Deadly Kraków shooting and major Russian strikes on Ukraine dominate the day
A shooting in Kraków left several people dead and many injured, with Polish authorities investigating the attacker’s background and searching his home. Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy said included North Korean missiles. Other international stories included an earthquake in Japan and protests over data centers in Ireland and Finland.
- A man opened fire indiscriminately on passersby in Kraków’s main square — A man fired from a car at people in Kraków’s main square, killing five and injuring at least 12, including two police officers, before he was arrested and taken to hospital.
Original (Hungarian): Válogatás nélkül lövöldözni kezdett a járókelőkre egy férfi Krakkó főterén - Polish interior minister says Kraków attacker held far-right views — The interior minister said the Polish attacker, born in 2002, held ultranationalist views and carried his father’s registered gun; six people were killed and 15 injured, including two police officers.
Original (Hungarian): A lengyel belügyminiszter szerint a krakkói merénylő szélsőjobboldali nézeteket vallott - Three bodies found at the home of the Kraków attacker — Three bodies, believed to be the attacker’s parents and sibling, were found at his home after the Kraków shooting, in which six people were killed and 15 injured.
Original (Hungarian): Három holttestet találtak a krakkói merénylő otthonában - Zelenskyy says Russia also used North Korean missiles against Ukraine — Russia launched 36 ballistic missiles and 172 drones at Ukraine, and Zelenskyy said North Korean KN-23 missiles were among them, with strikes disrupting electricity, water and heating around Kyiv.
Original (Hungarian): Zelenszkij szerint az oroszok észak-koreai rakétákkal is lőtték őket - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Japan — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, injuring at least 24 people, damaging several towns and disrupting rail services, including Shinkansen trains.
Original (Hungarian): 5,7-es erősségű földrengés volt Japánban - Man arrested near White House for allegedly wanting to kill Trump — Authorities arrested a Venezuelan man in Washington who they said claimed voices told him to kill Trump; he arrived near the White House in a stolen car containing three guns and ammunition.
Original (Hungarian): Őrizetbe vettek egy férfit a Fehér Ház környékén, aki Trumpot akarta megölni - Paraguay’s former president held at military facility after bank collapse — After Pedro Alliana was sworn in as Paraguay’s new president, former president Santiago Peña was held at a military facility as impeachment and criminal proceedings began over dealings linked to the collapse of Ueno Bank.
Original (Hungarian): Katonai létesítményben őrzik a hozzá köthető nagybank összeomlásába belebukott paraguayi elnököt - French police detain more than 200 protesters on Saturday — Tens of thousands protested rising living costs across France, and the interior ministry said 232 people were detained as police in Paris used tear gas after clashes.
Original (Hungarian): Több mint 200 tüntetőt vettek őrizetbe a francia rendőrök szombaton - Protests against the spread of data centers held in Ireland and Finland — About 2,000 people in Dublin and demonstrators in several Finnish cities called for a halt to new data-center projects, citing environmental and social effects and concerns about energy prices.
Original (Hungarian): Írországban és Finnországban is tüntettek az adatközpontok elszaporodása ellen - Opposition leader may form government in Israel — President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government within 28 days, but neither major political bloc has a parliamentary majority and possible coalition arrangements face obstacles.
Original (Hungarian): Az ellenzék vezetője alakíthat kormányt Izraelben - Trump asks UFC president to be White House spokesperson — Donald Trump asked UFC president Dana White to fill the vacant White House spokesperson position and mentioned several MMA fighters as possible assistants.
Original (Hungarian): Trump a UFC elnökét kérte fel szóvivőnek - Kátai-Németh Vilmos suspects mismanagement in pre-election advertising for Erzsébet camps — Kátai-Németh Vilmos filed a complaint alleging mismanagement after a ministry review found that more than one billion forints was spent advertising Erzsébet camps before the election without a professional justification or impact study.
Original (Hungarian): Hűtlen kezelésre gyanakszik az Erzsébet-táborok választások előtti reklámozása ügyében Kátai-Németh Vilmos - New district education chief resigns on the day he was due to start — Dr. Tamás László Balogh withdrew from his appointment as head of the North Budapest School District Center on November 5, his first day at work, and the ministry did not give a reason.
Original (Hungarian): Aznap lépett vissza az új tankerületi vezető, amikor elkezdte volna a munkát - Katalin Kovács’s name removed from Sukoró Kayak-Canoe Academy — A new state lease limits the academy’s exclusive use to a 2,208-square-meter boat storage facility, while the parties also proposed renaming the complex the Lake Velence Olympic and Paralympic Center.
Original (Hungarian): Lekerült Kovács Katalin neve a sukorói Kajak-Kenu Akadémiáról - Fradi supporter who praised Mussolini banned from European stadiums for five years — An Italian court imposed a five-year stadium ban on a 50-year-old Ferencváros supporter who wore a shirt praising Mussolini and made a fascist salute outside Milan Cathedral.
Original (Hungarian): Öt évre kitiltották az európai stadionokból a Mussolinit éltető Fradi-szurkolót - Can anyone get out of this mess? Panyi Szabolcs’s book on Russian influence in Hungary is published — Panyi Szabolcs’s book traces Russian intelligence, political and economic ties in Hungary from before the regime change through the 2020s, arguing that old networks persisted and that decisions by Hungarian elites and state institutions helped Russian interests.
Original (Hungarian): Ki lehet egyáltalán szállni ebből a mocsokból? – megjelent Panyi Szabolcs könyve a magyarországi orosz befolyásról - Niedermüller Péter: The Nazi pub has closed — A pub on Damjanich Street where far-right groups met and neo-Nazi merchandise was sold has closed, which Erzsébetváros mayor Péter Niedermüller attributed to pressure from the district.
Original (Hungarian): Niedermüller Péter: Megszűnt a náci kocsma! - North Korea is enjoying a major moment in sport — North Korea’s under-17 women’s football team won bronze after beating Brazil 6–0, while the country’s weightlifters led the world championship medal table with six golds.
Original (Hungarian): Az észak-koreai sport nagy napjai ezek - Possibility raised that two people carried out the Kraków shooting — Police searched for two suspects after a Kraków shooting that killed five people and injured more than a dozen, and found a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in the attackers’ car.
Original (Hungarian): Felmerült, hogy két elkövetője lehetett a krakkói lövöldözésnek - Theft in this order: ice cream, beer, charcoal, car — A 40-year-old man stole ice cream, beer and charcoal from a gas station in Esztergom, damaged a car he could not start, and was later arrested after investigators linked him to other vehicle thefts and damage.
Original (Hungarian): Ebben a sorrendben fogott neki a lopásnak: jégkrém, sör, faszén, autó - Weekend reading on agent files, secret advisers and humorless analysts — The week’s coverage focused on the release of agent files, including errors that listed people who had been monitored, as well as the dismissal of foreign-policy institute head Botond Feledy and other political developments.
Original (Hungarian): Hétvégi olvasnivalók ügynökaktákról, titkos tanácsadókról és humortalan elemzőkről - Borízű hang #293 [long]: Foreign Viktor and Buster Keaton fish soup — The podcast episode discusses agent histories, Botond Feledy’s dismissal and issues around the Kisfaludy program, alongside personal stories, food and drink, and practical advice.
Original (Hungarian): Borízű hang #293 [hosszú]: Külföldi Viktor és a Buster Keaton-halászlé - A very sweet interview with former Danish diplomat János Bencsik forgot to ask about his antisemitic remarks — The Copenhagen Post published a favorable profile of former Copenhagen diplomat János Bencsik that did not mention his past Jobbik political role or antisemitic writings, which the article says were also omitted from discussion of his appointment.
Original (Hungarian): Rettenetesen aranyos interjú készült az egykori dán nagykövet Bencsik Jánossal, csak épp a zsidózásairól felejtették el megkérdezni - Fidesz unexpectedly becomes a major supporter of local governments — A resolution at a Fidesz local-government forum called for meaningful consultation, predictable funding and stronger municipalities, despite the party’s previous funding cuts without consultation, the article notes.
Original (Hungarian): A Fidesz váratlanul az önkormányzatok nagy támogatója lett
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