"We wish you feast, happiness, health and prosperity now and into the new year! ... Happy Holidays, Kellemes Ünnepeket!" That is the video message to the Hungarian people for the holiday season from US Ambassador Colleen Bell.

The European Commission has addressed a letter of formal notice to Hungary, opening an infringement procedure concerning the recently adopted Hungarian asylum legislation as it claims Hungarian legislation in some instances to be incompatible with EU law .

Hungarian President János Áder has sent a letter of condolence to the President of France expressing his deepest sympathy on behalf of the Hungarian people to the families and relatives of the victims of the series of terrorist attacks in Paris.

Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Human Resources Gergely Prõhle received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, awarded by the Polish President in recognition of his merits in the development of Polish-Hungarian relations.

The US ambassador in Budapest, Colleen Bell, spoke of her country’s concerns – mainly corruption, energy security, decline in press freedom and xenophobic characterizations of refugees – in a speech at Corvinus University in the Hungarian capital.

Diplomatic Academy's graduates, among them Hungarians, serve not only on foreign missions but work in leading positions in international organizations, multinational companies.

Following roundtable discussions on migration, Minister of State at the Prime Minister’s Office Szabolcs Takács said that, according to the V4, European-level cooperation is not enough: global efforts are needed to manage the problems posed by illegal migration.

“We did not expect such problems, wars in our vicinity and hundreds of thousands of immigrants at our doorsteps.” - writes Roman Kowalski, Ambassador of Poland in Hungary.

The European Commission has appointed Gábor Zupkó to the position of Head of Representation of the Commission in Hungary as of December 1. Zupkó, a Hungarian national, is currently Director "Resources" in DG Communication.

The Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Group, met in Prague this Friday for an extraordinary V4 summit on migration and expressed “profound sadness over the loss of lives of thousands of people in the context of the current migration situation in Europe.”

Lazy summer days in the sun somehow attract anyone from a northern country like Sweden. But there is another reason, as well, says Niklas Trouvé, Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary.

Hungary's Ambassador to the U.S., Réka Szemerkényi is convinced the transatlantic alliance is more relevant now than ever. She is committed to further strengthening and deepening of the bilateral friendship.

On the occasion of Hungary's national day on August 20th, the American Embassy in Budapest has released a statement with the congratulations sent from Washington, D.C. to the Hungarian people by US Secretary of State, John Kerry.

The embassy of Afghanistan in Budapest closed effective July 1, citing austerity reasons, the Hungarian news agency MTI quoted the online news portal hvg.hu. The website said the information had been confirmed by Hungary’s foreign ministry.

Officials are preparing the next round of bilateral talks between Hungary and Singapore: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is due to visit Singapore in October or November this year - Non-Resident Ambassador to Hungary Justice (Ret.) MPH Rubin told Diplomacy&Trade in June. He also spoke about Singapore’s legal system and gave a short summary of the political scope in his country.