Ukraine faces power outages as Budapest–Belgrade passenger rail remains delayed
Russian attacks left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without electricity, while the start of passenger services on the Budapest–Belgrade railway remains uncertain as its safety system is adapted to European requirements. Other major stories include a Serbian police investigation into alleged evidence tampering and protests over living costs and public services in Germany. In Hungary, reports covered a costly road-maintenance purchase, a fire caused by an e-scooter battery and a new tender for the MTI news agency’s chief executive.
- Zelensky says hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were left without power on Sunday — Russian attacks hit electricity infrastructure in four Ukrainian regions, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, while Ukraine said it had intercepted 371 of 433 Russian drones and struck a plant in Russia’s Rostov region involved in missile production.
Original (Hungarian): Zelenszkij szerint vasárnap több százezer ukrán maradt áram nélkül - Passenger services still have not started on the Budapest–Belgrade railway — There is still no date for passenger services on the Budapest–Belgrade line, as its Chinese safety system must be adapted to European requirements and two quality-assurance approvals are still pending.
Original (Hungarian): Még mindig nincs személyszállítás a Budapest-Belgrád vasútvonalon - Serbian crime police chief, an ally of Aleksandar Vučić, detained — Marko Kričak and Boško Sekulović were detained on suspicion of abuse of office in a Belgrade murder investigation involving alleged evidence tampering and pressure on witnesses and suspects.
Original (Hungarian): Őrizetbe vették a szerb bűnügyi rendőrség vezetőjét, Aleksandar Vučić bizalmasát - Discontent over the cost-of-living crisis also escalates in Germany — Thousands protested in Germany over living costs, underfunded education and cuts to public spending, with evening clashes and dozens of arrests reported in several cities.
Original (Hungarian): Németországban is eldurvult a megélhetési válság miatt kirobbant elégedetlenség - Hungarian public roads agency protects workers—and fills the pockets of the CEO’s former classmates — Magyar Közút bought weed-control discs for 2,785 forints each from a company owned by the CEO’s former schoolmate, although similar products may cost 800–900 forints, and the company’s profit rose 85-fold in a year.
Original (Hungarian): A Magyar Közút a munkásait is védi, meg a vezérigazgató évfolyamtársainak a zsebét is kitömi - Call issued for applicants to become MTI chief executive — The Independent Public Media Council opened a public competition for the MTI chief executive post, with the new leader tasked with reorganising the news agency and restoring its independence, professional standing and public trust.
Original (Hungarian): Kiírták az MTI vezérigazgatói pályázatát - 13 residents evacuated after an e-scooter battery caught fire in Budapest’s District V — Firefighters extinguished a blaze caused by an electric scooter battery in a fourth-floor flat on Veres Pálné Street, and 13 residents were evacuated while the building was ventilated.
Original (Hungarian): 13 lakónak kellett elhagynia az otthonát az V. kerületben, miután kigyulladt egy elektromos roller akkumulátora - Binance resumes withdrawals after hackers stole $6.3 billion in deposits — Binance resumed withdrawals for 15 cryptocurrencies and said it would gradually restore other assets and networks after security checks, while accepting financial responsibility for the stolen funds.
Original (Hungarian): Újraindul a Binance, ahonnan 6,3 milliárd dollárnyi betétet loptak el hekkerek - Viktor Orbán weighs in on events in Warsaw — Orbán described Poland’s constitutional court crisis as a revolt against left-wing arbitrariness backed by Brussels, as a standoff over judicial changes and their reversal escalated and protesters clashed with police.
Original (Hungarian): Orbán Viktor megszakértette a varsói eseményeket - Kremlin says Europe’s participation in peace talks would be ‘useless’ given its ‘current attitude’ — Dmitry Peskov said Europe should take part in talks on a settlement in Ukraine but that its participation would be useless while it seeks Russia’s strategic defeat, as US and Russian officials discussed a possible leaders’ meeting.
Original (Hungarian): Kreml: Európa „jelenlegi hozzáállása” mellett „haszontalan” lenne a részvétele a rendezési tárgyalásokon - Viktor Orbán: The whole nation benefited from the tao funds spent in Felcsút — Orbán said Felcsút received substantial tao funding because it had a football academy before 2010, and claimed the town received only 2–2.5 percent of the total funds and that the money benefited the whole nation.
Original (Hungarian): Orbán Viktor: A Felcsúton felhasznált taoforrásokból az egész nemzet gyarapodott - Moscow address change, domestic political shift, total collapse: how Russia’s Hungarian voices have changed since the election — The article examines how four prominent figures in Hungary’s previously pro-Russian media environment have adapted since the change of government, and says Orosz Hírek’s domain records show a Moscow address for its registrant from May 2026.
Original (Hungarian): Moszkvai székhelyváltás, belpolitikai fordulat, totális bedőlés – így alakultak át Oroszország magyar hangjai a választások óta - A nail was found in Halloween candy handed out to children in Gyömrő — A child spotted a nail in candy distributed at a Halloween event in Gyömrő before swallowing it, and the municipality filed a police report as investigators looked into the case.
Original (Hungarian): Szöget találtak a gyerekeknek osztogatott, halloweeni édességben Gyömrőn - Soponya post office robber caught within two hours — An 18-year-old man allegedly robbed the Soponya post office of about one million forints with a toy gun, and police arrested him within two hours and recovered the money and clothing.
Original (Hungarian): Két óra alatt lekapcsolták a soponyai postarablót - Private jet brings Andrea Várkonyi, Lőrinc Mészáros and his children back from Dubai — A private jet registered as OE-LED flew to Dubai on October 26 and returned to Ferihegy on Sunday carrying Andrea Várkonyi, Lőrinc Mészáros and his three children.
Original (Hungarian): Meghozta Dubajból a magángép Várkonyi Andreát, Mészáros Lőrincet és a gyerekeit - Péter Márki-Zay, Gábor Iványi and head of Ukraine’s presidential office attend unveiling of Imre Nagy statue in Kyiv — A bust of Imre Nagy was unveiled in Kyiv at an event attended by Kirilo Budanov, Péter Márki-Zay and Gábor Iványi, and a post by Roland Tseber said a statue of Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus could next be erected in Budapest.
Original (Hungarian): Márki-Zay Péter, Iványi Gábor és az ukrán elnöki hivatal vezetője is részt vett a kijevi Nagy Imre-szobor avatásán - Huge quantity of cocaine smuggled in Gouda cheese blocks; gang members sentenced to a total of 220 years — A criminal group tried to smuggle 4.5 tonnes of cocaine into Britain between December 2022 and April 2023, including inside Gouda cheese, and 18 people were sentenced to a combined 220 years in prison.
Original (Hungarian): Őrületes mennyiségű kokaint csempésztek gouda sajttömbökben, összesen 220 év börtönt kaptak - NASA space telescope could fall back to Earth within days after rescue attempt fails — The Swift space telescope could re-enter the atmosphere on Friday or around then after a failed rescue attempt and strong solar activity, with debris expected to fall mainly into the ocean.
Original (Hungarian): Napokon belül visszazuhanhat a Földre a NASA űrteleszkópja, miután nem sikerült megmenteni - When you kill from behind a screen with a click, it doesn’t seem like such a big deal — The documentary NAZA features 24 anonymous Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel describing their roles in the war after October 7, 2023, and examines how destruction in Gaza became accepted by part of Israeli society.
Original (Hungarian): Ha képernyő előtt ülve, kattintással gyilkolsz, nem is tűnik olyan nagy ügynek - Powdered cochineal in salami, lab-grown sausages — The article says poultry could become the leading meat by 2040 as beef becomes a luxury, while rising feed costs and climate change may reshape consumption and strict rules make plant-based alternatives more likely to spread than cultivated meat.
Original (Hungarian): Porított bíbortetű a szalámiban, laborban tenyésztett virsli - Trump dressed as himself for Halloween — At a jungle-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump said he had dressed as himself because he had no time to choose a costume and claimed his side was doing well ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
Original (Hungarian): Trump saját magának öltözött halloweenkor - Putin-aligned Milorad Dodik also invited to Trump’s residence — Milorad Dodik was invited to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago event after being removed from a US sanctions list in 2025, despite having been convicted and barred from holding public office.
Original (Hungarian): A putyinista Milorad Dodikot is meghívták Trump rezidenciájára - A loudspeaker shouted at hikers stamping their trail books at the Szajki Lakes — Hikers visiting an official public Blue Trail stamp point were shouted at by a loudspeaker while a camera was on, and the property owner later said the security system’s sensor had been incorrectly set.
Original (Hungarian): Ráordított a hangszóró a pecsételő kéktúrázókra a Szajki-tavaknál - Road repairs on the M0 and M7 motorways from Monday — Lane closures are planned for repairs on the M0 near Diósd from Monday to Thursday and on the Budapest-bound M7 on Thursday and Friday, with drivers warned to expect delays.
Original (Hungarian): Az M0-son és az M7-esen is burkolatot javítanak hétfőtől - A bitter cold snap: the season’s coldest dawn is behind us — Temperatures in Zabar fell to minus 5.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning, setting an October cold record for the year and the season’s lowest reading so far.
Original (Hungarian): Dúl a cidri: a szezon leghidegebb hajnalán vagyunk túl - Michael Mann accidentally shot himself in the leg — The director suffered a superficial injury after a gun in its holster discharged at a Los Angeles shooting range on Saturday, and was taken to hospital before being expected to return home soon.
Original (Hungarian): Michael Mann véletlenül lábon lőtte magát - You go up the hillside, dig your own clay and build your home — A couple who left city life are building a home in Bér, Nógrád County, partly using clay sourced nearby, in a video made for the EU’s Sphera project.
Original (Hungarian): Kimész a domboldalra, kitermelsz magadnak vályogot, elkészíted az otthonod - Rapping mayor, choir singing with rockers, Olympic athlete as lyricist: Hungary’s best town anthems — The feature presents unusual Hungarian town anthems, including a women’s choir performing with a rock band and a mayor who raps.
Original (Hungarian): Rappelő polgármester, rockerekkel éneklő asszonykórus, olimpikon szövegíró – itt vannak a legjobb településhimnuszok - It’s a shitty job — The weekend’s topics included the personal cost of Péter Magyar’s work as prime minister, the draft 2027 budget and the troubled renovation of Debrecen’s Arany Bika, alongside international protests, conflicts and cultural releases.
Original (Hungarian): Szar a meló - Heidi Klum dressed as her own severed left hand for Halloween — Klum held her 25th Halloween party in a costume depicting her severed left hand, while guests included Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka as the twins from The Shining.
Original (Hungarian): Heidi Klum a saját levágott bal kezének öltözött Halloween alkalmából
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