Wednesday evening saw the official opening of the 39th ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, southeast Hungary. The event that concludes this Sunday will have over a thousand competitors from 88 countries.
Wednesday evening saw the official opening of the 39th ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, southeast Hungary. The event that concludes this Sunday will have over a thousand competitors from 88 countries.
Gwen Jorgensen of the United States won the women’s and Brent McMahon of Canada the men’s race at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Tiszaújváros, northeastern Hungary this Sunday. The event has been held for the 15th year.
Foreign ministers and representatives of 27 countries of the EU and 19 of Asia have gathered for the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Gödöllõ, east of Budapest, to discuss ways to cope with the non-traditional security challenges.
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Olympic champions, politicians, television personalities will be active participants in this Sunday’s marathon and half marathon relay race in Budapest – an official Hungarian EU presidency event.
The President of the Republic of Hungary, Pál Schmitt gave a reception to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Budapest. The event took place in the Sándor Palace housing the President’s Office in the Buda Castle of the Hungarian capital.
Yesterday, the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University celebrated the 375th anniversary of its foundation. A prominent intellectual power of scholarly life, the university has been and still is a center for educating Hungary’s intellectual elite.
Following the inaugural gathering in September this year, the DT Business & Culture Club (The Club) held its first monthly networking event in the Corinthia Hotel Budapest this week. The main speaker of the evening was the British Ambassador, Greg Dorey.
On October 23rd, Hungary celebrated the 54th anniversary of the 1956 revolution against a Stalinist type dictatorship. Speeches were delivered by state leaders and those of the political parties, high state distinctions were handed over.
The Swedish Embassy in Budapest and the Swedish Trade Council held a conference in the Hungarian capital with the title "Stockholm / Budapest Green Capital" on what a city, businesses and individuals can for sustainable development, the environment.
As expected, the nationally governing party Fidesz won the most mayoral posts and local government seats at the local elections in Hungary on Sunday. Budapest has a new Lord Mayor, Fidesz candidate István Tarlós.
A club has been launched for people from the diplomatic community, top executive levels of business, industry and finance. It is to promote a discussion of business and economic issues and to provide a venue for social gathering and sharing cultural understanding.
'The country – together as one!' was the motto given by the new government to this year’s celebrations of the national holiday of August 20th, when the country remembers the founder of the state, King Stephen I and traditionally, this is the time when new bread is baked from newly harvested wheat.
Dozens of guests have accepted the invitation of Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, the Ambassador of India to Hungary to celebrate his country's Independence Day at the Ambassador's Residence this Monday. Independence Day is considered as a national holiday in India.
Hungary won six gold, four silver and four bronze medals at the 30th European Championships in Swimming, Diving, Synchronized and Open Water Swimming in Budapest. This achievement put the host nation into sixth place on the continental medal table. In swimming, Hungary proved to be the fourth most successful country.
