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Budapest Defies LGBTQ Ban With Massive Pride March

Budapest Defies LGBTQ Ban With Massive Pride March

Photo: Chris Robert via Unsplash More than 100,000 people marched through the streets of Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, June 28 to protest a new law banning LGBTQ events, including the country’s annual Pride parade. The law, approved earlier this...

Fashion industry shows a quieter presence for Pride 2025

Fashion industry shows a quieter presence for Pride 2025

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published June 30, 2025 Over the past decade, Pride Month has become a major touchpoint for the fashion industry, often marked by bold campaigns and colorful collections. But in 2025, participation has noticeably...

Opposing parties in Hungary use mass Budapest Pride turnout to boost their own agenda

Opposing parties in Hungary use mass Budapest Pride turnout to boost their own agenda

Published on 30/06/2025 - 20:24 GMT+2 Both the Hungarian government and the opposition are trying to spin Saturday's Budapest Pride march, which attracted an unprecedented turnout, to serve their own political interests. Prime Minister Viktor...

Budapest Pride 2025: A Record Crowd Stands Up for Democracy

Budapest Pride 2025: A Record Crowd Stands Up for Democracy

This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more than a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and...

The New York Times Ranked This Century’s Best Movies. Here’s How Austin Fared.

The New York Times Ranked This Century’s Best Movies. Here’s How Austin Fared.

As the newspaper of record, The New York Times has been a respected source for film reviews and actor profiles for decades. But to curate their recent list of the best movies since the turn of the century, the media giant turned to industry...

Alpine’s Paul Aron to make FP1 debut with Sauber in Silverstone and Hungary

Alpine’s Paul Aron to make FP1 debut with Sauber in Silverstone and Hungary

Alpine announced an agreement with Sauber that will allow the French team’s reserve driver Paul Aron to take part in FP1 sessions with the Swiss team that will become Audi in 2026. Alpine announced Aron as their reserve driver back in 2024 after...

Budapest Pride: Who Made Speeches & What Did They Say?

Budapest Pride: Who Made Speeches & What Did They Say?

Love, freedom and diversity were the focus of the speeches delivered by speakers at the Budapest Pride event on Saturday. Ildiko Kovalcsik, one of the hosts of the event that followed the march, said the parade showed that there was "a unity that...

Djuric: Serbia and Hungary on the Right Side of History and Protection of True Democracy

Djuric: Serbia and Hungary on the Right Side of History and Protection of True Democracy

Source: Beta News / Politics | 30.06.25 | access_time 19:47 BETAPHOTO/Ministry of Foreign Affairs Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric said on June 30, after a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in...

Despite government ban, Budapest Pride draws record crowds — Many see it as a sign of Orbán’s imminent downfall

Despite government ban, Budapest Pride draws record crowds — Many see it as a sign of Orbán’s imminent downfall

This year’s Budapest Pride sparked unprecedented domestic and international reactions: while tens of thousands marched for LGBTQ+ rights despite a government ban, major global media outlets framed the event as a political demonstration....

Strange: Hungary’s defence ministry contradicts itself over tanks handed to Serbia

Strange: Hungary’s defence ministry contradicts itself over tanks handed to Serbia

In a puzzling turn of events, Hungary’s Defence Ministry has publicly contradicted itself regarding the issue of armoured vehicles allegedly transferred to Serbia. According to 444.hu, Ákos Hadházy, a non-affiliated Hungarian MP known for his...

Shocking: Hungarian 7-year-old girl nearly dies at Austrian beach

Shocking: Hungarian 7-year-old girl nearly dies at Austrian beach

The parents did not know anything about the girl's whereabouts. Photo: MTI A Hungarian 7-year-old girl nearly lost her life at an Austrian beach, saved only by the quick actions of a nearby adult who immediately began resuscitation. Her parents,...

The Guardian view on Budapest’s pride parade: a humiliation for Orbán and a triumph for European values

The Guardian view on Budapest’s pride parade: a humiliation for Orbán and a triumph for European values

In late 1980s Hungary, courageous environmental protests against an unpopular dam project played a part in the eventual collapse of the country’s communist regime. Originally focused on protecting the quality of drinking water for about 3 million...

Media Review: June 30

Media Review: June 30

Monday's news media are dominated by the topics of the euro's potential effect on prices, the corruption scandal in the Continue the Change party, and the search for the large feline predator on the loose in Northern Bulgaria. ECONOMY Trud has an...

Numbers Don’t Lie: EU Spends a Lot More on ‘Friendly’ Media Than It Publicly Admits

Numbers Don’t Lie: EU Spends a Lot More on ‘Friendly’ Media Than It Publicly Admits

The European Commission says it spends around €21 million a year on subsidies and grants for pan-European media outlets, but a recent Euractiv analysis found the actual amount is “significantly higher.” The exact figure is difficult to determine...

Budapest Fights Back and Defies Orban’s Pride Ban With Largest Ever March

Budapest Fights Back and Defies Orban’s Pride Ban With Largest Ever March

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features “I suggest that the organisers of Budapest Pride don’t put much effort into planning this year. It is a...

MozART Group Returns to Hungary!

MozART Group Returns to Hungary!

Winners of the Grand Prix at the 31st European Humour Festival, the MozART Group will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2025. And how else would they mark the occasion? Of course — with a world tour. Plus, they’re preparing a special...

School demolition delayed as beauty of its hidden art masterpiece is revealed

School demolition delayed as beauty of its hidden art masterpiece is revealed

Rare colour photographs have revealed the true beauty of an art masterpiece which is at risk of being lost forever. The Manchester Evening News revealed how wrecking crews are due to demolish the empty school building where it is this week. It is...

Budapest Pride’s record turnout exposes Viktor Orban’s waning grip on power

Budapest Pride’s record turnout exposes Viktor Orban’s waning grip on power

Despite attempts by Hungarian authorities to ban this year's Budapest Pride, the event went ahead on June 28 with what organisers and observers described as the largest turnout in the march's 30-year history. In fact, it may have the largest ever...

Largest ever Pride march in Budapest occurs after Hungary’s ban

Largest ever Pride march in Budapest occurs after Hungary’s ban

BY LARA IQBAL GILLING, IMAGE BY GETTY Hungary’s right-wing party, Fidesz, outlawed Pride parades in March, under the guise of “protecting” children. Its leader, Viktor Orbán, has been prime minister since 2010. According to the European...

Biggest Budapest Pride Event Ends Incident-Free

Biggest Budapest Pride Event Ends Incident-Free

Shortly before 8pm, the Budapest Pride event ended on the Műegyetem embankment in the capital. “We made history here today,” said Viktória Radványi - according to the President of Budapest Pride, over 200,000 took part in the march this year. This...

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