Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Hungary, David J. Kostelancik has welcomed fellow diplomats and hundreds of other guests at the Official Independence Day Celebration in this country at the Ambassador's residence in the Buda Hills.

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 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.

Hungary's Ambassador to the U.S., Réka Szemerkényi is convinced the transatlantic alliance is more relevant now than ever. She is committed to further strengthening and deepening of the bilateral friendship.

Business Lease Hungary is the first leasing company that can offer Teslas in collaboration with Tesla in a market that they have no representation. Later Business Lease Slovakia and Czech Republic will follow the Hungarian office.

Peter Straèár, head of GE Central Europe thinks it is the task of his team to make the region, including Hungary, visible within the global company while also promoting the benefits of free trade to stakeholders in this part of the world.

On the occasion of Hungary's national day on August 20th, the American Embassy in Budapest has released a statement with the congratulations sent from Washington, D.C. to the Hungarian people by US Secretary of State, John Kerry.

The atmosphere generated at Hooters is critical to its success, says Alex Hemingway. He is proud of the fact that when it opened the place eraged just 10% female customers.

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.

Despite all the legitimate concerns about the US-Iran nuclear deal, it may be the best that could have been achieved under the circumstances.

“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.

There is no better start to an interview than the interviewee asking a question to the interviewer. It instantly provokes a vibrant, open minded and straight forward atmosphere. This is exactly what occurred when D&T sat down to interview Dror Harel, country manager of Air France KLM in Budapest.

Father Dr. Péter Nemeshegyi, a 93 year old Hungarian Jesuit priest who lived and worked in Japan for 37 years, knew some of the surviving priests who were close to the bombing sites in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear attack in history, he recalls what they told him of their experiences.

From young program coordinating producer on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in Los Angeles to owning and running the iconic, 101 year old Déryné Bistro and Grill in Budapest, is not an average career path. Nor is 41 year old Kristóf Kovács an average sort of tv producer or indeed restaurateur.