“It is very pleasant and comfortable to be the Turkish ambassador in Hungary. When people see the Turkish flag, they wave and say ‘hello’; I salute back.” That is how Turkish Ambassador Kemal Gür began his interview with Diplomacy & Trade.

EU member states’ Home Affairs Ministers will return to the issue of the Schengen accession of Bulgaria and Romania by the end of September. This was the unanimous decision made at the Home Affairs Council meeting on June 9 in Luxembourg.

The Nature Directors Meeting organised by the Hungarian Presidency took place on the 7th-8th of June in Balatonfüred, Hungary. The informal setting allows Nature Directors as well as stakeholders to informally exchange views.

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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Former President of the Republic of Hungary, Ferenc Mádl, died at the age of 80 just after 1 p-m. on Sunday in Budapest. The cause of death was not given. He was the president of the country from 2000 to 2005.

Hungary's Viktor Kassai has been designated by the European Football Federation UEFA to referee the Champions League final between Manchester United of England and FC Barcelona of Spain this Saturday in London's Wembley Stadium.

Personalized guided tours in the Hungarian capital – the business plan of this concept won the 2011 contest for young entrepreneurs who had taken part in a 20-week entrepreneurship training program in Budapest.

Two Hungarian soldiers died and four were injured when a vehicle belonging to the convoy of the Provincial Reconstruction Team of the Hungarian Army in Afghanistan turned over in a traffic accident at 10.15 CET Tuesday.

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.

For Diplomacy and Trade, French Ambassador René Roudaut speaks about the realization of his goals, the issue of transparency and the need for stability and predictability in investor relations in Hungary as well as developing cultural relations.

Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi says the killing of Osama bin Laden a major success, but has not ended terrorism and it is uncertain how people in the Arab world ireact. The U.S. Embassy in Budapest has received special protection.

Hungarian lawmakers approved a proposal to ban smoking at public places. Doctors called the decision an important and vital first step, while tobacco growers and the catering business pointed to the negative implications of the rigorous law.

A dispenser of pálinka, a special Hungarian fruit brandy, has been set up in the diplomatic lounge at Budapest’s international airport to welcome visitors with a combination of Hungarian flavors and ingenuity.

Representatives of EU member states and of the United States discussed the forms of combat against cybercrime and the amendment of related co-operation at a ministerial meeting in Budapest, calling for action in this field.