The Belgian Business Club in Hungary Association (Belgabiz) was officially presented on Thursday in Budapest, aiming to provide information-gathering services for companies interested in the development of Hungarian-Belgian economic relations.

The European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) and the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) organized an event in Budapest this Wednesday to present a joint JRC-EASAC report on the "Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and its Waste".

A summer storm with torrential rain hit the Hungarian capital this Tuesday, flooding cellars, underpasses and low-lying streets. Firefighters were called to help in 230 different places nationwide (including 160 occasions in Budapest).

The Hungarian government displays anti-immigrant billboards that are regularly defaced or torn off by those who consider this campaign xenophobic. The government claims the Hungarian language posters are to deter immigrants from coming to Hungary.

The Hungarian Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015 has been presented. The design, originally selected as second best in a public competition, reflects the theme of the Universal Exposition "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".

The Day of National Unity, according to the intentions of the current Hungarian government that introduced in 2010, marks the signing of the Treaty of Trianon that - following Hungary being on the losing side in World War I - reduced the country in size and population.

“Hungary and Croatia: two completely different languages but basically the same culture. That is why I, as a Croatian, feel like at home in Hungary," the Croatian Ambassador to Hungary, Gordan Grliæ Radman tells Diplomacy & Trade.

In an historic return, Spain's national carrier, Iberia, and its low-cost subsidiary, Iberia Express, have launched a six-days-a-week seasonal service between the capitals of Spain and Hungary, also facilitating access from Budapest to other cities in Span and Latin America.

Hungary will open five new embassies in South America and Sub-Saharan Africa within the next 18 months in a bid to boost relations, the Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affiars and Trade Péter Szíjjártó said at a conference in his ministry on Monday.

Evaluating the past five years of his governing Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a conference in Budapest that over the past five years the keyword for governance has been “strength”, but from now on it will be “attentiveness”.

Innovative Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai was chosen as the winner of the sixth Man Booker International Prize awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. He was chosen from a list of ten eminent contenders from around the world.

Spouses of diplomats accredited to Budapest have paid a visit to the world-renowned porcelain factory in Herend and to the historical town of Tihany at Lake Balaton at the invitation of Anita Herczegh, the wife of Hungarian President János Áder.

South Korean tire maker Hankook has completed the third phase of a 313 million euro (HUF 4 billion) investment project in Hungary, in which it has expanded the production capacity of its local plant and added 950 jobs, portfolio.hu reports.

The Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this Sunday. It is the highest ever recognition of a Hungarian moview at the Cannes Festival. The movie, directed by László Nemes, also collected three other prizes.

The Hungary-Japan Economic Club (MJGK) was founded in 1971 to assist with information, events and contacts (companies and individuals) interested in economic co-operation between Hungary and Japan and to aid in the improvement of those relations.