Paris Saint-Germain are coming to the UEFA Champions League Final in Budapest, Hungary, next Saturday after winning one of the greatest clashes in the competition’s history against Bayern Munich in the Semi-Final. Can they become the first club to defend their UCL title since Real Madrid in 2018?

Arsenal are coming to the UEFA Champions League final in Budapest, Hungary, next Saturday after having secured their first English Premier League title in 22 years. Will it give them enough of a boost to overcome reigning UCL champions Paris Saint-Germain?

The Hungarina cargo airliner Hungarian Airlines has expanded its fleet with a new Boeing 777 freighter, bringing its total number of aircraft to four. The plane is expected to enter commercial service in mid-June, further strengthening Budapest’s growing role as a key air cargo hub between Europe and Asia.

Following devastating local election results, Labour faces internal pressure as leadership speculation grows. Bloomberg reports that some within the party are floating the idea of a long-term return to the EU, with figures such as Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham being increasingly open about wanting closer European ties.

After the news of the casting of black actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and transgender actor Elliot Page as Achilles, we have also learnt that Nyong’o will be playing Helen’s sister Clytemnestra as well; while controversial hip hop artist Travis Scott will be appearing as a ‘rapping bard’ in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Odyssey movie.

State Secretary Tristan Azbej has announced on X that he is stepping down as the head of Hungary Helps, the Hungarian government’s humanitarian programme for persecuted Christians around the world. Hungary Today reports that the programme is ending.

The Danube Institute hosted a conference in Budapest, Hungary on the Abraham Accords and the IMEC economic corridor amid the ongoing Iran conflict. The distinguished experts speaking at the event, such as Eugene Kontorovich, argued that expanding regional economic cooperation and normalization between Israel and Arab states could reshape the Middle East and reduce Iran’s influence.

Hungary’s MVM Group will lead the construction of a new oil pipeline connecting Hungary and Serbia under a $140 million contract awarded by Serbia’s state-owned pipeline operator Transnafta. The project, expected to be completed by 2028, aims to reduce Serbia’s reliance on Croatian transit routes and strengthen regional energy infrastructure between the two neighbouring countries.

Stefan Tompson, co-founder of the Warsaw, Poland-based right-wing news site Visegrád 24, was filmed while being accosted by a group of pro-Palestine men in London, United Kingdom. One of the young men in the crowd threatened that ‘the Jews will be beheaded one by one.’

Two-term Senator Bill Cassidy finished third with 25 per cent in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary, failing to reach the run-off and set to leave office at the end of his term. He is the fifth of the seven GOP senators who voted to convict President Trump in 2021 to leave Congress. Meanwhile, Kentucky votes tomorrow as Trump ally-targeted Rep Thomas Massie fights to survive his primary.