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.

The Diplomacy and Trade Business Club ('The Club') held its latest networking event at the Hotel Kempinski Corvinus in Budapest, presenting the latest issue of ‘Diplomacy and Trade’ that features a supplement on the Nordic countries.

The Finnish Ambassador to Hungary, Jari Vilén hosted a reception Monday evening on the occasion of Finland's independence day,held on December 6 to celebrate Finland's declaration of independence from the Russian Empire.

The Diplomacy and Trade Business Club ('The Club') held its latest networking event at the British Embassy in Budapest this Thursday to say farewell to the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Hungary, Greg Dorey.

Laurent Vandenameele, Executive Chef of Le Meridien Budapest's Le Bourbon restaurant was recently honored by the French President for his contribution to French gastronomy. The prestigious award was presented by HE René Roudaut, French Ambassador to Hungary.

The newly opened Iberostar Hotel presented itself to the partners of Diplomacy & Trade. The Spanish Iberostar hotel chain opened its first city hotel in the heart of Budapest. The creations of the Spanish chef, Juan Carlos González were a great success.

Hundreds of guests gathered Wednesday evening in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest's Heroes' Square to celebrate the Day of Polish Independence at the invitation of Poland's Ambassador to Hungary, Roman Kowalski.

Sunday, November the 20th, 2011 the Diplomatic Spouses of Budapest will organize a big Diplomatic Fair to raise money for its charity Institutions and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the organization.

Hope and pride from one of the darkest periods of Hungarian history may also yield a permanent, positive mark in a new form of tourism, “Resistance Heritage Tourism,“ drawing largely on the Diplomatic Community of WWII Budapest.

A large number of guests gathered in the Museum of Fine Arts near the City Park in the Hungarian capital Thursday evening at the invitation of the Turkish Ambassador to Hungary, Kemal Gür to celebrate the Turkey's national day.

A record number of participants took part this year in the annual Budapest Marathon Run in the Hungarian capital this Sunday. Organized by the Budapest Sports Bureau, the annual run took place for the 26th time.

The population census in Hungary is going to be held between October 1st and 31st 2011. Population censuses in today’s sense of the word have been held in Hungary since 1869, the one to be held this year will be the 15th of them.

Thursday has seen the start of the National Gallop on Heroes' Square in Budapest. It is aelebration of Hungarian traditions including traditional Hungarian horseback riding and hussar traditions, first organized in 2008.

Hungarian athletes Anikó Kálovics and Tamás Kovács won the women’s and the men’s race, respectively, at the 26th Nike Budapest International Half Marathon race in the Hungarian capital this Sunday. The field included almost 1,500 foreign runners.

The latest event organized by the Diplomacy and Trade Business Club took place on the national day of August 20th in the Budapest Marriott Hotel with the participation of diplomats, business people and their children.