As of October 1st, Hungary took over the international mission to protect Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan from Belgium that performed this task for nearly ten years. Apart from Hungarians, the new protection force also includes Portuguese soldiers.
Hungary and Romania are keen to continue and strengthen bilateral partnership cooperation. That is according to Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi who met with his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean in Budapest this Monday.
In an interview published in the summer issue of Diplomacy & Trade, the South African Ambassador to Hungary, Takalani Esther Netshitenzhe says she has witnessed lots of changes in Hungary but sees lots of potential in strengthening bilateral relations.
Without austerity measures, Hungary will overshoot budget deficit goal in 2013 and the annual inflation rate is likely to climb to 5% from 3.4%. That is the projection by the National Bank of Hungary in its quarterly Report on Inflation.
The Embassy of Sweden, the Swedish Trade Council and leading Swedish companies are organizing a Swedish-Hungarian Innovation Forum on October 4, 2012. The key note address will be held by Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt.
To celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe, the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) will again organize its annual European Languages Cocktail Bar on September 26 in Akvárium, Budapest.
The Hungarian government is fighting to reduce public debt to below 50 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and looks to Lithuania's economic growth as a model, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said during his visit to Vilnius.
Hungarian soprano Erika Miklósa has been accepted for the New York City Marathon set for November 4. Running is not alien to her as she was first an athlete, a heptatlonist, before becoming a star on the different opera stages of the world.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Deputy Chairman of Opel’s Management Board Thomas Sedran, inaugurated a new EUR 500 million flexible engine factory at the Opel plant in Szentgotthárd, W Hungary, creating 800 new jobs.
Hungary's TriGránit Development Corporation and the People’s Government of Putian City, Fujian Province in Southeast China signed a Letter of Intent on development and construction of a large urban center and a leisure complex.
Organized on September 21 by Jam Dance Studio and Visual World Foundation, Swing and Soul Day offers a great range of dance related programs. Look after your body and think of dance as a source of energy! Oh, and ALL THAT SWING!
The Arab Republic of Egypt is represented in Hungary by a senior diplomat, Dr. Ashraf Mohsen Mohamed Mohsen who presented his credentials in March this year. He gave an interview to the summer issue of Diplomacy & Trade.
Investment expert Csaba Kilián has been named as the new General Secretary of the Association of the Hungarian Automotive Industry (MGSZ). He has long been involved with the industry during his activities as investment promotion director.
The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has been killed in the second largest Libyan city of Benghazi in an attack by Islamist rebels. His car was reportedly attacked, killing him and two bodyguards. a fourth US citizen also died in Benghazi.
Croatian energy group INA has announced that it has made a new oil discovery with exploratory well Deletovci-1 Zapad within the oil field Privlaka near the town of Vinkovci. The latest tests show daily oil production of around 600 barrels per day.
