The Budapest Hotel Le Meridien and the Csodalámpa (Magic Lamp) Foundation welcomes all wine lovers and gourmets to the Le Bourbon restaurant of the hotel for a charity journey of taste to the land of French cheese.

The Hungarian government has issued a manifesto welcoming the resolution of the United Nations Security Council, passed on March 17, that aims at putting an end to aggression against the civil population in Libya.

The US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis has given a "broad overview and perspective" on the current affairs in the foreign policy of the United States at the Central European University in Budapest.

In our series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their “excursions” to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, the British ambassador shares his thoughts with our readers.

A household name in Hungary, Jenõ Ranschburg was a psychologist who worked for the family. His reputation is due to a popular science TV series ‘Family Circle’, making him a beloved member of every family who watched that series.

European Parliament (EP) has passed a resolution condemning the Hungarian media law on Thursday, calling for the Hungarian government to change it. The most important objections include the law being biased and not independent.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented one of the 2011 Women of Courage Awards to Ágnes Osztolykán, a lawmaker of the Hungarian parliamentary party Politics Can Be Different (LMP), in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

Hungarian Parliament passed amendments to the media laws as agreed with the European Commission. Still, the technical modifications do not dispell worries about the dominance of the government in controlling the media.

In our series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their “excursions” to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, the Dutch ambassador shares his thoughts with our readers.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary, Chung-ha Suh, is satisfied with what has been achieved in bilateral relations since his arrival to Budapest in 2008, he explained in an interview with Diplomacy and Trade.

The City of Budapest has launched an Internet survey asking residents to select one of 12 spots in the city to be named after Elvis Presley, the mayor of the Hungarian capital, István Tarlós announced on Wednesday.

An aircraft operated by MALÉV Hungarian Airlines transporting 96 evacuees (Hungarians and other nationals) from Libya touched down safely at Ferihegy international airport in Budapest shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday evening.

Trust in the European Union is especially strong among Hungarians but very few believe the Hungarian economy will improve soon, a Eurobarometer survey conducted in November 2010 shows.

A total of 25 people have died in Hungary this year after suffering from some type of influenza, a chief doctor of the National Epidemiology Center said. Overall, fewer people were taken to hospital with this disease than a week before.

Last year, there were 6.3 percent less births than the year before while the number of deaths remained steady, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday, quoting preliminary data.