In behalf of the government of New Zealand, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, John Allen, reappointed Rezsõ Sárdi as Honorary Consul of New Zealand for the second time since assuming the position six years ago.

A Hungarian native speaker from Romania will play American football in the sports’ top league from this season after being drafted by the one of the top teams, the New England Patriots. Zoltán Meskó is one of the few European professionals in the NFL.

A Hungarian soldier seriously injured in an attack in Afghanistan two weeks ago died this Tuesday in the military hospital Honvédkórház in Budapest. He is the second mortal casualty of attack on home-bound Hungarian troops.

As of October this year, Hungary will again be the leading nation running the area at Kabul International Airport used by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The commanding officer will be a major-general of the Hungarian Army.

Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon announced the appointment of his country’s new ambassador to Hungary, Tamara Guttman. She will have concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Slovenia and to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hungarian teenagers continued the country’s great Olympic traditions by excelling at the First Youth Olympics held in Singapore. Hungarian athletes collected 6 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals, finishing 8th on the medal table featuring 84 nations.

Less children were born in Hungary in the first half of 2010 than a year before but the number of deaths was also lower. Statisticians calculate that immigration helped the Hungarian population to be slightly over 10 million.

66-year actress Ahna Capri has died after a serious traffic accident in Hollywood. She is best known for her partnership with Bruce Lee in the classic movie ‘Enter the dragon’.

A Hungarian soldier died and three were injured as their convoy came under fire Monday morning in Afghanistan. The convoy was transporting home-bound Hungarian troops of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

'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 August 15, his country's Independence Day at the Ambassador's Residence this Monday. Independence Day is considered as a national holiday in India.

After a long struggle, India was freed from Britain's colonial rule 63 years ago and India's tricolor flag was unfolded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the political heir to Mahatma Gandhi and the leader of the Indian National congress that spearheaded the country's fight for independence.

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.

The Grassalkovich Castle in the town of Gödöllõ, just east of Budapest will be the central venue for the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2011, hosting the meetings of EU ministers. It comes as no surprise as the town and the previous Hungarian government also contemplated this idea.

Mediha ªükriye Martinez, the wife of the previous Mexican ambassador to Hungary, José Luis Martínez Hernández, mourns the death of her father, Osman Nami Osmanoglu, the grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamit II.