Matolcsy associates face arrest warrants as Israel election ends in deadlock
Authorities issued European and international arrest warrants for Matolcsy Ádám and Stofa György, while a related report says associates tried to undo a share-transfer contract after the fact. Israeli exit polls showed no clear parliamentary majority, with Arab parties potentially pivotal. Other major stories included a new investigation into alleged tax evasion linked to ventilator procurement and the reopening of Erasmus+ participation for Hungarian institutions.
- Matolcsy associates tried to retroactively undo the contract linked to his arrest, while his son is wanted — Five days after a no-payment loan agreement transferred Optima shares to a private equity fund linked to Matolcsy Ádám, the parties tried to cancel it retroactively, but the cancellation was not filed with the company court and the fund still acted as sole shareholder two days later; Matolcsy György and several associates have been arrested in the investigation, while Matolcsy Ádám and Stofa György are wanted.
Original (Hungarian): Matolcsyék bizalmasai megpróbálták visszamenőleg visszacsinálni azt a szerződést, ami miatt Matolcsyt letartóztatták, a fiát körözik - European and international arrest warrants issued for Matolcsy Ádám and Stofa György — Authorities issued European and international arrest warrants for the two men, who are suspected of economic fraud and other offences in the MNB case and whose whereabouts are unknown.
Original (Hungarian): Kiadták az európai és a nemzetközi elfogatóparancsot Matolcsy Ádám és Stofa György ellen - Israel election deadlock: exit polls show no clear winner — Exit polls showed neither political bloc with a secure parliamentary majority, with Arab-party seats potentially decisive and official results still pending.
Original (Hungarian): Patthelyzet Izraelben: az exit pollok szerint nincs egyértelmű győztese a választásnak - Netanyahu loses to the opposition in early exit polls, but his party may be the largest — Exit polls suggested Likud could be the largest party, but Netanyahu and his allies might win only 50 of 120 seats, compared with 70 for opposition parties.
Original (Hungarian): Kikapott Netanjahu az ellenzéktől az első exit pollok szerint, de az ő pártja lehet a legerősebb - Justice on your mind? Then you’ll cheer as officers raid the ventilator procurement fraud suspect — The tax authority questioned 12 suspects over alleged tax evasion linked to profits from 2020 ventilator and mask procurement, seized assets worth 1.5 billion forints, detained three people and issued an international warrant for a suspected ringleader.
Original (Hungarian): Igazságtételre vágysz? Akkor ünnepelve fogod nézni, ahogy a kommandósok rátörnek a lélegeztetőgépes csalóra - Arrest warrant issued for Majer Bálint, a key figure in the ventilator business — The tax authority issued an arrest warrant for former OTT-One chief executive Majer Bálint, who is suspected of money laundering in connection with 2020 ventilator procurement and an alleged 660 million-forint tax evasion scheme.
Original (Hungarian): Elfogatóparancsot adtak ki a lélegeztetőgép-biznisz egyik főszereplője, Majer Bálint ellen - Hungary once again has full participation in the Erasmus+ programme — Following the lifting of EU restrictions, Erasmus+ is again fully available to Hungarian students, educators and universities, with regular student exchanges expected to resume in the second semester of the 2026–27 academic year.
Original (Hungarian): Magyarország ismét teljes körű résztvevője az Erasmus+ programnak - Zelenskyy: Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 16 ballistic missiles and 280 drones — Zelenskyy said Russian strikes hit energy, logistics and urban infrastructure, injuring people in Kyiv and Chernihiv region, and criticised delays in air-defence interceptor deliveries.
Original (Hungarian): Zelenszkij: Az oroszok az éjjel 16 ballisztikus rakétával és 280 drónnal támadták Ukrajnát - First sign of change: Mészáros Lőrinc’s lawyer sells Eger football club — Kertész József sold the company that owns Eger’s football club to a business linked to the club’s managing director, in what the article describes as the first prominent club ownership change since the Orbán government’s fall.
Original (Hungarian): Megérkezett az első fecske: Mészáros Lőrinc ügyvédje eladta az egri focicsapatot - Nanushka closes all its stores and seeks investors and creditors to stay afloat — Nanushka has shut all its own shops, cut its workforce from more than 150 to 20 and delayed wages and severance payments as it negotiates with investors and creditors after recording a 12.2 billion-forint loss.
Original (Hungarian): Minden boltját bezárta, befektetőkkel és hitelezőkkel tárgyal a túlélésért a Nanushka - Former FBI director critical of Trump indicted for a third time — James Comey was charged with leaking national defence information, which he denies, and says the case is politically motivated; on the same day, a judge ruled his daughter’s dismissal unlawful and ordered her reinstatement.
Original (Hungarian): Harmadszor is vádat emeltek a Trumpot kritizáló volt FBI-igazgató ellen - Protesters enter Vučić’s pro-government TV station and demand an apology for past coverage — Protesters entered the Informer television building to demand an apology from editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević, while staff were evacuated and clashes broke out outside between demonstrators and police.
Original (Hungarian): Tüntetők rontottak be Vučić propagandatévéjébe, bocsánatkérést követeltek a korábbi tudósítások miatt - Ceasefire takes effect in Oleski, hit by a humanitarian disaster — A ceasefire took effect in Russian-occupied Oleski to allow aid deliveries and residents to leave, amid severe shortages affecting about 6,000 people and worsening drone attacks.
Original (Hungarian): Életbe lépett a tűzszünet a humanitárius katasztrófa sújtotta Oleskiben - Finnish president and Norwegian prime minister call Putin to discuss ending the war — Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre spoke with Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine and upcoming Abu Dhabi peace talks, and presented Ukrainian and European positions.
Original (Hungarian): A finn elnök és a norvég miniszterelnök felhívta Vlagyimir Putyint, hogy a háború befejezéséről egyeztessenek vele - Norwegian media organisations jointly sue Meta over use of their content for AI — Ten Norwegian media organisations asked a court to suspend Meta’s new terms, arguing they could allow the company to use publishers’ content, including paywalled material, for AI development without consent.
Original (Hungarian): Közösen perli be a Metát több norvég sajtóorgánum, mert nem akarják, hogy a cég AI-jal lopja a tartalmaikat - Orbán’s former office pushes back against reports and complaints over ministers’ travel costs — Viktor Orbán’s former office said foreign trips by ministers in the previous government were lawful and approved, following a complaint over Nagy Márton’s travel and a report that Szalay-Bobrovniczky Kristóf used military aircraft for official trips costing 794 million forints.
Original (Hungarian): Kiakadt az Orbán-titkárság az Orbán-miniszterek utazásainak költségeit firtató hírek és feljelentések miatt - Hungarian organisers covered all prize money, bringing the athletics World Final’s cost to 16 billion forints — Pósfai Gábor said the 2027 world championships’ costs had been cut, while the athletics World Final cost taxpayers 16 billion forints because Hungary paid all prize money and the international federation retained broadcast-rights revenue.
Original (Hungarian): A magyar szervezők állták az összes pénzdíjat, ezért került 16 milliárdba az atlétikai világdöntő az adófizetőknek - Kármán András: We are offering a lifeline to Babaváró loan borrowers — Borrowers who fail to meet the Babaváró loan conditions will be able to request two years of interest-free instalments, while low-income borrowers may receive up to one million forints in debt relief and some deadlines will be extended.
Original (Hungarian): Kármán András: Mentőövet adunk a babaváró hiteleseknek - Kubatov Gábor re-elected as Ferencváros president — Kubatov Gábor was re-elected for another four-year term after a record-attendance club meeting, ahead of a proposed bill that would restrict political leaders from running major sports organisations.
Original (Hungarian): Újraválasztották Kubatov Gábort a Fradi elnökeként - Hankó Balázs joined Fidesz in 2025, his wife says — Hrágyel Zsuzsanna said her husband became a minister as a professional and joined Fidesz only in early 2025, while Hankó’s detention in the NKA case was extended by three months.
Original (Hungarian): Hankó Balázs kitűnő ütemérzékkel, 2025-ben lépett be a Fideszbe - Prosecutors seek a harsher sentence for former CBA owner convicted of tax fraud — Prosecutors appealed the 4-year-and-6-month prison sentence given to K. Ferenc, seeking a harsher penalty over alleged tax fraud involving more than one billion forints, and also appealed the acquittal of a lawyer accused of assisting him.
Original (Hungarian): Súlyosbítana az ügyészség az adócsalásért elítélt volt CBA-tulajdonos büntetésén - Nursery worker and caregiver charged after allegedly abusing a three-year-old boy — Two nursery employees were charged with endangering a minor after allegedly insulting and pulling a three-year-old boy, with one accused of taping his mouth shut; prosecutors are seeking suspended prison sentences and permanent professional bans.
Original (Hungarian): Undormánynak, utálatnak, köcsögnek nevezték, a száját is leragasztották a 3 éves kisfiúnak a bölcsődében, vádat emeltek a nevelő és a dajka ellen - Defendant in major corruption trial removed again after discussing intelligence wiretap documents — Two more defendants denied wrongdoing in a corruption case involving 25 billion forints in EU and domestic funding, while the lead defendant was removed from court after clashing with the judge and referring to political and intelligence documents.
Original (Hungarian): Titkosszolgálati lehallgatási dokumentumokról kezdett beszélni, Varga Mihályt és Fürcht Pált is emlegette, ismét kivezettették a korrupciós óriásper fővádlottját - Dispute erupts between Budapest mayor and district leaders — Karácsony Gergely and district mayors Soproni Tamás and Pikó András publicly disputed a meeting and the city’s finances, amid opposition to a proposed transfer of parking revenue and calls to protect municipal autonomy and district funding.
Original (Hungarian): „Karácsony Gergely, nem szorulsz te ilyen bokamagasságú csúsztatásokra” – perpatvar pattant ki a főpolgármester és a budapesti kerületvezetők között - Orbán Ráhel changes her registered address from her father’s house to the Dreher Villa in Svábhegy — Orbán Ráhel changed her official address to the Dreher Villa in Budapest’s 12th district on July 30, where her husband Tiborcz István had registered in February.
Original (Hungarian): Orbán Ráhel apja házából átjelentkezett a svábhegyi Dreher-villába - A 28-kilometre section of the M49 is complete, expected to cut Mátészalka transit traffic by 70% — The 28-kilometre M49 section between the M3 and Ököritófülpös opened after costing 138 billion forints, and its planned extension to Csenger is due by 2029.
Original (Hungarian): Elkészült egy 28 kilométeres M49-szakasz, 70 százalékkal csökken a Mátészalkán átmenő tranzitforgalom - Insurance specialist Sólyom Zoltán appointed chief executive of Szerencsejáték Zrt. — Finance Minister Kármán András appointed Sólyom Zoltán, an insurance specialist who had chaired the company’s supervisory board since August, as chief executive and said he would restore proper operations.
Original (Hungarian): Sólyom Zoltán biztosítási szakember lett a Szerencsejáték Zrt vezérigazgatója - Israel records turnout high by early afternoon — By 2 p.m., 44.9% of eligible voters had cast ballots in Israel, a record turnout, while 68.1% of prisoners had voted.
Original (Hungarian): Napközben rekordrészvételt mértek az izraeli választáson - The grieving mother who became a symbol of Serbia’s protests — Dijana Hrka, whose son died in the Novi Sad railway station disaster, has become a prominent symbol of the protests and a significant figure in the leaderless Student List movement.
Original (Hungarian): A gyászoló anya, aki a szerbiai tüntetések szimbólumává vált - Technology companies are ahead of governments in several areas — The article examines the growing influence of technology companies in social media, AI, satellite systems and digital infrastructure, and the resulting questions about regulation, politics and security.
Original (Hungarian): A technológiai vállalatok több területen is a kormányok előtt járnak - Trump offers $1 million for reports of proven election fraud — Trump promised a $1 million reward for reports leading to the arrest and conviction of people involved in election fraud, amid debate over election oversight and federal intervention ahead of the midterm elections.
Original (Hungarian): Trump egymillió dollárt ígér a bizonyított választási csalások bejelentőinek - Russell Brand, accused of rape, says he never had sex without consent — Brand told police that although he had previously been promiscuous, he had never had non-consensual sex; he denies all charges involving six women and has pleaded not guilty.
Original (Hungarian): A nemi erőszakkal vádolt Russell Brand azt mondta, soha senkivel nem folytatott beleegyezés nélküli szexuális kapcsolatot - DNA tests confirm Ted Bundy was also responsible for a Utah girl’s 1974 murder — DNA testing matched a sample from Melissa Ann Smith’s body to Bundy’s known profile and also reinforced his responsibility in the earlier Laura Ann Aime case.
Original (Hungarian): DNS-vizsgálat derítette ki, hogy egy utah-i lány 1974-es meggyilkolásáért is Ted Bundy a felelős - Manhunt in Tennessee after convicted murderer serving life escapes over prison fence — Jacob Allen Morley, 28, escaped by breaking through a prison fence and stealing a car from a nearby farm, prompting a search by land and air and a $2,500 reward.
Original (Hungarian): Embervadászat indult Tennessee-ben, miután a kerítésen át megszökött a börtönből egy életfogytiglanra ítélt gyilkos - Passenger’s chat about hijacking plane could bring several years in prison — A United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark turned back after a passenger sent a message about hijacking the plane, and the man could face up to 20 years in prison.
Original (Hungarian): A repülőgép eltérítéséről chatelt az egyik utas, több év börtönt kaphat - Man arrested near English airbase may have spied for Iran — Two British citizens were charged over a September incident near RAF Fairford, with authorities alleging one may have assisted Iranian intelligence; eight men have been arrested in total.
Original (Hungarian): Iránnak kémkedhetett az angliai légibázisnál elfogott egyik férfi - Flávio Bolsonaro’s whereabouts remain unknown — Argentine and Brazilian authorities said there was no official record of Flávio Bolsonaro crossing the border after reports that he had fled Argentina for the United States, and a private plane near the border was searched without finding him.
Original (Hungarian): Egyelőre nincs meg Flávio Bolsonaro - Trump approves Flávio Bolsonaro’s travel to the United States after Brazil election defeat — Donald Trump approved travel to the United States for Flávio Bolsonaro and his family as Brazil’s Supreme Court seized Bolsonaro’s passport and barred him from leaving the country; he denies wrongdoing in corruption and money-laundering investigations.
Original (Hungarian): Trump jóváhagyta Flávio Bolsonaro beutazását az Egyesült Államokba a brazil választási veresége után - Mbappé apologises after calling Mao Zedong a dictator while discussing his favourite meme — Mbappé’s remark prompted backlash in China and led several sponsors to end their partnerships, while state television removed advertisements and suspended some broadcasts; he later apologised and said he respected Chinese people and their history.
Original (Hungarian): Bocsánatot kért Mbappé, mert kedvenc mémje miatt diktátornak nevezte Mao Ce-tung diktátort - Missing his friends, he removed 11 speed bumps in Újpest — A 20-year-old man admitted removing 11 speed bumps because his friends had been meeting less often since they were installed, and police questioned him on suspicion of endangering traffic safety.
Original (Hungarian): Hiányoztak neki a barátai, ezért felszedett 11 fekvőrendőrt Újpesten - Fuel costs force luxury cruise ship to interrupt its three-and-a-half-year voyage — Villa Vie Residences halted its world cruise because of high fuel costs, leaving about 200 passengers in Cambodia as the operator works to address its finances and says the voyage’s continuation is not guaranteed.
Original (Hungarian): Annyira drága lett az üzemanyag, hogy megszakította a három és fél éves útját egy luxus-óceánjáró - Winnie the Pooh is real, not AI: the bear lives near Kyiv and has emerged for perhaps the last time this year — Chada, a rare Himalayan brown bear rescued after years in a circus and a cramped cage, lives at a sanctuary near Kyiv and is preparing for winter rest at nearly 28 years old.
Original (Hungarian): Micimackó tényleg létezik, nem AI, Kijev mellett él, és most előjött, idén talán utoljára - Porn has seeped into everyday songs, shaping young people’s lives with little support — Sik Dorottya says sexist and vulgar lyrics have become part of young people’s everyday culture, while schools and families provide too little support for conversations about sexuality and gender roles.
Original (Hungarian): A pornó átszivárgott a hétköznapi dalok világába, a fiatalok ezt hallgatják, ebben élnek, és senki nem segít nekik - The Brockhampton of Bartók Béla Road, the Odd Future of Óbuda and the Wu-Tang Clan of the Castle District are over — The Wavy hip-hop collective is ending its work as a band but will continue as a label and creative community, with a final full-group concert planned for December and its fourth album postponed indefinitely.
Original (Hungarian): Vége a Bartók Béla úti Brockhamptonnak, az óbudai Odd Future-nek, a várnegyedbeli Wu-Tang Clannak - After this year’s extreme heat, Budapest Pride will be held in May next year — Organisers have moved the 2027 Budapest Pride march to May 22 because of the extreme heat at the 2026 event, and it will open a three-week community festival.
Original (Hungarian): Az idei pokoli hőség miatt jövőre már májusban megtartják a Budapest Pride-felvonulást - Zalavári Noémi joins 444 — Award-winning journalist Zalavári Noémi has moved from RTL Híradó to 444’s video team, where her work will appear soon.
Original (Hungarian): Zalavári Noémi a 444-nél folytatja - Hungary’s company-sale guru — The Saját Tőke programme covers professional ownership, international private-equity developments and regional business stories, with episodes available on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Original (Hungarian): A cégeladás magyar guruja - The Great Hungarian Ventilator Business — The newsletter reports that officers raided a business circle that profited from ventilator procurement and that an arrest warrant was issued for Majer Bálint, alongside coverage of housing programmes, military flight costs and Nanushka’s difficulties.
Original (Hungarian): The Great Hungarian Ventilator Business
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