20-year-old Dániel Sallói leaves his Hungarian first divison club Újpest FC as he has signed a professional contract with Sporting Kansas City, a club whose under-18 side he played for in the 2014-15 season. As a result, he was now signed as a homegrown player.
Finnish Ambassador Pasi Tuominen, who left his post in Budapest this past December, wrote a farewell article for the WittyLeaks section of Diplomacy & Trade, touching upon cultural relations as well as his adventures with the Hungarian language.
Hungarian President János Áder held his traditional new year reception at the Palace of Arts for diplomats accredited in Budapest. The reception included musical performances from the works of great Hungarian 20th century composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.
The 'Son of Saul', a film directed by Hungary's László Nemes Jeles won the Golden Globe Award as the Best Motion Picture in the Foreign Language category in Los Angeles this Sunday. The movie is the first ever Hungarian film to have received this distinction.
The number of visitors in Budapest’s thermal baths increased by 15% and revenue was up by 17% in 2015 compared to the previous year. As the operator had an operating profit in 2015 of around 2 billion forints, this opens up investment opportunities.
Hungarian travelers, investors, business people, and tourism professionals are among the target audience of the ASEAN Tourism Forum that takes place in Manila(January 18-25), as a cooperative regional effort to promote tourism to the 10 member states.
Five times Olympic champion gymnast Ágnes Keleti was greeted by fellow great figures of Hungarian sports in the Club of Olympic Champions as she celebrates her 95th birthday this Saturday. In 1956 alone, she won four gold and two silver medals.
British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a visit to Budapest this Thursday. He is said to be looking for allies among the Visegrad Four countries in his conflicts with the European Union over issues such as migration or the free flow of workforce within the EU.
World champion Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú rejects a contract worth HUF 12 million (cca EU 38,000) as the Hungarian Swimming Federation sets as a condition her participation in an image campaign for the 2017 World Aquarics Championship.
39-year-old Hungarian Pál Dárdai has been elected as top coach of the autumn season in the first division of the German football (soccer) championship Bundesliga. He finished ahead of André Schubert (Mönchengladbach) and Thomas Tuchel (Dortmund).
Cherishing a German tradition adopted in Hungary in the 1990s, two representatives of the Budapest municipal chimney sweep service visited Hungarian President János Áder in the Sándor Palace to wish him and the Hungarian nation Happy New Year.
British families often remark that the English Garden Nursery and Pre-school seems as if it has been transported over from the United Kingdom which reflects the English Garden’s motto “A British Style education in an International Atmosphere!”
Academy Award winner Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond passed away on the first day of 2016 in the United States at the age of 85, the American entertainment weekly reported this Sunday. He had 100 movies to his credit as a cameraman since 1953.
