The International Swimming Hall of Fame, the international organisation charged with preserving the memories of those legends of the swimming pool, has inducted six of Hungary's triple Olympic water polo champions into its cast of stars.

In its WittyLeaks series, Diplomacy and Trade regularly publishes the personal accounts of ambassadors accredited in the Hungarian capital. This time, it is the turn of the Chilean ambassador to tell about her observations in Hungary.

A policeman was shot dead in north-western Hungarian village of Bõny on Wednesday, The Hungarian news agency MTI was told that the suspect in the case, a 74-year-old man, was being treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Gyõr.

Lufthansa Technik AG, Germany’s leading aircraft maintenance and engineering company has opened a new Aircraft Engineering Services Center at Budapest Airport. The new center will focus its activities around the Boeing 737 aircraft.

Commemorations were held in Budapest on October 23 to mark the 60th anniversary of the popular uprising against the Stalinist regime in 1956. PM Viktor Orbán warned of the 'Sovietization' of the EU while the opposition called for him to be toppled.

Eurostat is maintaining the reservation on the quality of the data reported by Hungary in relation to the sector classification of Eximbank which needs to be reclassified inside the general government sector resulting in an increase in government debt.

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the 1956 popular uprising against the Stalinist regime in Hungary, the British Embassy in Budapest prepared a special exhibition that presents the flow of events from the viewpoint of contemporary British diplomats.

Executives of German carmakers Audi and Daimler complained about labour shortage in Hungary this Wednesday, adding that efforts to improve worker mobility and local infrastructure were needed, the financial website portfolio.hu reports.

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) does not form an opinion in political issues. That is according to MTA's President in reaction to an open letter signed by 28 MTA members to formulate a view on what they consider anti-democratic processes in the country.

Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD is establishing Europe’s first electric bus factory in Komárom, NW Hungary with an investment of HUF 6.2 billion forints (EUR 20 mn). Production is expected to already begin early next year.

Nestlé Hungária organized a conference in Budapest at the 25th anniversary of its establishment and the 150th anniversary of the founding of Nestlé. Nestlé’s investments in Hungary total more than HUF 100 billion (EUR 330 mn).

For the first time in many decades, the Hungarian daily Népszabadság was not published this Monday. The publishing company, citing economic reasons, notified journalists on Saturday morning that they should not come to work on Sunday.

Hungary lost 3-2 it World Cup qualfying game to Switzerland in Budapest. The visitors took the lead three times, Hungary managed to equalize twice but had no answer to the third Swiss goal scored a minute before the end of regular time.

Home improvement and do-it-yourself goods hypermarket chain Praktiker has opened its 20th - and the largest - store in Hungary. The 12,000-square-meter facility, secured with a long-term rent contract, has been built in the place of a similar store.

The Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Hungary, Rastislav Kácer tells Diplomacy and Trade in a recent interview that Slovakia and Hungary shared all good and bad things for 950 years. he also discusses the different aspects of bilateral relations.