Budapest hotel offering sees new unit Spain’s Barceló Group opened its first four-star hotel in downtown Budapest, state news service MTI reported, citing the developer company Sunbelt Group. Barceló operates more than 250 units in 22 countries worldwide. The Barceló Budapest, which was developed at a cost of close to EUR 46 million, has 5 […]
Climate protection, energy issues and migration dominated the agenda - as well as the role the Visegrád Four should play in the European Union. As the new Slovak President, Zuzana Čaputová was received by her Hungarian counterpart János Áder in the Sándor Palace in Budapest, the two politicians agreed that mankind was in the last […]
Mrs Pascale Andreani, Ambassador-designate of France to Hungary, has just taken up office in Budapest, according to a press release by the French Embassy in Budapest. Her appointment was approved by the Hungarian authorities on May 18.
The new ambassador of the United States of America presented his letter of credentials to Hungarian President János Áder in the Sándor Palace in Budapest this Monday. The previous US ambassador, Colleen Bell left her post in January 2017.
A new promotional video showcases the Visegrád Cooperation in the spirit of the Hungarian Presidency’s motto: ‘V4 Together’. It was commissioned by the Public Foundation for the Research of Central and Eastern European History and Society.
As reported by the Hungarian news agency MTI, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said this Thursday that the Dutch Ambassador Gajsu Scheltema is no longer a welcome guest in the Ministry.
Minister of Agriculture Sándor Fazekas received Slovenian ambassador Ksenija ©krilec and thanked her for her work as head of the Slovenian mission since the autumn of 2013 and praised the recent successful cooperation between the two countries.
License plates for diplomats in Hungary have changed. What used to be a format of the letters DT plus four numbers is now of the letters CD plus six numbers. The first three numbers indicate the country and the second three numbers the status of the user of the car.
36 embassies and the British Council in the Hungarian capital have issued a joint statement in support of the Budapest Pride march, rallying behind "LGBTQ communities in Hungary and their right to express themselves peacefully and lawfully."
A monument commemorating the cooperation of Poland's Henryk Slawik and József Antall Sr, the father of the late Hungarian premier József Antall, who cooperated protecting Polish refugees in Hungary in World War II, has been unveiled in Budapest.
At the invitation of Anita Herczegh, the wife of Hungarian President János Áder, a group of members of the Diplomatic Spouses Budapest (DSB), took part in a journey to the western Hungarian towns of Tapolca and Keszthely.
“Canada is seriously concerned by amendments that stand to endanger academic freedom in Hungary and the operations of the Central European University [CEU]," according to a statement by Canada's ambassador to Hungary, Isabelle Poupart.
The Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, David Kostelancik has issued a statement, saying that his country is very concerned about the legislation pthat would severely impact the operations of the Central European University in Budapest.
Accusations by Hungarian National Bank governor György Matolcsy to blame a "major NATO ally" trying to topple the Hungarian government and the central bank in 2014 lacked credibility, the spokesman for the US Embassy in Budapest said.
The departing US Ambassador to Hungary, Colleen Bell received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary awarded to her by President János Áder for her work in the interest of developing bilateral relations.
