A story of successes in the Balkans. That is how our author, Rudolf Sárdi describes this small country in the Western Balkans, based partly on his conversation with Delfin Pllana, Deputy Head of Mission at the Kosovar Embassy in Budapest.

The Danube Tower in the unique 19th-century complex Fort Monostor on the bank of the River Danube in Komárom, northwestern Hungary will host the 23rd international Mediawave Festival from Tuesday through Saturday this week.

Diplomacy & Trade regularly prints the accounts of personal experiences and thoughts by Ambassadors accredited to Budapest. This time, we publish the piece written for us by the Korean ambassador to Hungary, Gwan-Pyo Nam.

Hungary’s Olympic bronze medalist Éva Csernoviczki won the first gold medal at the European Judo Championship in Budapest. In the final, she defeated Charline van Snick of Belgium, the top ranked European judoka in the women’s U48-kg category.

The American company well-known for its Internet search engine, Google, has announced the Hungarian launch of Google Street View, an online service that offers panoramic street-level imagery taken throughout the country.

"It's not enough to be Hungarian, you must have talent, too." This slogan about Hungarians in Hollywood comes to mind when reading an article by a former Hungarian Consul in California, Balázs Bokor, published in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Trade.

A record number of people – estimated to be over 10,000 of them, more than double the usual turnout –, took part this Sunday in the annual ‘March for Life’ in the Hungarian capital to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.

Life is very short, so you should see the good things in life and be optimistic. This is the motto of Swedish Ambassador, Karin Olofsdotter who has been in Hungary since the fall of 2011. Her interview appeared in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Trade.

The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) presented the Croatian focus of Diplomacy & Trade at the residence of the Croatian in Budapest with diplomats, businesspeople and members of the Croatian community in Hungary attending.

On the occasion of Hungary’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorations including exhibition openings, conferences and history lessons were held on Tuesday throughout the country with the participation of politicians and civilians.

The Hungarian Foreign Minister sent a letter of condolence to the US Secretary of State condemning the bomb blasts on April 15 and expressed his deep sympathy to the victims of the tragic attacks, their families and the people of Boston.

Hungary lost on penalties to South Korea Monday night in the Budapest qualification tournament for to the Top Division of the 2013 Ice Hockey World Championship. The defeat makes clinching the first or second qualifying spot even more difficult.

Germany's Knorr-Bremse Group, the world’s leading manufacturer for braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, has laid the foundation stone of a new manufacturing and development base in Kecskemét, east-central Hungary.

"This is a country where people are friendly, they are open, and this is also a country that is never boring and this is a country that you have to visit,” says Foreign Minister János Martonyi in an interview he recently gave to Diplomacy & Trade.

A mini Hungary model park has opened in the local arboretum in Szarvas, east-central Hungary. The new tourist attraction of the town comprises of miniature replicas of most famous building complexes of Budapest and the countryside.