# Visegrád Post

> Insights on politics, culture, science & more. Understand the present, decode the future with Visegrád Post.

Publication language: English.

## Sections

- [Science](https://visegradpost.com/en/science/): Military technology and science: stealth bombers, hypersonic planes, drones from China, neutrino detectors and a Mars rover built to drill deeper.
- [World](https://visegradpost.com/en/world/): World news from a Central European angle: Hungarian elections, Russian drone threats, US policy on Europe and the arms race in the Gulf and Asia.
- [Environment](https://visegradpost.com/en/environment/): European environment coverage: heatwaves and solar power, circular economy skills, natural parks, sustainable travel and global climate alerts.
- [Economy](https://visegradpost.com/en/economy/): European economy news: shrinking rivers and industry, grain prices, debt in French politics and what the single market could mean for the UK.
- [Lifestyle](https://visegradpost.com/en/lifestyle/): European travel ideas: cycling tours, street food, nightlife, romantic getaways, family trips and what to know before visiting Europe in 2026.
- [Culture](https://visegradpost.com/en/culture-en/): European culture for travelers: architecture through the ages, medieval castles, top museums and galleries, and archaeological finds worth knowing.
- [Health](https://visegradpost.com/en/health/): Health research in plain language: habits that harm the bladder, heat myths, toxins in toddlers, blast injuries in soldiers and new lab findings.
- [Sports](https://visegradpost.com/en/sports/): Sports stories beyond the scoreboard: a racehorse comeback at Sha Tin and a paraglider who survived being pulled to 28,000 feet inside a cloud.

## Editorial team

- [Adam Kovács](https://visegradpost.com/en/author/adam-kovacs/): English-language news writer
- [Juliette Carrel](https://visegradpost.com/en/author/juliette-carrel/): French-language Central Europe writer
- [Katharina Brenner](https://visegradpost.com/en/author/katharina-brenner/): German-language science writer

## Recent articles

- [RAF jets met unidentified drones at 17,000 ft over the North Sea, the Telegraph reports](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/19/raf-drone-near-misses-uk-drill-poland-papers/): British troops will rehearse a Ukraine ceasefire deployment alongside French and German forces, while police examine drones spotted at RAF jets’ altitude.
- [Hungary’s wealth tax fight pits Magyar against Orbán’s Fidesz legacy](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/17/hungary-wealth-tax-corruption-probes-2032-euro-target/): Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s plan to tax large fortunes has drawn fire from Viktor Orbán, while Magyar himself faces scrutiny over a 2024 incident.
- [E.ON’s EU-funded grid upgrade opens room for wind in Hungary](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/17/eon-eu-funded-grid-upgrade-wind-hungary/): A HUF 230 billion programme backed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility targets substations, lines and meters across a network serving three million.
- [Energy costs, Ukraine and defence on the agenda of October’s European Council](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/17/the-eus-october-2026-summit-agenda-energy-costs-ukraine-defence-and-the-2028-2034-budget/): The 15 and 16 October 2026 European Council in Brussels was to weigh energy price relief, support for Ukraine, defence readiness and the 2028-2034 budget.
- [Hungary’s garden plots as year-round homes, from Budapest to the northeast](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/17/hungarys-garden-plots-as-year-round-homes-from-budapest-to-the-northeast/): Plots once kept for vegetables, vines and weekend sheds are turning into full-time homes near the capital, on the Southern Great Plain and in the northeast.
- [A valid credential is not proof of safe intent, the flydubai FZ1073 case suggests](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/16/valid-credential-not-proof-of-safe-intent-flydubai-fz1073/): A UAE statement describes a co-pilot already in the cockpit who attacked his captain, and a security researcher draws lessons about authority after vetting.
- [V-Híd leak itemises a French château stay, private jets and a €600,000 yacht at Mészáros’s railway builder](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/16/vhid-leaked-records-chateau-jets-yacht-state-projects/): Records obtained by Direkt36 list a €158,773 four-day retreat, over €3.3m of foreign travel and a plane bought via a trust, at a firm fed by public contracts.
- [Thousands of European wind and solar sites reachable online, but few confirmed attacks](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/11/thousands-of-european-wind-and-solar-sites-reachable-online-but-few-confirmed-attacks/): About 181 renewable sites appeared to offer interfaces able to switch turbines on or off, sharpening the case for strict limits on remote access rights.
- [Georgia’s surrogacy boom leaves couples with few safeguards](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/11/georgia-surrogacy-boom-unregulated-agencies-hidden-costs/): Agencies in Tbilisi and Batumi charge a third of rates elsewhere, yet Georgian law ignores their role and leaves contracts to settle health and pay.
- [Romanian man charged with forced labour in Hungary](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/11/romanian-man-charged-with-forced-labour-in-hungary/): Pest County prosecutors say a promised driving job in Nagykőrös turned into beatings and unpaid work. They want prison, a fine and expulsion; nothing is proven.
- [Brussels wants China to shrink its €1bn daily trade surplus, and talks have started in Beijing](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/11/brussels-wants-china-to-shrink-its-1bn-daily-trade-surplus-and-talks-have-started-in-beijing/): Maros Sefcovic is meeting Chinese officials while Brussels weighs car import curbs and a faster response tool, with EU leaders due to discuss China next week.
- [Budapest’s Castle District voters back a short-term rental ban](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/10/budapests-castle-district-voters-back-a-short-term-rental-ban/): District 1 has yet to turn a 58.6% vote for prohibition into rules, and an impact assessment and public consultation still come first.
- [Fonagy review: ADHD and autism help should not wait for a diagnosis](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/10/fonagy-review-adhd-and-autism-help-should-not-wait-for-a-diagnosis/): The Fonagy review finds demand for assessment soaring while true prevalence holds steady, and asks the NHS to stop making a diagnosis the price of support.
- [Navigation revenue would fund embankments, heritage and public space under Budapest’s Danube plan](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/07/budapest-waterfront-state-city-company-danube/): An equally owned company would manage the riverbed and bank together, while directing navigation revenue towards embankments, public space and built heritage.
- [Scotland’s planned data centres could add major pressure to power, water and local communities](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/10/05/scotland-planned-data-centres-power-water-communities/): Two proposed facilities illustrate the scale of the expansion: one would reach 1,000MW, while another would occupy land comparable to 84 football pitches.
- [Europe’s Shrinking Rivers Put Pressure on Transport, Power and Industry](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/09/03/europes-shrinking-rivers-pressure-transport-power-industry/): Falling water levels on the Rhine and Danube restrict shipping, disrupt deliveries and cut output at riverside nuclear plants, from Germany to Hungary.
- [French presidential debate puts debt and EU policy at the centre of the 2027 race](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/09/01/french-presidential-debate-debt-eu-policy-2027/): Seven candidates in France’s first 2027 presidential debate clashed over debt, wages and European cooperation, placing economics at the centre.
- [Grain Prices Rise as Black Sea Disruptions and European Weather Tighten Supply Routes](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/08/31/grain-prices-black-sea-disruptions-european-weather/): Grain markets have risen as Black Sea shipping disruptions, record-low Danube water levels and severe European weather pressure export routes.
- [Redstone’s €25m Blue Fund Targets Early-Stage Ocean Technology in Europe](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/08/29/redstone-25m-blue-fund-ocean-technology-europe/): Redstone has reached a €25 million first close for Redstone Blue, a fund targeting European ocean technology startups from pre-seed to Series A.
- [Europe’s circular economy target needs skills as well as recycling capacity](https://visegradpost.com/en/2026/08/28/europe-circular-economy-target-skills-recycling/): The EU aims to raise circular material use to 24% by 2030. With recycled sources accounting for 12.2% of materials used in 2024, training and workplace decisions are becoming part of the challenge.

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