Joining the repertoire of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India, an Indian Film Week is held between October 5 and 11, 2017 in the Puskin Cinema in downtown Budapest.

A Hungarian delegation headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on an official visit to Vietnam. With several ministers in the delegation, PM Orbán was received by his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc as well as by President Tran Dai Quang.

The first two electric buses have been manufactured at the plant of the BYD Electric Bus and Truck Hungary Ltd. in the local industrial park in Komárom, west of Budapest. The Chinese company opened its Hungarian plant in April this year.

As of September 21, 98% of all tariffs between Hungary and Canada are eliminated as the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – known as CETA – comes into effect through provisional application.

South African real estate investment firm NEPI Rockcastle announced that, on September 15, 2017, it acquired all the issued shares of Aréna Plaza shopping center in Budapest through its subsidiary, Arena Property Ltd. for EUR 275 million.

This year’s SZEMREVALÓ /SEHENSWERT/EYEFUL Film Festival will take place September 21-30. This event presents the very best new films from the German-language world, now for the sixth time, in the original language with subtitles or interpretation.

German multinational engineering and electronics company Bosch, the world's largest supplier of automotive components is to establish a new regional center for which the foundation stone was laid in the industrial park in Hatvan, east of Budapest this Friday.

Hungarian President János Áder was one of the heads of state participating this Thursday and Friday at the meeting of the Arraiolos Group in La Valletta, He pointed out that the most effected solution to protecting the borders of the EU is the common stance.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (Camera di Commercio Italiana per l'Ungheria – CCIU) held an Italian Business Day event in Debrecen, E Hungary with the participation of the Italian Ambassador to Hungary, Massimo Rustico.

Seven violinists, including two Hungarians, have passed to the September 14 final of the Bartók World Competition and Festival in Budapest held on the occasion of the 135th birth anniversary of the world famous Hungarian composer, Béla Bartók.

Coca Cola HBC has established Hungary's largest food industry warehouse in Dunaharaszti, south of Budapest with an investment of HUF two billion (appr. EUR 6.5 million). The 6,500-sqm warehouse can store 8,4 million liters of goods.

German-owned passenger transport company FlixBus has opened a Central Eastern European regional office at the Népliget Bus Station in Budapest in order to coordinate its Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian networks.

The Hungarian Government is providing HUF 968 million (EUR 3.15M) in funding towards Diehl Aircabin Hungary Ltd’s HUF 2.76 billion (EUR 9M) project to develop an engineering center in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, creating 150 new workplaces.

Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic arrived in Hungary this Tuesday. She met with President János Áder and PM Viktor Orbán with the purpose of clarifying why the Hungarian government voted against Croatia's membership in OECD.

The 14th annual Jameson CineFest, opened with the screening of ‘Shortcuts’ aka ‘Cutting it Short’ (1981) in the northeastern Hungarian city of Miskolc with the director, Jiøi Menzel and the leading actress, Magda Vásáryová as special guests.