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Cornered Orban at risk of losing next election
News, Published on 28/03/2026
» Viktor Orban has not aged well. When I met him in Budapest two months before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, he was a typical hyper-ambitious student leader. Anybody who has been to university knows the type: fluent, ruthless, perpetually on the look-out for the main chance, and oddly old still to be a student. (He was 26.)
Oil climbs, stocks fall as markets see no end to war
AFP, Published on 28/03/2026
» LONDON - Oil prices rose and stocks fell Friday as initial optimism over US President Donald Trump's decision to again delay his deadline for strikes on Iran's energy assets faded.
The energy map in 2026: OPEC+ and the Custodial crude paradox
Published on 27/03/2026
» Oil markets are no longer defined by simple shifts in supply and demand. While physical balances still matter, price formation is increasingly shaped by who controls access to barrels, under what conditions, and for how long. What once moved gradually on inventories and consumption trends now reacts abruptly to geopolitical permissions, sovereign decisions, and headline risk.
Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» VIENNA - Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's officially declared wealth is fairly modest: some savings and a jointly owned villa in Budapest.
Selective outrage will not end the war in Iran
Oped, Published on 27/03/2026
» Few United Nations Security Council resolutions have been as one-sided as its recent condemnation of Iran's "egregious attacks" on regional neighbours such as Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Leaving little room for interpretation, it describes those attacks as "a breach of international law and a serious threat to international peace and security".
Education rethink
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/03/2026
» Re: "Social Security Fund reform 'urgent' as society ages", (BP, March 25).
Learn from State Audit Office tragedy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/03/2026
» Tomorrow, the nation will mark one of the most painful anniversaries in Thailand's recent history.
Belarus' Lukashenko gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim
AFP, Published on 26/03/2026
» SEOUL - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gifted Kim Jong Un an automatic rifle during his maiden visit to Pyongyang, joking that the North Korean leader may need it "in case enemies appear", state media said Thursday.
Mekong fund backs 19 Thai projects
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 26/03/2026
» Nineteen projects from five Thai agencies have secured funding under the Mekong-Lancang Special Fund (MLCSF) for public health, the green economy and agricultural modernisation.
PM recruits Wan as adviser
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/03/2026
» Former parliament president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha has accepted the role of chief adviser to the prime minister, supporting peace-building initiatives and addressing unrest in the far southern provinces.