The Budapest embassies of 16 countries have issued a joint statement expressing support for the Budapest EuroGames 2012, this year’s European Gay & Lesbian Championships, an annual European event, and the Budapest Pride Festival.

Representing the population, the companies and values – these are the main goals of the Belgian Ambassador to Hungary, Jo Indekeu who talked about this and other issues in an interview with the March-April issue of Diplomacy and Trade.

In bilateral ties, the main objective of the Dutch Ambassador to Hungary, Robert Milders, has always been to improve investor relations. He elaborates on this and other issues in an interview for the April-May issue of Diplomacy & Trade.

In an interview published in the previous issue of Diplomacy and Trade, the Brazilian Ambassador to Hungary, Sergio Eduardo Moreira Lima says his objective is to enhance the diplomatic profile of Brazil and promote closer ties with Hungary.

Graeme Jonathan Knott presented his Letters of Credence to Pál Schmitt, the President of Hungary accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Hungary on February 22 at the Sándor Palace.

Denmark holds the rotating presidency of the Europeam Union in the first half of 2012. On this occasion, the January issue of Diplomacy and Trade featured an interview with the Danish Ambassador to Hungary, Mads Sandau-Jensen.

“I am proud of much of our work here – on the environment; the economy and commerce; transparency; and tolerance," Greg Dorey who left his position as British Ambassador to Hungary early December told Diplomacy & Trade.

The Diplomacy and Trade Business Club ('The Club') held its latest networking event at the British Embassy in Budapest this Thursday to say farewell to the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Hungary, Greg Dorey.

“Nothing makes me more proud than serving my country in this capacity, it is a tremendous honor,” the Ambassador of the United States of America to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis tells Diplomacy and Trade.

The former ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary, Chung-ha Suh who left Budapest in September, wrote a lovely piece for Diplomacy and Trade about his fascination with music that connect lots Koreans and Hungarians.

Distinct courses of history have enriched bilateral relations, says the Portuguese Ambassador to Hungary in an interview published in a recent issue of Diplomacy and Trade, adding that the two countries explore ways of enhancing cooperation.

Cecilia Björner whose term as the Ambassador of Sweden expired this summer, says she was fortunate enough to serve in a country so rich in musical traditions, the homeland of such composers of Liszt, Bartók, Kodály or Ligeti.

In an interview with Diplomacy & Trade, the Polish Ambassador to Hungary, Roman Kowalski, says that a year after arriving to Hungary, it is a good moment to take the first look back at his activity as ambassador here.

The departing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Hungary, Chung-Ha Suh has been given a high state distinction by the President of the Republic of Hungary for his three-year activity in deepening Hungarian-Korean relations.

Having arrived in Hungary two years ago, Dutch Ambassador Robert Milders says - in an interview with Diplomacy and Teade - that he has witnessed exciting times, especially “the 180-degree turn in Hungarian politics”.