Hungary's national football side lost 3-0 away to Romania in Europe's qualifying Group D of the 2014 football World Cup. This defeat significantly reduces Hungarian chances to finish at least second in the group, a place in the play-off stage.

Hungary ranks 63rd - three places worse than last year - on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI 2013-2014), which features a record number of 148 economies. This puts Hungary to the 24th place in the 28-member EU.

The Apostolic Nunciature and the Embassy of the Republic of Albania are inviting fellow diplomats to to participate in a mass and photo exhibition about the life of Mother Teresa, to be held this Thursday, September 5 at Szent István Bazilika.

Hungarian paddlers won 17 medals (including 7 gold) at the World Kayak and Canoeing Championships in Duisburg, Germany this past week-end, finishing second on the medal table behind the host nation but in front of Russia and Canada.

As part of the 16th Jewish Summer Festival, the Embassy of the State of Israel brought a unique experience to one of the most beautiful and colorful places in Budapest, the Central Market Hall. The Israeli Shuk in Budapest lasts 3 days: August 29-31.

As it enters the 2013/2014 school year, the American International School of Budapest (AISB) celebrates its 40-year anniversary that creates the opportunity for the School community to reminisce, reconnect and celebrate its achievements.

Close to a hundred people (diplomats and businesspeople) attended the latest meeting of the Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (‘The Club’) that paid farewell to Indian Ambassador Gauri Shankar Gupta at the Continental Hotel Budapest this Monday.

Creating the conditions for energy security is among the biggest challenges facing countries today, Hungary's foreign minister János Martonyi told the international conference "Energy Security and Diplomacy in 2013" in Budapest on Monday.

"Japan is a vitally important strategic partner for Hungary", Foreign Minister János Martonyi said on Friday after meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and signing an agreement on social security, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry says.

“Albanian and Hungarian relations extend over centuries,” Albanian Consul of Honor Avnija Hafuzi says in a recent interview with Diplomacy & Trade. The businessman is also the Hungarian representative of the Tirana Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

The Hungarian Ministry of National Economy has issued a press release, which reiterated plans to make a bid for ISD Dunaferr Duna Steel Works and re-privatize the struggling industry behemoth, the financial website portfolio.hu reports.

Three-time Olympic champion waterpolo player, the holder of the ‘Athlete of the Nation’ title in Hungary, Dezsõ Gyarmati passed away at the age of 85 in Budapest. He was the most successful figure in the history of waterpolo.

250-300 people accepted the invitation of the Indian Ambassador to Hungary, Gauri Shankar Gupta to the India House in Budapest to celebrate the anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India from British rule on August 15, 1947.

250-300 people accepted the invitation of the Indian Ambassador to Hungary, Gauri Shankar Gupta to the India House in Budapest to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India as the country became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth on August 15, 1947.