The Hungarian government has decided - following coordination with NATO - that the Pápa air base in northwestern Hungary will be upgraded into an intermodal logistics hub that will be suitable for receiving both military and civilian aircraft.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was the main speaker of the rally organized on the national holida yof October 23 to show support for his government. At the same time, his predecessor, Gordon Bajnai spoke to a crowd that would like to see Orbán ousted.

The renowned American magazine, National Geographic, has collected the top ten trolley rides in the world, a list on which Budapest tram line No. 2 has been awarded the 7th place. At the same time, it has been found the best in Europe.

Ministers from Central Europe held a two-day summit in Veszprém, Western Hungary. It was suggested that - if partners agree - Budapest would be well-placed to compete for the role of a regional center for the European Patent Court.

Hankook will expand its Hungarian facility in an over HUF 2.4 billion (EUR 8.7 m) investment project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), setting up a new production hall for a new compound mixing unit to increase effectiveness.

Hungarian economics minister György Matolcsy announced a new set of measures to keep the budget deficit on track as the European Union has signalled to them that the first package is not sufficient to fill the hole in the 2013 budget.

The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) has recently presented the Japanese focus of Diplomacy & Trade in the Reálszisztéma Lexus Buda car saloon in Budapest with over a hundred diplomats and businesspeople attending the evening.

The sovereign debt crisis in Europe is having a negative impact on even non-eurozone countries like Hungary, but that does not diminish the need for Budapest to introduce the euro, Hungarian National Bank Governor András Simor said in Tokyo on Sunday.

Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi called for the preservation of the unity of the European Union at a roundtable meeting in Brussels. Hungary supports "more Europe" but clearly rejects "more than one Europe," he said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Berlin. At a press conference afterwards, the Chancellor said it was understandable why Hungary is not concerned with the issue of euro adoption at the moment.

The Special Rapporteur of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Calin Georgescu, has been informed in Budapest about the details of the red sludge catastrophe of 2010, the rescue operations, the damage control and the legal modifications adopted.

Departing Japanese Ambassador Tetsuo To has been awarded a high state distinction. The award was presented by the Hungarian President János Áder who received the ambassador in the Sándor Palace in the Buda Castle on Tuesday.

Hungary’s industrial production rose by 2.6% month on month in August, according to data adjusted seasonally and by working days, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported on Friday. This comes after a 1.2% decline in July.

14 African countries have honorary consuls in Hungary. Diplomacy and Trade talked to two of them, Boldizsár Péter Entz, Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Ghana to Hungary and Péter Morenth, the Honorary Consul for Lesotho to Hungary.

Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics has written to senior Bolivian officials, asking them to ensure that Hungarian national Elõd Tóásó, who is accused of terrorism and has been detained for more than three years without trial, can stand trial and mount a free defence.