Ukraine talks loom as Parliament debates prosecutor and public-media appointments
Ukraine, Russia and the United States may hold another round of talks in Abu Dhabi, while a Russian strike on a school used for aid distribution in Ukraine killed at least 24 people. In Hungary, Parliament is set to vote on a new chief prosecutor and a member of the public-media oversight body, amid disputes over appointments and institutional changes. The day also brought major personnel changes at the Opera House and the Foreign Affairs Institute, and news of a possible public-media staff reduction of up to 160 people.
- 24 dead and many missing in Ukrainian village after Russian strike on school used for aid distribution — At least 24 people were killed and 27 are missing after Russian airstrikes hit a school used to distribute humanitarian aid in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, with rescue efforts continuing.
Original (Hungarian): 24 halott és sok eltűnt egy ukrán faluban: humanitárius segélyre várókat bombáztak le az oroszok egy iskolában - Another round of Ukraine-Russia-US talks could take place on November 10–11 — Ukrainian, Russian and US delegations may meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11 to discuss ending the war, security guarantees and humanitarian issues, though prospects for a breakthrough remain uncertain.
Original (Hungarian): November 10-11-én jöhet az ukrán–orosz–amerikai tárgyalások újabb fordulója - Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin in Turkey — Volodymyr Zelensky said he was willing to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey and called for a ceasefire along current front lines as a way to address territorial disputes.
Original (Hungarian): Zelenszkij kész Törökországban találkozni Putyinnal - US strikes Iranian island ahead of midterm elections — The United States carried out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island after saying Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had fired on a US aircraft, while Tehran reported intensive talks through intermediaries.
Original (Hungarian): Iráni szigetet támadott a félidős választások előtt az Egyesült Államok - Belgian prime minister submits resignation after government fails to agree on budget — Bart De Wever submitted his resignation after Belgium’s five-party government failed to agree on the 2027 budget and the fiscal adjustments needed through 2029.
Original (Hungarian): Benyújtotta lemondását a belga miniszterelnök, miután a kormány nem tudott megállapodni a költségvetéséről - Final results show Student List won Serbian election with 53 percent — The Student List won Serbia’s parliamentary election with 53.01 percent of the vote, ahead of United Serbia on 38.98 percent, in a result that ended Aleksandar Vučić’s political bloc’s 14 years in government.
Original (Hungarian): Megvannak a szerb választás végleges eredményei: 53 százalékkal győzött az Egyetemista Lista - Small plane crashes into ground in Florida like a rocket — Nine people died when a private plane flying from Austin to the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach, Florida, and authorities have not yet released the cause or the victims’ identities.
Original (Hungarian): Rakétaként csapódott a földbe egy kisrepülőgép Floridában - Parliament to elect chief prosecutor today — Parliament is due to vote by secret ballot on chief prosecutor nominee Péter Fejes and may also elect a new member of the Independent Public Media Board, alongside debates on several other proposals.
Original (Hungarian): Megválasztja ma az Országgyűlés a legfőbb ügyészt - Szilveszter Ókovács dismissed as head of the Opera House after serious irregularities found — Culture Minister Zoltán Tarr dismissed Ókovács with immediate effect after an audit found several irregularities, including monthly performance bonuses paid without ministerial approval.
Original (Hungarian): Kirúgták Ókovács Szilvesztert az Operaház éléről, súlyos szabálytalanságokat találtak - Ministry dismisses Botond Feledy from Foreign Affairs Institute with immediate effect, citing loss of trust — The Foreign Ministry dismissed Botond Feledy as head of the Foreign Affairs Institute, saying it had lost confidence in him after learning of his work relationship with the previous government, which continued into this spring.
Original (Hungarian): Bizalomvesztés miatt azonnali hatállyal menesztette Feledy Botondot a minisztérium a Külügyi Intézet éléről - Public media could lay off as many as 160 employees — Public media has begun talks with employee representatives about a staff reduction affecting up to 160 people, with the final number expected after consultations.
Original (Hungarian): Akár 160 dolgozót is elküldhet a közmédia - NAV searches foundation registered to Józsefváros Fidesz over suspected budget fraud — Hungary’s tax authority searched five locations in an investigation into suspected budget fraud involving the Foundation for a Civic Józsefváros, which is alleged to have used state funding for material supporting the local Fidesz campaign.
Original (Hungarian): A józsefvárosi Fideszhez bejegyzett alapítványnál tartott házkutatást a NAV - Private investigators now searching for Ádám Matolcsy and his associates — The search for Ádám Matolcsy and György Stofa may have been transferred to the National Bureau of Investigation’s fugitive-tracking unit, after domestic and international arrest warrants were issued.
Original (Hungarian): Már fejvadászok keresik Matolcsy Ádámékat - Trump’s new plan could bring Russian gas back to Europe through US mediation — Donald Trump is proposing to restart Russian gas transit through Ukraine with US mediation, a plan EU governments oppose because it conflicts with their policy of ending Russian energy imports.
Original (Hungarian): Trump új terve: amerikai közvetítéssel térhetne vissza az orosz gáz Európába - Ukraine may not receive 500 Patriot interceptors until 2030 — The 500 US-approved Patriot PAC-3 interceptors for Ukraine may not arrive until between the fourth quarter of 2030 and the end of 2033, and the sale still requires congressional approval.
Original (Hungarian): Csak 2030-tól érkezhet Ukrajnába az 500 Patriot elfogórakéta - Serbia detains businessman linked to Aleksandar Vučić’s party — Serbian authorities detained Alta Bank owner Davor Macura after the central bank revoked the bank’s operating licence, but have not said what he is suspected of.
Original (Hungarian): Aleksandar Vučić pártjához közel álló üzletembert vettek őrizetbe Szerbiában - Bulgaria’s former interim president Iliana Jotova wins election — Iliana Jotova won Bulgaria’s presidential runoff with 57.58 percent of the vote, becoming the country’s first elected female head of state.
Original (Hungarian): Iliana Jotova eddigi ideiglenes államfő győzött az elnökválasztáson Bulgáriában - North Korea denies involvement in $6.3 billion stolen from Binance — North Korea denied responsibility for the theft, which the FBI and cybersecurity analysts attribute to the TraderTraitor group, while Binance said it had replaced about 95 percent of the stolen assets’ value.
Original (Hungarian): Észak-Korea tagadja, hogy köze lenne a Binance-ről ellopott 6,3 milliárd dollárhoz - FIFA secretly paid $4 million in taxes on Infantino’s behalf despite pledging transparency — FIFA internal documents show the organization paid $4 million in US taxes for Gianni Infantino without disclosing the decision, alongside other benefits that have raised conflict-of-interest concerns.
Original (Hungarian): A FIFA titokban négy millió dollár adót is kifizetett Infantino helyett, miközben átláthatóságot ígért - Telex: Botond Feledy’s company received 84 million forints from János Lázár’s ministry over three years — The ministry paid Feledy’s company 84.2 million forints under three contracts for analysis and consulting, including on foreign policy and EU affairs, before Feledy was dismissed from the Foreign Affairs Institute.
Original (Hungarian): Telex: Feledy Botond cége 84 millió forintot kapott Lázár János minisztériumától három év alatt - 55 new district education office heads appointed — Education and Children’s Affairs Minister Judit Lannert will appoint new heads to 55 of the country’s 60 district education offices for five-year terms, after five recruitment rounds produced no successful candidate.
Original (Hungarian): Megvan 55 tankerület új vezetője - Tisza parliamentary group backs Péter Fejes for chief prosecutor — The Tisza parliamentary group said it supports Péter Fejes’s appointment as chief prosecutor but opposes Attila Császár’s nomination to the Independent Public Media Board.
Original (Hungarian): A TISZA-frakció támogatja Fejes Péter legfőbb ügyésszé választását - Fidesz nominates former M1 reporter Attila Császár to Independent Public Media Board — Fidesz nominated former M1 reporter Attila Császár for an opposition-member seat on the board, and he said at his committee hearing that he believes there is no independent media or journalist.
Original (Hungarian): Az M1 egykori riporterét, Császár Attilát jelöli a Fidesz a Független Közmédia Testületbe - Pál Sonnevend elected president of Constitutional Court, pledges to restore trust — Pál Sonnevend was elected president of the Constitutional Court for a three-year term and has said he will work to restore trust in the body and uphold judicial independence.
Original (Hungarian): Sonnevend Pál az Alkotmánybíróság elnöke, a testület iránti bizalom helyreállítását ígéri - Dismissed Opera House director Ókovács plans to sue, says no one could use Facebook like he did — Szilveszter Ókovács plans to sue over his dismissal and disputes the findings of the Opera House audit, while acknowledging that he received extra pay for Facebook posts for eight months.
Original (Hungarian): A kirúgott Ókovács perel, szerinte senki nem tudott úgy facebookozni az Operaházban, mint ő - Péter Magyar revives János Lázár’s loan-sharking remarks — Péter Magyar said the release of secret-agent files would begin on November 4 and discussed budget and institutional changes during a parliamentary debate in which governing and opposition leaders traded criticism.
Original (Hungarian): Magyar Péter felmelegítette Lázár János uzsorásozását - Parliament debates ‘softies,’ Don Hatvanpuszta and secret-agent files — Péter Magyar said in Parliament that a mafia boss would readily sacrifice people who signed documents on his behalf, during a heated debate after a two-week recess.
Original (Hungarian): Puhatestűzés, Don Hatvanpuszta és ügynökakták a parlamentben - “Don’t address me informally! You lied the whole time!” Tempers flare in Parliament — Balla György, László Toroczkai and Előd Novák invoked personal offense to reject Magyar’s remarks, in an argument that also touched on forms of address and the 2006 protests.
Original (Hungarian): Ne tegezzél! Hazudtál végig! Nincs joga ballagyurizni! – elszabadultak az indulatok a parlamentben, három ellenzéki is felhúzta magát Magyar Péter szavain - Péter Magyar tells Parliament how his grandfather fell ill over the lack of a secret-agent law — Magyar invoked his grandfather Erőss Pál’s story to argue for releasing secret-agent files and said political decisions had prevented efforts to challenge the privatization of the Taverna chain.
Original (Hungarian): Családi sztorit mesélt a parlamentben Magyar Péter arról, hogy a nagyapja hogyan betegedett bele az ügynöktörvény hiányába - Péter Magyar explains why the budget draft still includes the Hungarian Academy of Arts and research institutes — Magyar said the institutions remain in the budget draft because legal preparations for their restructuring are incomplete, adding that the government plans to change funding and reorganize them later.
Original (Hungarian): Magyar Péter a parlamentben magyarázta, miért szerepel a költségvetési tervezetben továbbra is az MMA vagy épp a Magyarságkutató Intézet - Bill would end lifetime benefits for former presidents who did not complete their terms — Magyar said Tisza would propose ending former presidents’ annual charitable budgets and lifetime benefits for those who did not complete their terms.
Original (Hungarian): Jön a törvény, miszerint nem kapnak életük végéig juttatást azok a volt államfők, akik nem töltötték ki a hivatali idejüket - Zsuzsa Máthé speaks in Parliament about husband Ókovács’s dismissal, but is cut off — KDNP lawmaker Zsuzsa Máthé criticized the handling of her husband’s dismissal, but the speaker took away her floor when she began discussing the matter cited as a reason for his removal.
Original (Hungarian): Máthé Zsuzsa felszólalt a parlamentben férje, Ókovács Szilveszter kirúgása miatt, de elvették tőle a szót - NVVH: Safes found in Miklós Seszták’s house are not made for private individuals — The NVVH said two safes weighing 1,660 kilograms each were found at Miklós Seszták’s home and are typically used by financial service providers and pawnshops.
Original (Hungarian): NVVH: a Seszták Miklós házában talált páncélszekrényeket nem magánszemélyeknek gyártják - János Pócs hands out children’s Santa packages bought by state-funded ‘civic’ group — The article says a state-funded association closely linked to János Pócs financed a laser show in Jászapáti and that its publicly funded events have also helped build the politician’s profile.
Original (Hungarian): Pócs János osztotta ki a gyerekek között azokat a Mikulás-csomagokat, amelyeket a jászapáti „civil" szervezet állami támogatásból vett - Dismissals and headhunters — The newsletter reports the departures of the heads of the Foreign Affairs Institute and Opera House, possible public-media layoffs of up to 160 people, searches for Ádám Matolcsy and associates, and a tax-authority search at a Józsefváros foundation.
Original (Hungarian): Kirúgások és fejvadászok - Investigation reopened into Pasolini’s murder 51 years ago — Rome prosecutors have reopened the investigation into Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1975 murder after a legal filing cited archival footage and evidence that may suggest Pino Pelosi did not act alone.
Original (Hungarian): Ismét nyomozás indul Pasolini 51 év évvel ezelőtti meggyilkolása ügyében - 244 unexploded World War II munitions found near Üllői Road — Bomb-disposal experts safely removed 244 World War II munitions and other explosive remnants from a construction site at 404 Üllői Road, where bombs and additional devices had also been found in October.
Original (Hungarian): 244 világháborús robbanótestet találtak az Üllői útnál - Hungarian Gripen escorts plane landing in Budapest after bomb threat — A Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia diverted to Budapest after a bomb threat, and a Hungarian Gripen escorted it to landing before returning to its base in Kecskemét.
Original (Hungarian): Bombafenyegetés miatt magyar Gripen biztosította egy repülőgép leszállását Budapesten - Some OTP customers charged twice for purchases — A technical error caused some OTP customers’ purchases to be charged twice on the afternoon of October 29, and the bank said it would correct the transactions on Monday.
Original (Hungarian): Duplán vontak le pénzt vásárlásoknál egyes OTP-s ügyfeleknél - Luxury café owned by Cecília Rogán-Szendrei and Kata Sarka did not last a year — The Acaia café at Hegyvidék Shopping Centre has temporarily closed, and its company ended its first year with a 10 million forint loss and 25 million forints in debt.
Original (Hungarian): Az egy évet sem élte meg Rogán-Szendrei Cecília és Sarka Kata luxuskávézója - Famous Madách Square arch lighting may never return after unexpected move by Budapest — The decorative lighting on the Madách Square arch did not operate this year because the fixtures belong to BIF while public lighting is the city’s responsibility, prompting a dispute among the city, the district and the building owner.
Original (Hungarian): Bár a ház Schmidt Máriáéké, a Főváros váratlan húzása miatt alakult úgy, hogy talán soha többet nem láthatjuk a Madách téri boltív híres díszkivilágítását - Ryanair considers freezing staff pay and raising ticket prices — Ryanair is considering double-digit fare increases and freezing some employees’ pay in response to rising fuel costs, while slowing recruitment and shifting more back-office work to artificial intelligence.
Original (Hungarian): A Ryanair befagyasztaná a dolgozói fizetését és emelné a jegyárakat - Hackers heat up freezers at Belgian, Swedish and Irish supermarkets — Hackers attacked refrigeration-control systems at dozens of supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden and Ireland, raising some freezer temperatures to 55 degrees Celsius and potentially ruining millions of euros’ worth of food.
Original (Hungarian): Ezúttal belga, svéd, ír szupermarketek fagyasztóit fűtötték fel hackerek - Condition worsens for Spanish footballer resuscitated after goalkeeper’s knee struck his chest — Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel is in serious but stable condition in intensive care after his heart stopped in an ambulance following a collision with Andorra’s goalkeeper, who was sent off.
Original (Hungarian): Romlott a spanyol focista állapota, akit újra kellett éleszteni, miután mellkason térdelte az ellenfél kapusa - He drove a Lamborghini at ten and became Formula One’s youngest champion at 20 — Andrea Kimi Antonelli won his first Formula One title at the Mexican Grand Prix at age 20, breaking Sebastian Vettel’s record by more than three years.
Original (Hungarian): Tízévesen már Lamborghinit vezetett, húszévesen a Forma–1 legfiatalabb világbajnoka lett - “People don’t go to the cinema anymore” — three good films at BIFF, plus some award winners — The third Budapest International Film Festival drew 15,000 viewers to 45 films over nine days, with 25 screenings sold out, and the review highlights three films the writer saw.
Original (Hungarian): „Az emberek ma már nem járnak moziba” – 3 jó film a BIFF-en, és még néhány, amik díjakat is kaptak - Drugs in the car and a sheep eating chips in the back seat, but Scottish pair avoid prison — A Scottish court sentenced John McNeil to six months of evening curfew for possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply, while driver Lindsey Sangster received a driving ban and community service.
Original (Hungarian): Kábítószer volt az autóban, egy bárány sült krumplit evett a hátsó ülésen, de megúszta a börtönt a skót páros - Borízű hang #292: Nine billion near Kisvárda, Harapófogó Dániel apologizes to China [short version] — The podcast episode discusses nine billion forints spent near Kisvárda, Nanushka’s bankruptcy and the political consequences of offending China, among other topics.
Original (Hungarian): Borízű hang #292: Kilencmilliárd Kisvárda határában, Harapófogó Dániel elnézést kér Kínától [rövid verzió] - Six new colleagues join the 444 newsroom — The 444 newsroom has added six staff members since the summer, including former Lakmusz editor-in-chief Blanka Zöldi, to work on reporting, video journalism, content development and social media.
Original (Hungarian): Hat új kollégával bővült a 444 szerkesztősége - Martha Stewart dresses as a homeless person for Halloween, then admits it was not funny — Martha Stewart drew criticism after wearing a homeless-person costume to promote her candle collection, later calling it insensitive and apologizing.
Original (Hungarian): Martha Stewart hajléktalannak öltözött halloweenkor, aztán nagy nehezen, de rájött, hogy ez annyira nem mókás - The rain and cold we missed in summer are coming — Monday is expected to be cloudy, rainy and cool, with temperatures reaching no more than 10 degrees Celsius, while frost may arrive overnight toward the end of the week.
Original (Hungarian): Jön, amit nyáron hiányoltunk: az eső és a hideg - Break the glass ceiling: Women in modern factories — Women remain underrepresented in leadership and earn less than men in full-time work, while an upcoming free, registration-based event will introduce visitors to modern factories.
Original (Hungarian): Törd át az üvegplafont: nők a modern gyárakban
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