The January issue of Diplomacy and Trade featured a Nordic Focus on the relations between the Scandinavian countries and Hungary. Here, you can read the piece that the Swedish Ambassador, Karin Olofsdotter contributed to the section.
The January issue of Diplomacy and Trade featured a Nordic Focus on the relations between the Scandinavian countries and Hungary. Here, you can read the piece that the Swedish Ambassador, Karin Olofsdotter contributed to the section.
The January issue of Diplomacy and Trade featured a Nordic Focus on the relations between the Scandinavian countries and Hungary. Here, you can read the piece that the Finnish Ambassador, Jari Vilén contributed to the section.
Budapest Week Publishing held a special Diplomacy and Trade Business Club event to celebrate Valentine's Day in the Corinthia Hotel Budapest, attended by the managers of multinational companies, diplomats and their spouses.
The former President of the Republic of Hungary, Árpád Göncz celebrates his 90th birthday this Friday. He was the translator of over a hundred literary works, and a writer before becoming the first President of the Third Republic.
Denmark holds the rotating presidency of the Europeam Union in the first half of 2012. On this occasion, the January issue of Diplomacy and Trade featured an interview with the Danish Ambassador to Hungary, Mads Sandau-Jensen.
Finnish electronics giant Nokia has announced the lay-off of 2,300 people from its smartphone factory in Komárom, northern Hungary. The Hungarian Ministry of National Economy and Nokia will establish a workgroup to help the laid off workers.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán held his annual speech on Tuesday, saying that Hungary now stands on new foundations, which he called an “irreversible fact”. Opposition parties dismissed his views as lies that are distant from reality.
Sipping a glass of Ararat and watching over the stunning ranges of the Armenian mountain that gave this fine liquid its name can easily make any visitor become infatuated with the country that has carried an enormous psychological baggage from history.
Based on the Board of Directors’ decision, Hungary’s national airline ceased its operation to minimize its losses. According to the company's statement, after nearly 66 years of continuous operation, Malév aircrafts will not depart from 6 a.m. on February 3.
Three Hungarian companies and a consortium comprising three local enterprises have won frequency blocks in the 900 MHz frequency band in a tender for the country’s fourth mobile service provider. Winning bids total HUF 43.9 billion + VAT.
Lynch atmosphere emerged in Guinea Bissau between government officials and a group of Hungarians who participated in a marathon rally between Budapest and West Africa. The dispute concerned the sale of rally cars to the locals.
Under a government decree, Hungary’s state-owned airliner Malév is now classified as a company of key strategic importance as of 07 a.m. this Tuesday. This means the company has been taken under bankruptcy protection.
Ensuring the independence of the central bank (NBH) and guaranteeing the normal functioning of the judiciary are preconditions for the start of formal talks with the IMF and the EU on financial assistance for Hungary, EU Commissioner László Andor says.
Despite its prosaic name, Hévíz (the word translates to thermal water) is a magical place. A trip here is an excellent way to brighten up the winter months. Managed by Hévíz Thermal Bath Ltd., the lake is considered a national treasure.
Australia Day, commemorating the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard of New Holland, was celebrated this Thursday in Budapest.

