A recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by the Budapest Strings chamber orchestra has been seen on YouTube by over 220 million times! On this occasion, the concertmaster and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Budapest Strings Foundation talk to Diplomacy&Trade about the past and present of the orchestra as well as on […]
On New Year's Eve, it is customary to eat pork in Hungary, but based on international success, a particular Hungarian breed, Mangalica can bring luck to everyone. In 2020, Mangalica preparations earned several stars at the British Great Taste Awards, often called the Oscars for best food. Mangalica is the only native type of Hungarian […]
By Thursday, the new coronavirus infection (Covid-19) had been detected in another 2,971 Hungarian citizens, increasing the number of infected people in Hungary to 322,514. The majority of the 108 fatalities were elderly and chronic patients, bringing the official number of deaths to 9,537. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, standing currently […]
It was just two years ago that the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DUIHK) had its 25th anniversary and this year, the organization has an even more prominent anniversary to celebrate: the first German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce, the DUIHK was established a hundred years ago. As the CEO of DUIHK, Gabriel A. Brennauer tells […]
The Hungarian disaster relief agency OKF has launched a shipment of six pallets of aid to Croatia to deal with the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake. Croatia turned to the European Union for help to deal with the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Tuesday, asking the Member States for tents, lighting, folding beds and sleeping bags. Hungary […]
The new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was detected in another 1,972 Hungarian citizens, increasing the official number of infected people identified in Hungary to 319,543. A day earlier, coronavirus infection had been detected in 902 people, which means the number more than doubled in 24 hours. 137, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, so the number of […]
“The German-Hungarian relationship rests on a solid foundation. The thread of the conversation never broke off in the face of the differences of opinion,” Ambassador Haindl points out to Diplomacy&Trade. Describing the current situation, he highlights that “our societies have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the past few months. The impacts of […]
The Prince Faisal bin Fahad Award is an international research grant program targeted at sports research projects related to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Award aims to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in sports. It seeks to financially support scholarly […]
By Tuesday, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been detected in 902 new Hungarian citizens, increasing the official number of infected people in Hungary to 317,571. 131, mostly elderly, chronic patients died, bringing the number of deaths to 9,292. The number of recovered people is also constantly increasing, currently 138,365, while the number of active […]
Another 80,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrive in Hungary this year, with a total of 4.4 million doses of vaccines delivered to Hungary in 2020-2021, Pfizer Pharma Trade Ltd. said at Monday's online press conference. Krisztina Zsigmond, head of the company's vaccine business, said that globally, Pfizer will distribute 50 million doses of the vaccine […]
An eighty-page publication in Hungarian and English, richly illustrated with images, was published on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Hungarian Jazz Association. ‘30 Years of Jazz’ reviews the history of jazz and the association, gives an idea of the domestic institutional system and intellectual background of the genre, introduces Hungarian performers of […]
In addition to about two hundred pets, three African white lions and rare cats were born this year at the Nyíregyháza Zoo, which received approximately 400,000 visitors despite the coronavirus epidemic. Sóstó Zoo is situated in a distance of five kms from the city of Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary, in the holiday resort of Sóstó, where […]
According to the government's information website, 96 people have died of coronavirus complications in the last 24 hours, which means that there have been a total of 9,047 deaths related to the pandemic in Hungary, so far. By Sunday, the number of identified infections had risen by 698, with a total of 316,060 people now […]
The professional website total-waterpolo.com has named Hungary's three times Olympic champion Tibor Benedek as the best player of the 21st century in men's water polo. The decision was based on 40 expert votes and 50,000+ public votes to announce Tibor Benedek and American Maggie Steffens as the greatest among the timeless legends. In addition to […]
Adrienne Kertész, the chief physician of the infection control department of the South Pest Central Hospital, was the first to receive the coronavirus vaccination in Hungary. She was vaccinated on Saturday by chief infectologist János Szlávik. She said she had been waiting a long time to receive the vaccine, because that could decide whether she […]
