“Strengthening Taiwan's official or government relationship with Hungary is one of my priorities.” That is according to the Representative of Taiwan to Hungary, Ambassador Shih-Chung Liu who also tells Diplomacy&Trade about strengthening bilateral economic and cultural relations as well presenting Taiwan to Hungarians – sometimes with unusual methods. The first office representing Taiwan in Budapest […]
Saturday was the hottest day of the year in Hungary so far, the country’s National Meteorological Service (OMSZ) reported on Sunday. Highs averaged between 38 and 39 degrees Celsius, with average temperatures exceeding 29-30 degrees Celsius over a large area, especially in the southeastern half of the country. On Saturday, the hottest temperatures were recorded […]
The summer season at the Hungraian capital's Ferenc Liszt International Airport started with passenger traffic exceeding one million again in June 2022, with 1,208,169 passengers, according to the latest bulletin published by the facility's management company Budapest Airport. The airport returned to 82% of the 2019 figures, meaning that the airport is approaching the pre-pandemic […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) share index closed the week at 42,327.67 points, up 6.73% or 2,668.44 points compared to last Friday. Total turnover rose from HUF 40.24 billion to HUF 63.92 billion, with the leading shares, with the exception of Mol, gaining, the state nedws agency MTI reported Sunday morning. The BUX closed the […]
Saturday afternoon saw the closing event of the 27th Budapest Pride series, the parade, which this year was announced under the slogan ‘Take back your future’, the state news agency MTI reports. The LGBTQ community and their supporters marched along the Danube from Carl Lutz Quay to Margaret Bridge, then along the lower quays past […]
Two national team swimmers, Luca Vas and Imre Barabás, were the fastest at the 40th Balaton Crossing on Central Europe’s largest lake on Saturday. The event saw a record number of people participating. According to the organizers, Vas won the women’s competition at the 5.2-kilometer distance between Révfülöp and Balatonboglár in one hour, six minutes […]
The West is fighting a war against Central Europe, and Brussels, together with [billionaire George] Soros troops, wants to "force immigrants on us," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday at the Bálványos Free Summer University and Student Camp held annually in Băile Tușnad, Romania (Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian). The Prime Minister stressed that the […]
“In the past year, Italy was the second largest market for Hungarian exports and the eighth largest supplier country,” the Ambassador of the Italian Republic to Hungary, Manuel Jacoangeli tells Diplomacy&Trade in the leading article of the recently published Italian Focus. Besides soaring economic relations, he also stresses the deep-rooted cultural ties and the areas […]
The organizers of the largest all-arts festival in Hungary are awaiting visitors with more than two thousand programs in 36 locations in the villages of Kapolcs, Taliándörögd and Vigántpetend, near the northern shore of Lake Balaton from July 22 to 31. The programs inlcude big stage concerts, fabulous panoramas, theater, new circus, contemporary literature, exciting […]
Budapest's newest, the one and only skybar of the Buda Castle area, the WHITE RAVEN skybar & lounge, is to open this Saturday. The view of the city from the top of Budapest's highest located five-star hotel in the immediate neighbourhood of Matthias Church offers visitors an unparalleled experience, according to a press release. The […]
On the occasion of the 212th anniversary of the Independence Day of Colombia on July 20th, the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Budapest, with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Budapest and the BDK Budapest Flood and Public Lighting Ltd., achieved to illuminate the emblematic Fishermen’s Bastion, part of the complex of […]
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó travelled to Moscow to negotiate more gas imports from Russia as Hungary braces for a tumultuous winter heating season. Hungary has been a vocal critic on the European Union’s embargo on Russian energy sources, saying a swift decoupling from Russian energy would undermine the country’s economy. Hungary’s foreign minister arrived […]
Almost a quarter of new cars registered in Hungary will be electric by 2035, new data reveals. The study says that last year, just 2% of newly registered vehicles in Austria were electric. In the Netherlands and Norway, 99.9% of new vehicles are likely to be electric by 2035, data suggests. This would make them […]
An investment of over EUR one billion is set to propel Mercedes-Benz forward in the global electrification race as the German car manufacturer intends to install new assembly and body shop production lines at its Kecskemét plant, the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency reports. The development that is meant to maintain 4,500 jobs and create a […]
The Hungarian Canoe Federation and the AutoWallis Group have concluded a cooperation agreement, under which the company listed in the Premium category of the Budapest Stock Exchange will support the Federation’s work by providing mobility services until 2024, the end of the Olympic cycle, a statement by AutoWallis Group says. The vehicle trading and mobility […]
