The US State Department has criticised parts of Hungary's church that substantially cut the number of recognized churches and the strengthening of the radical nationalist Jobbik party in its international report of religious freedom for 2011.

Hungary’s Áron Szilágyi won the men’s individual saber fencing competition to take the Hungarian delegation’s first gold medal at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in the British capital Sunday. The week-end also produced a silver and bronze for Hungary.

At the previous Olympic Games, Hungarian athletes have won 160 gold, 144 silver and 164 bronze medals and the 157 competitors representing Hungary at the 30th Summer Olympic Games in London hope to increase this medal collection.

A delegation by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, which held talks on precautionary financial assistance to Hungary in the past eight days, will return to Budapest in September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated.

On Monday, Hungary's Constitutional Court threw out provisions of a law, which fixed the retirement age of judges to the general retirement age. The relevant parts of the law were annulled with retroactive effect to Jan. 1 this year.

Linamar Hungary, a manufacturer of agricultural and construction machinery with a growing automotive parts division, opened a new manufacturing unit of 7,600 sqm at its Békéscsaba location in southeastern Hungary.

The Mercedes assembly plant, operated by Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Ltd, in Kecskemét, east central Hungary, began production this spring. the June issue of Diplomacy and Trade carried an interview with the CEO.

170 women of Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE) will gather in Budapest July 13-15 for their Annual Governors’ Meeting. They belong to the world’s largest women’s service-organization with 90.000 women in 126 countries.

Green Pyramid: the flora, fauna and the culture of Indonesia - that is one of the main attractions in the Sóstó Zoo in Nyíregyháza that the June issue - dealing with the countries of the ASEAN region - of Diplomacy and Trade.

Hungary's Parliament passed the controversial Financial Transactions Tax Act on Monday. The bill levying a 0.1% tax on transactions - except for those connected to credit - had 249 MPs voting in favor of the proposal vs. 94 against.

The Embassy of the United states of America in Budapest held its traditional Independence Day celebrations at the Táncsics compund in the Buda Castle in Budapest this week with hundreds of guests invited by Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis.

The Embassy of the United states of America in Budapest held its traditional Independence Day celebrations at the Táncsics compund in the Buda Castle in Budapest this week with hundreds of guests invited by Ambassador Kounalakis.

Hotel Le Meridien in Budapest has just introduced its brand new White Lounge champagne and wine bar. The opening celebration included a performance of Hungarian piano player László Pecek Lakatos and culinary specialties.

Day by day new heat records are broken in Hungary with the maximum daily temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit) and even the dawn temperatures are higher than ever before. No improvement expected before next week.

Constantly developing and redeveloping is the key to a successful business, according to the management of Duna Elektronika, a dynamically growing IT firm that provides cost effective, modular IT services for both global accounts and SMEs.