The Canadian-listed energy company, which specializes in unconventional oil and gas exploration, is to move its technical operations from Denver, Colorado in the United States to the company's existing office Budapest in the coming months.

The Budapest embassies of 16 countries have issued a joint statement expressing support for the Budapest EuroGames 2012, this year’s European Gay & Lesbian Championships, an annual European event, and the Budapest Pride Festival.

On June 11, Lao Airlines received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification for ticket sales and booking services. The certificate presentation ceremony took place in Vientiane Capital, Laos.

Eighty posters of environmental subject could be seen for five days in the hall of the Representatives Office (Képviselõi Irodaház) in Budapest to coincide with the Rio+20 international environmental conference in Brazil.

In 2011, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely across the European Union. The lowest price levels were found in Bulgaria and Denmark had the highest price level. Compared to the EU27 average, Hungary’s prices are at 62%.

Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi has received the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano. The former Japanese diplomat also met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

The Ambassador of the Philippines to Hungary, Eleanor Lumbes Jaucian welcomed guests in the Hotel Sofitel Chain Bridge to celebrate the annual national holiday of her country, commemorating the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain on 12 June 1898.

The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) has recently presented the ASEAN focus of Diplomacy & Trade in the Gold Museum in Budapest with dozens of diplomats and businesspeople attending the evening.

The long awaited sub-program of the Visegrad Artist Residency Program targeting writers, poets, journalists and translators was recently launched by the International Visegrad Fund, of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Hundreds of guests attended the the official birthday party of Queen Elizabeth II in hungary in the garden of the residence of the British ambassador to Hungary, Jonathan Knott. This year, the occasion coincided with the Queen's Jubilee.

Hundreds of guests attended the the official birthday party of Queen Elizabeth II in hungary in the garden of the residence of the British ambassador to Hungary, Jonathan Knott. This year, the occasion coincided with the Queen's Jubilee.

The flora and fauna of the Indonesian archipelago on a total of 4,000 square meters covering three levels are presented in the Sóstó Zoo in Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary. The previous issue of Diplomacy & Trade carried this article.

CITY TOUR Hop on Hop off Ltd. won the open procurement tender for the provision of daily ‘hop-on-hop-off’ sightseeing bus tours with a net amount offer of HUF 125.9 million. The tender announcement included an estimated net figure of HUF 200 million.

Hungarian soldiers would be involved in efforts to guarantee security during the Euro 2012 European soccer championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, a Hungarian military official announced on the first day of the tournament.

The owners of the Mellow Mood Group, Mr. Sameer Hamdan and Mr. Zuhair Awad were awarded the Gold Cross of Merit of Hungary for their activities in Hungarian hotel development in which they have long been involved.