025

A new global climate report warns that the world is on the brink of irreversible damage. The findings come amid sluggish international action ahead of COP30.

Serbia and Hungary advance plans for joint oil pipeline by 2027

Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade July 21, 2025

Planned 128-kilometre pipeline will link Serbia to the Druzhba pipeline network via Hungary.

Fitch upgrades Trump’s effective tariff rate to 19.4%

bne IntelliNews July 18, 2025

President Donald Trump’s evolving trade policy is set to sharply increase the United States’ effective tariff rate (ETR), with Fitch Ratings warning of substantial rises as new duties take effect on August 1.

4iG strikes strategic partnerships with UAE giants e&, Mubadala, EDGE Group during president’s official visit to Budapest

bne IntelliNews July 18, 2025

Deals to foster joint initiatives in digital infrastructure, telecommunications and strategic investments, with a particular focus on CEE, MENA and the Western Balkans.

Geopolitics is weighing on FDI, capital chasing certainty over scale – study

bne IntelliNews July 18, 2025

The world is living through turbulent times, but investors are still chasing returns which has affected the flows of international foreign direct investment.

Ukrainian ambassador summoned in Budapest over church arson case

bne IntelliNews July 17, 2025

Ukrainian nationalists blamed for arson attack on a Greek Catholic church in Ukraine's western Transcarpathian region — but similar provocations were traced back to Russian operatives.

Hungary opposes EU’s new long-term budget

bne IntelliNews July 17, 2025

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sharply criticised the European Commission’s new long-term budget proposal, accusing Brussels of favouring Ukraine at the expense of European farmers, including those in Hungary.

Onto Innovation Inc. acquires business unit of Hungarian semiconductor metrology firm for $545mn

bne IntelliNews July 17, 2025

Massachusetts-based Onto Innovation Inc. has agreed to acquire a major business unit of Hungary's Semilab Group for $545mn, in a rare international spotlight for the Budapest-based semiconductor metrology firm.

Hungarian farmers dump manure at EU headquarters in protest at planned cuts in CAP funds

bne IntelliNews July 16, 2025

Hungarian farmers dumped piles of manure in front of the EU’s headquarters in central Budapest in protest at the European Commission’s plans to overhaul the Common Agricultural Policy from 2028, leading to cuts in agricultural subsidies.

IMF: The debate over falling fertility

Michael Kuhn is director of the Economic Frontiers Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Klaus Prettner is a professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business., David E Bloom is a professor of economics and demography at Harvard University’s TH Chan School of Public Health., Ravi Sadhu is a research assistant at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health July 16, 2025

A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives.

EXPLAINER: Ukraine's EU accession path

Ben Aris in Berlin July 15, 2025

The war is not an obstacle to Ukraine's membership of the EU, and most of the EU members states have thrown their support behind getting Ukraine into the club as fast as possible.

Fidesz offered billions to liberal Momentum to run in 2026 race to hurt Tisza Party's chances, ex-chair claims

bne IntelliNews July 15, 2025

Andras Fekete-Gyor said Fidesz offered money and logistical help if the liberal party would field candidates in the 2026 parliamentary race.

UNFPA survey reveals why millions can’t have the families they dream of

bne IntelliNews July 15, 2025

A growing global crisis in reproductive agency – not overpopulation or declining birth rates – is one of the most urgent demographic challenges of our time, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.

Hungary to opt out of financing US weapons for Ukraine, foreign minister says

bne IntelliNews July 15, 2025

Péter Szijjarto says Hungary will not contribute to the financing of American weapons deliveries to Ukraine, should such a proposal be officially raised within the European Union.

Migration pushes EU population to record high, but CEE countries continue to shrink

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow July 14, 2025

Immigration outweighed the natural population decline in 2024 in just three of the newer EU member states – Croatia, Czechia and Slovenia.

Hungary, Slovakia close to deal on Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros HPP, Hungarian energy minister confirms

bne IntelliNews July 14, 2025

Neighbouring countries agree to settle decades-long dispute over joint dam project.

Peter Magyar pledges peaceful regime change and sweeping reforms at Tisza Party congress

bne IntelliNews July 14, 2025

Opposition leader pledges peaceful and responsible regime change, unveiling a raft of reform proposals and a slew of election promises.

Trump hits EU, Mexico with whopping 30% tariffs

Ben Aris in Berlin July 13, 2025

US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Mexico and Europe by slapping whopping 30% tariffs on both, after neither of them managed to cut a new trade deal before the July 9 deadline.

Tipping Point: when populations peak – Statista

Felix Richter of Statistia July 13, 2025

As July 11 marks World Population Day, celebrating the approximate date that the world's population reached 5bn in 1987, we're taking a closer at one of the population trends that will affect many countries sooner or later in the 21st Century.

Orban takes off the gloves ahead of European Commission President von der Leyen no-confidence vote

bne IntelliNews July 10, 2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in a feisty mood ahead of a no-confidence vote in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen slated for July 10.

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