In our series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their “excursions” to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, the Dutch ambassador shares his thoughts with our readers.

The mission of the Korean Business Office in Budapest is helping Korean companies interested in penetrating Hungarian market and connecting Hungarian buyers interested in Korean products and/or services.

Internet subscriptions in Hungary exceeded 3.3 million at the end of December last year, up an annual 5.8%, down from a rise of 21.3% in 2009, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday.

Hungary is set to go ahead with appointing four new external members to the Monetary Council of its central bank, under the new nomination rules passed by parliament, despite stark remarks by the president of the European Central Bank.

‘Recovery from this recession is dependent on innovation. The time to invest is now’ - said the EU Commissioner for Innovation, and yet, looking at Hungary's place at SII, it is obvious that there is a great room for development.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary, Chung-ha Suh, is satisfied with what has been achieved in bilateral relations since his arrival to Budapest in 2008, he explained in an interview with Diplomacy and Trade.

The website of Antro, a revolutionary Hungarian car design company, is more and more popular since Time magazine listed the company's super-light electric vehicle as one of the 50 best inventions of 2010, the weekly Heti Válasz says.

The City of Budapest has launched an Internet survey asking residents to select one of 12 spots in the city to be named after Elvis Presley, the mayor of the Hungarian capital, István Tarlós announced on Wednesday.

Visitors who have ventured into the mysterious land of Suriname, simply refer this out-of-the-way country as nothing but unusual. Comfortably nestled between Guyana and French Guiana, Suriname is indeed unusual for several reasons.

The government's Széll Kálmán Plan seeks to eliminate the danger of indebtedness both at the individual and the national level, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote in his introduction to the program unveiled on Tuesday.

The government plans to help make broadband internet available in the whole of Hungary as part of competitiveness-boosting and IT development measures, the state secretary for infocommunications announced on Monday.

An aircraft operated by MALÉV Hungarian Airlines transporting 96 evacuees (Hungarians and other nationals) from Libya touched down safely at Ferihegy international airport in Budapest shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday evening.

The international community will examine all possibilities and take the necessary steps in response to violence in Libya, Hungarian defence minister Csaba Hende told an informal meeting organized by the Hungarian EU Presidency.

The Hungarian government and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on Thursday signed a strategic partnership agreement that aims to foster a closer cooperation and give lawmakers an ear to private sector proposals.

Trust in the European Union is especially strong among Hungarians but very few believe the Hungarian economy will improve soon, a Eurobarometer survey conducted in November 2010 shows.