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The presentation of the 2014 HEBC report in Budapest | Szilárd Koszticsák / MTI

HEBC for sustainable and inclusive growth

D&T
Jul 17, 2014

The Hungarian European Business Council, incorporating the most important international companies present in Hungary, has published its 16th annual report, calls on the Hungarian government to create "sustainable and inclusive growth".

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New EU infringement proceedings against Hungary

D&T
Jul 16, 2014

The European Commission opened infringement proceedings against Hungary last week over the country’s new electronic toll collection (ETC) system and the unsatisfactory implementation of several EU directives, the MTI news agency reports.

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Audi to start three-shift production in Hungary

D&T
Jul 15, 2014

German car-maker Audi is to introduce a three-shift operation in the middle of August, this year at its plant in Gyõr, Northwest Hungary. The company says the reason for the change is growing demand for its premium models, especially the TT and the TTS Coupé.

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Budapest hosts European waterpolo champs

D&T
Jul 14, 2014

The Hungarian capital welcomes the continent's best waterpolo teams in the next two weeks, starting on Monday, July 14. At the tournament, the host nation is among the favorites both in the men's and the women's fields.

Újpest players celebrating their 2014 Super Cup victory in Budapest | Tibor Illyés / MTI

Újpest wins Hungarian Super Cup

D&T
Jul 11, 2014

Northern Budapest side Újpest FC (the 2014 Cup Winners) won the Hungarian football Super Cup on Friday after a penalty shoot-out against this year's league champions Debrecen following a golless draw in the Hungarian capital's Puskás Stadium.

NATO Lieutenant-General Frederick Ben Hodges during his visit to Hungary | Mária Krasznai-Nehrebeczky / Ministry of Defense

NATO commanding general visits Hungary

D&T
Jul 10, 2014

Lieutenant-General Frederick Ben Hodges, Commanding General, NATO Allied Land Command has paid a visit to Hungary where he met with several commanders of the Hungarian defence forces, discussing Hungarian contributions to NATO operations.

The staff of the Department of Dutch at the University of Debrecen | The Dutch Department

From cloth trade to Erasmus

D&T
Jul 9, 2014

In its recent Dutch focus, Diplomacy & Trade featured an article by the Dutch Department of the University of Debrecen on how they see the different aspects of seven-century history of relationship between Hungarians and the Dutch.

An office building being covered with plastic foil in Cegléd

Nationwide storms end heatwave in Hungary

D&T
Jul 8, 2014

Severe storms were reported from all over Hungary on Tuesday, causing damages to several buildings and flooding the streets of some countryside towns. They ended a heatwave of several days with temperatures well over 30 degrees Celsius.

FX loan debtors protest in front of Hungarian Parliament | Szilárd Koszticsák / MTI

Government to eliminate FX loans

D&T
Jul 7, 2014

Foreign-currency denominated loans will be eliminated from Hungary's lending market by way of converting them to Hungarian forint (HUF) loans before the end of this year, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga told public media on Monday.

RTL Klub news program | RTL Klub screenshot

RTL prepared to fight Hungarian government

D&T
Jul 4, 2014

RTL is prepared to "fight tooth and nail" against Hungary's advertising tax, the words of CEO of the most popular Hungarian commercial TV channel RTL Klub Dirk Gerkens is quoted by portfolio.hu from his interview with the Reuters news agency.

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Presentation of the Norway Focus

D&T
Jul 3, 2014

The Diplomacy & Trade Club ('The Club') presented its recent country focus supplement on Norway at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to Hungary, Tove Skarstein Wednesday evening with with diplomats, businesspeople attending.

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Birding in Hungary

Getting to know birds and people - this is the slogan for Dutch Ambassador Gajus Scheltema who arrived to Hungary les than a year ago. For the Witty Leaks section of Diplomacy & Trade, he wrote a piece on how he took up bird watching as a hobby.

Young people gathering for the 2014 VOLT festival in Sopron

VOLT festival opens in Hungary

D&T
Jul 1, 2014

Thousands of youngsters gathered for day zero on Tuesday for the 22nd VOLT music festival in Sopron, NW Hungary. Organizers expect some 110,000 peoplefor the five-day event that ends on Sunday with the concert of the British band 'Arctic Monkeys'.

Recalling the Pan-European picnic of 1989 | Noémi Bruzák / MTI

Europe’s freedom commemorated in Sopron

D&T
Jun 30, 2014

The 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain was celebrated near Sopron, NW Hungary, where the barbed wire was cut in 1989 to begin the demolition of the closed border. This symbolic gesture is remembered today by a memorial stone.

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