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October 23 marks the 70th anniversary of the Hungarians’ uprising against the Soviet Union’s communist oppression at the time, which was brutally crushed. It was with a famous speech on the ideals of the revolution that the young Viktor Orbán once launched his political career. In this anniversary year of all years, that era could finally be coming to an end

Focus Europe: Former Euractiv teams are now partner editors of diplo.news

On September 30, the last U.S. troops will withdraw from Iraq. The Iraqi prime minister wants all militias to come under his control by then. But they are refusing. Just last week, drones launched from Iraq attacked a pipeline in Saudi Arabia. Will the militias take power after the U.S. withdrawal?

Ecuador’s Ambassador Presents Valuable Historical Notebooks from Quito to the Ibero-American Institute (IAI)—and Discovers His Grandfather’s Poetry

Trade routes and the Middle Corridor also align with Germany’s strategic interests