Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has announced the names of his candidates for ministers of his next government in a letter sent to the Speaker of Parliament. Except for three people, the list includes same names as the previous government.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Hungary had fired one of its most senior judges for criticism of the government. The impact of the decision, however, will be mainly symbolic, as the ECHR imposed no punishment on Hungary.

Less than 29% of the electorate voted at the EP elections in Hungary this Sunday. 12 of the 21 Hungarian seats were won by the governing Fidesz, with Jobbik, the Socialists, the Democratic coalition, the Together PM and LMP also passing the 5% threshold.

Hungary's national football side drew 2-2 with Denmark in Debrecen, eastern Hungary in a friendly international game that served as part of the preparations for the European Championship qualifiers scheduled to begin in September.

ING Investment Management, which was the third-largest on the Hungarian market in 2010 with HUF 1.2 trillion worth of funds managed, is winding up its local operation. The company’s foreign owner decided to cease operation of the Hungarian unit as of July 2014.

The Hungarian government will do everything in its power to help Hungary turn into not only a production but an innovation centre, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the general assembly of the Hungarian Association for Innovation.

The Norwegian ambassador to Hungary, Tove Skarstein and defence attaché, Colonel Øivind Oland Christensen invited guests, including members of the Norwegian community, to the Ambassador's residence in Budapest to celebrate Norway's National Day.

The SME sector struggling in Hungary with a sharp rise in bankruptcies and a shattered structure of companies. That was one of the issues were addressed at the Portfolio CEE Private Equity & Corporate Finance conference in Budapest.

This year Hungary and Mexico celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations. On this occasion, Diplomacy & Trade has recently presented an interview with the Mexican Ambassador to Hungary, Isabel Bárbara Téllez Rosete.

The Hungarian participant of this year's Eurovision song contest, András Kállay-Saunders - with his song entiled 'Running' - finished 5th in Saturday's final from among 26 entries in Tuesday's semifinal in the Danish capital, Copenhagen.

Hungary's new national assembly re-elected Viktor Orbán as prime minister on Saturday, with 130 votes (of his 133-strong 2/3 majority) in favor and 57 (of the 66-member opposition) against, after which he took the oath of office, and addressed Parliament.

The V4 group, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania, signed an agreement on environmental cooperation in Visegrád, north of Budapest. The document deals, among other things, with the EU's proposed package of air quality management strategy and GMO deals.

Internationally acclaimed mathematician and computer scientist László Lovász has been elected as the new president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) at a closed session of the academy’s 185th annual assembly meeting in Budapest this Tuesday.

Eight countries, including Hungary, participate in the establishment and start of operation of the European Institute of Peace, with the aim of contributing to the prevention of conflicts and the handling of crises emerging on the continent and other regions.

Great jubilees are being commemorated in 2014 and 2015 and the most interesting topic seems to be the two sport events that marked an epoch of relations between two friendly countries - the Bosnian ambassador recalls to Diplomacy & Trade