Hungary: President Katalin Novak resigns after scandal caused by pardon. Forbes magazine presented her last year as the most influential woman in public life in Hungary.
The controversy was provoked by the pardon granted in April 2023, on the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Budapest. A former deputy director of a children's home was sentenced in 2022 to more than three years in prison for having covered up the sexual assaults on minors allegedly committed by his superior. Thousands of demonstrators gathered Friday evening in front of the presidential palace.