OECD reading performance has fallen to its lowest level since PISA began, while Hungary’s 452-point result is the country’s worst on record. The deeper problem may not be educational alone, but how long children can stay with demanding material, as digital stimulation and weaker family support reshape attention—leaving parents and a generation that knows both worlds with growing responsibility.

Vienna says it never complained to the European Commission about Hungary’s emergency riverbed sill at Paks, contradicting Péter Magyar’s repeated claims that Austria had taken the matter to Brussels. The denial comes as the project faces genuine international scrutiny from the Danube Commission over navigation, while also becoming caught up in controversy surrounding the procurement.

Europion’s latest poll found that support for the Tisza Party fell slightly in September, while Fidesz gained marginally and the share of voters without a party preference increased more substantially.

Hungary’s women’s basketball team is back among the World Cup’s final eight for the first time since 1986 after defeating Japan 84–63 in Berlin on Tuesday. Réka Lelik led the way with 23 points, but the next challenge could hardly be tougher: the United States, unbeaten in 33 World Cup games, though Italy has already shown that disciplined defence can make the champions uncomfortable.

Real Madrid fans held up cards displaying the coat of arms of Ceuta during the UCL game against Internazionale, to show solidarity with the autonomous Spanish enclave city that has been experiencing a major illegal migration crisis since late July.

Hungary’s government is launching the Szent István Rural Development Programme, which will initially provide joint development funding to groups of ten rural settlements, Prime Minister Péter Magyar told Parliament.