Foreign ministers of the Visegrád Four (V4) and Eastern Partnership countries meet in Budapest to discuss the Partnership’s future as well as preparations for the Eastern Partnership’s November summit as the central points.

The world’s only permanent exhibition of Robert Capa’s photographs will open in October in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, at the recently refurbished Capa Centre. The news was announced on Tuesday on the occasion of the day of Hungarian photography.

The official Hungarian Gazette has published a government resolution according to which the cabinet spends an extra HUF 2.4 billion on the deployment of another 30,000 bank card acceptance points as promised earlier.

As of next April, the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will start a new route between Budapest and Santander in northern Spain after an agreement with the government of the province of Cantabria, according to the daily El Diario Montañés.

SMR, a global automotive supplier from India, starts two projects eastern Hungary. The one worth EUR 10 million covers a new manufacturing hall for rear-view mirrors, while a EUR 16 million development is to expand the bumper part manufacturing capacity.

GKI’s economic sentiment index reached its historic peak in July. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with the support of the EU, the business confidence index fell slightly in August. However, consumer expectations increased a bit.

The Hungarian government is going to launch a survey of the language skills and language knowledge of young people in the country as part of the new strategy on the development of the efficiency of teaching foreign languages.

The website of Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world, has picked five Budapest neighborhoods as recommedned for those visiting the Hungarian capital - all of them districts in the downtown area along the river Danube.

Russian president Vladimir Putin paid a visit to the Hungarian capital this Monday - for the second time this year. At the World Judo Championships, where he is the honorary president of the world federation, he met with Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán.

The number of deaths considerably and that of births slightly increased in Hungary, as a result of which natural decrease grew from 19,903 in the first half 2016 to 25,192 persons in the first six months of 2017, which meant an increase of 27%.

Addressing the autumn meeting of diplomatic mission leaders, Minister Péter Szijjártó asked those present to not allow themselves to be swayed from the standpoint according to which the security situation in Europe can in fact be improved and restored.

Hungarian-owned Magnus Aircraft Cls. is building an aeroplane manufacturing plant in Pécs, southern Hungary. The Hungarian government is contributing approximately 40% of the costs, (HUF two billion) in non-returnable funding.

The last Friday night of August is traditionally the day of the night of zoos, During this night, this time that of August 25, twelve animal parks aceoss the country welcomed visitors with extended opening hours and unique programs.

The British and Hungarian air forces have held joint exercises over western and northeastern Hungary. The exercises that ended this Thursday were directed from the Szentgyörgyi Dezsõ Hungarian Air Force Base in Kecskemét, SE of Budapest.

As reported by the Hungarian news agency MTI, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said this Thursday that the Dutch Ambassador Gajsu Scheltema is no longer a welcome guest in the Ministry.