Marriages can be of different nature. Some are between equals, others between partners where one is more equal than the other’. U.S.-Hungarian relations clearly fall into the latter category; given the size, the capabilities and the opportunities of the two countries, it is a euphemism used only in polite circles that they are equal partners […]
Hungary’s dependence on Russian natural gas imports is a concern for the Trump administration, which seeks to help the eastern European country in diversifying its natural gas supply sources, U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David B. Cornstein tells Diplomacy&Trade in an interview. Hungary’s reliance on Russia for energy supply has repeatedly been highlighted as an issue […]
As of September 21, 98% of all tariffs between Hungary and Canada are eliminated as the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – known as CETA – comes into effect through provisional application.
Hungary ranks above the average in work-life balance and education and skills in OECD's Better Life Index but below average in social connections, civic engagement, environmental quality, income and wealth, housing and many other issues.
A concept regarding an Austrian-Hungarian cross-border railway network and road infrastructure development has been presented in Parndorf in Burgenland, the Austrian province bordering on Hungary. Six new road transport routes will also be built.
The Hungarian production 'Mindenki' (literal translation: 'Everyone') has won the Academy Award in the Best Short Film Live Action category. The recognition comes after last year's success of the 'Son of Saul' in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
In its WittyLeaks series, Diplomacy and Trade regularly publishes the personal accounts of ambassadors accredited in the Hungarian capital. This time, it is the turn of the Chilean ambassador to tell about her observations in Hungary.
There are appreciable changes in Hungarian-US ties and this is thanks to a sharing of interests in several areas, according to Zsolt Németh, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee before which US Ambassador Colleen Bell appeared this Thursday.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) celebrates the 120th anniversary of its establishment on December 19th this year. On this occasion, a gala evening took place in the Hungarian Opera House with the participation of IOC President Thomas Bach.
New road links are to open in the coming years between Hungary and Austria and railway developments are underway.
“We did not expect such problems, wars in our vicinity and hundreds of thousands of immigrants at our doorsteps.” - writes Roman Kowalski, Ambassador of Poland in Hungary.
The Government of Hungary does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so, says the U.S. Department of State in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, published in July.
Thousands of Indians are coming to Budapest each year on corporate incentive tours, encouraged and welcomed by the Budapest Marriott, whose General Manager Rick Enders has even adapted his kitchen for the curry consuming guests. It’s helping to build a social bridge between the cultures.
“How does a country that up until 25 years ago did not even know what the global market was, make a hit internationally in the wine business?” the question bursts out of me the moment I meet Nimród Kovács, whose great mission is to put Hungarian wines on the world stage.
It pays to belong, AmCham Chief Executive Officer Irisz Lippai-Nagy and President Ferenc Pongrácz tell Diplomacy&Trade. What we have also learnt is that
AmCham is doubling its effort to represent members' interests and to have more impact on certain issues.
