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The staff of the Department of Dutch at the University of Debrecen | The Dutch Department

From cloth trade to Erasmus

D&T
Jul 9, 2014

In its recent Dutch focus, Diplomacy & Trade featured an article by the Dutch Department of the University of Debrecen on how they see the different aspects of seven-century history of relationship between Hungarians and the Dutch.

An office building being covered with plastic foil in Cegléd

Nationwide storms end heatwave in Hungary

D&T
Jul 8, 2014

Severe storms were reported from all over Hungary on Tuesday, causing damages to several buildings and flooding the streets of some countryside towns. They ended a heatwave of several days with temperatures well over 30 degrees Celsius.

FX loan debtors protest in front of Hungarian Parliament | Szilárd Koszticsák / MTI

Government to eliminate FX loans

D&T
Jul 7, 2014

Foreign-currency denominated loans will be eliminated from Hungary's lending market by way of converting them to Hungarian forint (HUF) loans before the end of this year, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga told public media on Monday.

RTL Klub news program | RTL Klub screenshot

RTL prepared to fight Hungarian government

D&T
Jul 4, 2014

RTL is prepared to "fight tooth and nail" against Hungary's advertising tax, the words of CEO of the most popular Hungarian commercial TV channel RTL Klub Dirk Gerkens is quoted by portfolio.hu from his interview with the Reuters news agency.

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Presentation of the Norway Focus

D&T
Jul 3, 2014

The Diplomacy & Trade Club ('The Club') presented its recent country focus supplement on Norway at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to Hungary, Tove Skarstein Wednesday evening with with diplomats, businesspeople attending.

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Birding in Hungary

Getting to know birds and people - this is the slogan for Dutch Ambassador Gajus Scheltema who arrived to Hungary les than a year ago. For the Witty Leaks section of Diplomacy & Trade, he wrote a piece on how he took up bird watching as a hobby.

Young people gathering for the 2014 VOLT festival in Sopron

VOLT festival opens in Hungary

D&T
Jul 1, 2014

Thousands of youngsters gathered for day zero on Tuesday for the 22nd VOLT music festival in Sopron, NW Hungary. Organizers expect some 110,000 peoplefor the five-day event that ends on Sunday with the concert of the British band 'Arctic Monkeys'.

Recalling the Pan-European picnic of 1989 | Noémi Bruzák / MTI

Europe’s freedom commemorated in Sopron

D&T
Jun 30, 2014

The 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain was celebrated near Sopron, NW Hungary, where the barbed wire was cut in 1989 to begin the demolition of the closed border. This symbolic gesture is remembered today by a memorial stone.

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The Club pays farewell to János Martonyi

D&T
Jun 26, 2014

The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) held a special session in the Gundel restaurant in Budapest as diplomats said farewell to János Martonyi who finished his second term as Hungary's foreign minister earlier this month.

Tove Skarstein | Dávid Harangozó

Hungary and Norway: a win-win partnership

D&T
Jun 25, 2014

“The main reason for Norway to maintain an embassy in Budapest is because both countries are members of NATO – something very important today in the light of the Ukrainian situation," Norwegian Ambassador Tove Skarstein tells Diplomacy & Trade.

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Economic expectations hardly changed in June

D&T
Jun 23, 2014

After one and a half years of spectacular rise, the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index reached a peak in April. After a decrease in May, expectations improved slightly in the business sector in June, whereas the consumer confidence index continued to decline.

The inaguration of the new Wallenberg memorial at Erzsébet tér in downtown Budapest | Dávid Harangozó

New heroic diplomacy walking tour

If fortunate to be in Budapest on this Saturday, June 21, tourists, expats, and Hungarians can partake in one of the best developed tours by manners at once engaging and deeply moving into the brightest, yet, best kept secrets of Hungarian history.

TWD Investments CEO Zsolt Dámosy | Dávid Harangozó

Hungarian expert in Sierra Leone

D&T
Jun 19, 2014

Recognizing difficulties on the real estate market in Sierra Leone, West Africa, the Hungarian firm TWD Investments Plc. - drawing on the knowledge of its owners about local conditions and the experience of its management - plans various projects in that country.

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