The British Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan is in Budapest this Tuesday. He has officially opened the new building of the Embassy of the United Kingdom and also held a lecture and a Q&A forum at the Corvinus University.
Presidents of the Visegrád Group (V4) countries (Andrzej Duda of Poland, Andrej Kiska of Slovakia, Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic and the host, János Áder of Hungary) hold a two-day meeting in Szekszárd, Central Hungary.
The first facility in the Páty Industrial Park has officially been inaugurated. The 23,000-sqm logistics centre was developed by Inpark and serves as a regional car parts distribution hub operated by logistics service provider Kühne+Nagel.
As a result of the development implemented from EUR 28 million by Révész-Nyírlog Ltd., a more than 52,000-square meter logistics center has been established, supplemented with a warehouse hall, an office building and accessory rooms.
The Foreign Ministers of the Visegrád Group, Western Balkans and Central-European countries held a meeting in Budapest's Várket Bazaar event center within the framework of the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrád Group (V4).
Concerning its dispute with the Hungarian government, the Central European University has issued a statement, stressing that its continues its operations uninterrupted despite the new Hungarian education law dubbed as 'Lex CEU'.
German family venture Krones AG has announced the establishment of a plant that will manufacture pieces of food industry equipment in Debrecen, E Hungary, with an investment of close to HUF 15 billion, close to 40% of which is covered by the Hungarian government.
The Hungarian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSDH) celebrates its ten-year anniversary. On this good occasion to look back, Diplomacy&Trade talked to the President of the
organization, Attila Chikán, Jr.
The Hong Kong Young Leaders Development Association visited Budapest to enhance the understanding of Hungary amongst youngsters from Hong Kong, and to foster friendship between Hong Kong and Hungary through people-to-people exchange.
Siemens Ltd, the Hungarian subsidiary of Europe's largest industrial manufacturing company, has joined the working group of the National Supplier Program, the Hungarian Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the signing of a letter of intent.
In celebration of Hungary's 5th presidency of the Visegrád Group (made up of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - V4), a family event, called V4 Sunday, was organized in the Várkert Bazaar event center in Budapest.
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. Its Chairman Vazul Tóth tells Diplomacy& Trade regards it as a great achievement that the BCCH is among the most active bilateral chambers in Hungary.
Former President of the Republic of Hungary had his bust unveiled in the Óbuda University park, which is in the neighborhood of the one-time residency of the late President. Árpád Göncz was the President of the country between 1990 and 2000.
168 years ago, on October 6, 1849, thirteen rebel generals of the Hungarian army were executed by the Austrian Empire in Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the Hungarian Revolution and war of independence (1848–1849).
General Electric aims to double the volume of the products and services bought from Central-Eastern European SMEs, including Hungarian enterprises. The firm has approximately 6.000 suppliers in the region and its procurement value exceeds USD 1.7 billion.
