Once again, Hungary hit the headlines in Europe for many good reasons.

First, less than a week ago, Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán gave his speech at the 28th congress of Fidesz and Hungarian Civic Union, where he touched upon many important issues and spoke of challenges that are awaiting the government and the Hungarian people.

Besides, PM Orbán also held a joint press conference with the Finnish PM, Antti Rinne, where he made his stance very clear regarding the debate on whether to make EU payments subject to the rules of law or not. According to him, Hungary will not seek to tighten the conditions of these payments, because “when they question the rule of law, they step on our honour”.

Second, according to CNN Travel, the Hungarian passport is one of the most powerful one in the world, based on the number of countries where it is accepted. To be specific, our passport managed to rank as the 10^th most useful one, beating the likes of Estonia, Poland, Monaco, Croatia and Romania. Interestingly enough, Iceland, Latvia and Slovenia shared our 10^th place, while countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq came last.

Last, it is safe to say, that the opposition’s mayoral election campaign – that is slowly coming to an end – is shambolic. The so-called candidates, Gergely Karácsony, Róbert Puszér and Krisztián Berky are far too busy with criticising each other, leaving the incumbent mayor, István Tarlós looking more than fit for his job.