A Hungarian culinary week is being held at the European Parliament in currently, featuring traditional Hungarian dishes, such as pea soup, 'székelykáposzta' (sauerkraut stew) and 'Somlói galuska' (Somló spnge cake).

European Union foreign ministers on Monday discussed how to finance infrastructure needed for joining up the bloc's energy networks to form a single energy market. The meeting was chaired by Hungarian foreign minister János Martonyi.

It is sometimes a widely shared belief that the country fulfilling the presidency of the EU can pursue its own interests. Nothing can be farther from the truth - says international relations expert Tamás Magyarics in article for Diplomacy & Trade.

In the framework of the Hungarian EU Presidency, European Union interior ministers met in Gödöllõ near Budapest on Thursday to discuss current trends in internal security and ways to enhance practical cooperation in the fight against organised crime.

At their recent meeting in Budapest, the Secretaries of State for EU Affairs of the EU trio presidencies – Spain, Belgium, Hungary – presented an evaluation of their joint efforts aimed at the smooth transition between the presidencies.

The popularity of the European Union has increased in Hungary with 46 percent of people stating in early January that Hungary's accession has been beneficial to the country as against 38 percent last July. The figures are quoted from a survey by Szonda Ipsos.

The Hungarian Cultural Institute in Brussels presents a series of events organised by the International Opera Festival of Miskolc during the first month of Hungary's European Union presidency as a contribution from Hungary's third largest city.

The European Union's '2011 European Year of Volunteering' program series was opened this past week-end in Budapest by the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised that the country's new media law would be changed if necessary, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso said after talks with Orban on Friday.

Hungarian police plan to buy sixty new medium-category cars and fifty motorcycles to escort diplomatic convoys during Hungary's EU presidency in the first half of 2011, national daily Népszabadság said on Tuesday.

The stability of the eurozone is a matter of key importance and all member states are ready to do more to ensure stability, president of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Tuesday in Budapest.

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.

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.