"All our current programs and projects, such as Active Citizen, Rivers of the World, Challenge Europe, aim to contribute to social change and to make this world a better place to live,” director Simon Ingram-Hill says.

'People here are very professional, very well-educated, which is, of course, very important for our business”, says Herbert Fisch of BASF Hungária, adding that his company sees great potential in Central Europe.

Bitter pills may have blessed effects, they say. But why choose torturing when the same goals can be achieved smoothly, nicely, without any pain? With Angels' Kitchen, culinary meets psychology for the best results.

The city has seen an abundance of civil initiatives in recent years which are independent of state or corporate sponsorship, work in a not-for-profit model, and complement the offer of large staterun museums and galleries.

The first and foremost task of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary is to help its 180 members conduct business with good services and events. Also the Chamber is to represent British business values in Hungary.

Hungarian-born Hollywood movie producer Andrew G. Vajna talks to Diplomacy and Trade magazine about his business interests in the Hungarian capital where he was born and the city that he left in 1956 to leave for the United States.

"We are widely recognized as being a country that is engaged in Hungary with a lot of project work." These words by the British Ambassador to Hungary, Greg Dorey to Diplomacy and Trade magazine well reflect his activity in fostering bilateral ties

As Hungary prepares for its presidency of the European Union, the basic message its government wishes to convey echoes one of the pieces of advice our first king, Saint Stephen gave his son some one thousand years ago: unity built from multiplicity.

Transparency International believes that while Hungary’s perceived level of corruption has remained the same, the CE European average has slowly but steadily improved. Hungary has been losing its favorable position in the region both in terms of corruption level and competitiveness.

British Telecom came to Hungary in 1999 with the aim of planting roots in East Central Europe and providing service for its clients in this region, as well. Although, the structure and the products and services have changed since, this aim has not.

The change of the social, political and economic system in Hungary in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the subsequent privatization boom brought together the Hungarian ‘Ormai and Partners’ law office and the British legal firm McKenna.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi was received by his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle in Berlin on Thursday for talks on Hungary's upcoming EU presidency, as well as the need to amend the EU's basic treaty.