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Image: Wikimedia Commons (Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Péter Magyar, Prime Minister-designate of Hungary) It was as if a cancer patient had begun to walk a path to recovery. That is how one might describe the evening of April 12, 2026, when nearly 3.4 million voters united in Viktor Orbán's defeat. After 16 years of one-party rule, a political party formed just two years earlier beat the unbeatable and did so democratically, despite the rulin

Image: Wikimedia Commons After Trump instigated the war in Iran, the world froze in anticipation. The regime of Ali Khamenei, who later died from an attack conducted by Israel and the US, was contested by a foreign intervention. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the deceased Supreme Leader, took over after his death. The reason for the attack was nuclear disarming and the missiles supposedly targetted military sites in Tehran, the capital. According to the media, several hospita

Today marks the four year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Image: Wikimedia Commons On 3 rd December, the support for Ukraine was re-highlighted by the European Commission’s commitment to phase out Russian oil. Liquified natural gas (LNG) imports are to be ended by 31 December 2026 and pipeline gas by 30 September 2027. However, regardless of the effort that European officials are putting into ending the war politically, it’s crucial to recognise that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that’s unfolding before our eyes is ro

Image: Wikimedia Commons The phrase that originates from the classic Italian Western has been brought up throughout the New York presidential race to describe how tense the campaign was. As the dust begins to settle, it’s worth taking the time to reflect on what the election has revealed about the current state of American politics. The good: Democracy has won America has witnessed a surge in political polarisation, reflected in Black Lives Matter protests, January 6th or th

Images: Wikimedia Commons The summer of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, France had no Prime Minister. Yet, nothing stopped the French supporters from backing their athletes competing on the Olympic stages. A little more than a year later, France has now had three different Prime Ministers: Michel Barnier, François Bayrou, and Sébastien Lecornu (the current PM as of November 2025). The National Assembly (One of France’s parliament) is fragmented, political alliances are struggl

Image: Wikimedia Commons The Polish presidential election that took place in June resulted in a narrow win for Karol Nawrocki , a right-wing historian aligned with the Law and Justice Party , who won 50.9% percent of the votes. Since then, the October 15 Coalition that still claims parliamentary majority gained in parliamentary election in 2023, has battled the new president’s veto on issues such as continuing support for Ukrainians who don’t work in the form of the 800+ pr