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Ambassadors in Budapest
| May 13, 2013
This summer, Croatia joins the European Union as the 28th member of the organization. The Croatian Ambassador to Hungary, Gordan Grlić-Radman talked to an earlier issue of Diplomacy & Trade in an interview covering various aspects of bilateral relations
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Balázs Bokor | April 23, 2013
"It's not enough to be Hungarian, you must have talent, too." This slogan about Hungarians in Hollywood comes to mind when reading an article by a former Hungarian Consul in California, Balázs Bokor, published in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Trade.
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| April 19, 2013
Life is very short, so you should see the good things in life and be optimistic. This is the motto of Swedish Ambassador, Karin Olofsdotter who has been in Hungary since the fall of 2011. Her interview appeared in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Trade.
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| April 18, 2013
The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) presented the Croatian focus of Diplomacy & Trade at the residence of the Croatian in Budapest with diplomats, businesspeople and members of the Croatian community in Hungary attending.
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| April 16, 2013
The Hungarian Foreign Minister sent a letter of condolence to the US Secretary of State condemning the bomb blasts on April 15 and expressed his deep sympathy to the victims of the tragic attacks, their families and the people of Boston.
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| April 11, 2013
"This is a country where people are friendly, they are open, and this is also a country that is never boring and this is a country that you have to visit,” says Foreign Minister János Martonyi in an interview he recently gave to Diplomacy & Trade.
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| April 9, 2013
The Republic of Korea and Hungary have signed a bilateral Working Holiday Program Agreement in Budapest. The Agreement provides an opportunity for young Koreans and Hungarians travelling to each other’s countries to get a temporary work permit.
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| April 2, 2013
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, arrived on an official visit to Hungary Tuesday. He was received in Budapest by his Hungarian counterpart János Áder. Topics discussed included Bulgaria's intention to join the Schengen zone as well as energy issues.
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| March 12, 2013
Irish Ambassador Kevin Dowling has been in Hungary since the summer of 2012. Recently, he gave an interview to the Irish country focus section of Diplomacy & Trade, talking about bilateral relations as well as his experiences in Hungary.
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| March 8, 2013
The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) presented the Swedsh focus of Diplomacy & Trade in the Iberostar Grand Hotel in Budapest with diplomats, businesspeople and members of the Swedish community in Hungary attending the event.
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Szabolcs Takács | January 31, 2013
Hungary’s relationship with China was the main topic in the previous issue of Diplomacy & Trade. The main issues were touched upon by Szabolcs Takács, Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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| January 30, 2013
Mark Palmer, who served as United States Ambassador to Hungary from 1986 until 1990 – and as such was the last American ambassador to the Communist regime in Hungary –, has died at the age of 72 after a long struggle with cancer.
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| January 22, 2013
Hungary has officially launched its Presidency of the Central European Initiative. In the second half of this year, Hungary will be heading the Visegrád Group. Having these two responsibilities, the Foreign Ministry calls 2013 the Year of Central Europe in Hungary.
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| January 17, 2013
Hungary has ensured France of its "full support and solidarity" in connection with the French military operations in Mali. A statement by the Hungarian Foreign Ministry views the French action as part of the global fight against terrorism.
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| December 12, 2012
Diplomacy & Trade organized its Christmas Party for its partners this Tuesday evening in the InterContinental Budapest Hotel, featuring a concert by well-known pianist Csilla Szentpéteri as well as fine food provided by the hotel.
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| October 29, 2012
A recent issue of Diplomacy & Trade carried an interview with the Japanese Ambassador to Hungary, Tetsuo Ito who looked at the various aspects of relations between the two countries. He has since left Hungary with his term expiring here.
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| October 16, 2012
The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) has recently presented the Japanese focus of Diplomacy & Trade in the Reálszisztéma Lexus Buda car saloon in Budapest with over a hundred diplomats and businesspeople attending the evening.
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| October 11, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Berlin. At a press conference afterwards, the Chancellor said it was understandable why Hungary is not concerned with the issue of euro adoption at the moment.
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| October 9, 2012
Departing Japanese Ambassador Tetsuo To has been awarded a high state distinction. The award was presented by the Hungarian President János Áder who received the ambassador in the Sándor Palace in the Buda Castle on Tuesday.
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| October 1, 2012
Hungary and Romania are keen to continue and strengthen bilateral partnership cooperation. That is according to Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi who met with his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean in Budapest this Monday.
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| September 28, 2012
In an interview published in the summer issue of Diplomacy & Trade, the South African Ambassador to Hungary, Takalani Esther Netshitenzhe says she has witnessed lots of changes in Hungary but sees lots of potential in strengthening bilateral relations.
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| September 24, 2012
The Hungarian government is fighting to reduce public debt to below 50 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and looks to Lithuania's economic growth as a model, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said during his visit to Vilnius.
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| September 17, 2012
The Arab Republic of Egypt is represented in Hungary by a senior diplomat, Dr. Ashraf Mohsen Mohamed Mohsen who presented his credentials in March this year. He gave an interview to the summer issue of Diplomacy & Trade.
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| September 12, 2012
The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has been killed in the second largest Libyan city of Benghazi in an attack by Islamist rebels. His car was reportedly attacked, killing him and two bodyguards. a fourth US citizen also died in Benghazi.
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| August 30, 2012
In the summer issue of Diplomacy & Trade, the contributor to the WittyLeaks section of the publication was the Spanish ambasador, Enrique Pastor de Gana who wrote a piece on Hungarian-Spanish football relations from a personal experience.
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| August 23, 2012
At the annual meeting of Hungarian ambassadors in Budapest, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told the 104 heads of mission present that Hungary is managing the current economic crisis successfully – as is Central Europe in general.
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| August 15, 2012
The American Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis presented the Active Citizenship Award to the NGO Ability Park at the Sziget Festival in Budapest. The Park helps better understand the challenges faced by disabled people.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 2, 2012
In its summer issues, Diplomacy & Trade has published a German country focus whose leading article was an interview with the German Ambassador to Hungary, Dr. Matei I. Hoffmann. Here, you can read the text published in the June issue.
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| June 21, 2012
The Diplomacy & Trade Business Club (The Club) has recently presented the ASEAN focus of Diplomacy & Trade in the Gold Museum in Budapest with dozens of diplomats and businesspeople attending the evening.
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| May 9, 2012
The Benelux issue of Diplomacy & Trade carried an interview with the Honorary Consul of Luxembourg in Hungary, veteran diplomat István Horváth. The Luxembourg ambassador accredited to Hungary is based in Luxembourg.
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Rudolf Sárdi | May 7, 2012
Organizers and presenters of this annual series of events will focus on promoting Portuguese language as well as the literatures, the rich cultural heritages, and the visual and performing arts of Portuguese-speaking countries.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 23, 2012
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.
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| April 17, 2012
The Hotel Le Méridien Budapest hosted the latest DT Club event where a constitutional expert spoke about the changes introduced by the current government. In the meantime, the news emerged that a new President is nominated.
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DT | April 3, 2012
An informal gathering, organized by the group Diplomatic Spouses Budapest (DSB), was recently hosted at the Residence of the Royal Thai Embassy, bringing Thailand and Laos into the focal point of interest for the Hungarian audience.
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Sándor Laczkó | March 26, 2012
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.
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| March 9, 2012
The chef of the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Viktor Merényi won the Embassy Chef Challenge Grand Prix, a gastronomy competition for embassies in the American capital. The 2012 contest featured chefs from more than a dozen embassies.
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| March 6, 2012
The Hungarian Embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus also provides political representation of Canada as of March 5, 2012. An agreement on this matter between Hungary and the North American country was concluded this Tuesday.
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Sándor Laczkó | February 29, 2012
The Diplomacy and Trade Business Club ('The Club') held its latest networking event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Budapest this Tuesday, presenting the latest issue of ‘Diplomacy and Trade’ that features a supplement on Brazil.
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| February 23, 2012
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.
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Sándor Laczkó | February 9, 2012
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.
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| January 20, 2012
The Diplomacy and Trade Business Club ('The Club') held its latest networking event at the Hotel Kempinski Corvinus in Budapest, presenting the latest issue of ‘Diplomacy and Trade’ that features a supplement on the Nordic countries.
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Sándor Laczkó | December 28, 2011
“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.
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| December 27, 2011
Coming on the heels of a warning message from European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has now received another tough message - this time from no other than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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| December 19, 2011
The Governments of Hungary and the United States issued a joint press release on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Bilateral relations are "based on qualitatively new foundations" since 1989.
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| December 1, 2011
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.
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| November 25, 2011
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Hungary's government bond rating by one notch to Ba1 from Baa3, and is maintaining a negative outlook. The Hungarian government considers the move as “a series of financial attacks.”
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Sándor Laczkó | November 17, 2011
“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.
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| November 10, 2011
Hundreds of guests gathered Wednesday evening in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest's Heroes' Square to celebrate the Day of Polish Independence at the invitation of Poland's Ambassador to Hungary, Roman Kowalski.
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| November 8, 2011
Sunday, November the 20th, 2011 the Diplomatic Spouses of Budapest will organize a big Diplomatic Fair to raise money for its charity Institutions and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the organization.
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László Petrovics-Ofner | October 31, 2011
Hope and pride from one of the darkest periods of Hungarian history may also yield a permanent, positive mark in a new form of tourism, “Resistance Heritage Tourism,“ drawing largely on the Diplomatic Community of WWII Budapest.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 26, 2011
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.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 21, 2011
Hungary lost in the first round of vote for non-permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council. For a seat for Eastern Europe, both Azerbaijan and Slovenia gathered more votes than Hungary in the first round.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 17, 2011
Painter Paul Sarkozy, the father of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been made the Citizen of Szolnok, the town of his birth in East-Central Hungary, for his work as an artist and for enhancing the image of the town.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 10, 2011
In a preparation match in women's basketball and a farewell game for one of the local players, Hungarian champions Sopron, NW Hungary, received the American national team this past Sunday. The U.S.A. won the match 73-63.
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portfolio.hu | October 7, 2011
New regulations took effect on 1 August 2011 concerning the entry, residence and employment of third-country nationals in Hungary. PricewaterhouseCoopers has summed up they key changes in its latest Tax & Legal Alert.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 6, 2011
Former minister of industry, Péter Ákos Bod, has told an audience of businesspeople in Budapest that - unlike the government - he does not expect economic growth next year, and the level of consumption is likely to remain low.
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Sándor Laczkó | October 3, 2011
A record number of participants took part this year in the annual Budapest Marathon Run in the Hungarian capital this Sunday. Organized by the Budapest Sports Bureau, the annual run took place for the 26th time.
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Sándor Laczkó | September 30, 2011
The population census in Hungary is going to be held between October 1st and 31st 2011. Population censuses in today’s sense of the word have been held in Hungary since 1869, the one to be held this year will be the 15th of them.
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Sándor Laczkó | September 23, 2011
Former Hungarian water polo player Sándor Tarics, the oldest living Olympic champion in the world, has received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in his home in California in the United States.
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Sándor Laczkó | September 21, 2011
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.
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Sándor Laczkó | September 19, 2011
The Hungarian Army will be able to get free of charge military helicopters worth USD five million a piece, which have been withdrawn from service in the United States Marine Corps, and offered to partner countries.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 30, 2011
Norwegian coach Karl Erik Böhn is the new manager of the Hungarian women’s national handball team. His contract expires until after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However, his contract may be supervised or even canceled.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 26, 2011
This Sunday, two Budapest football clubs, Vasas and Ferencváros play their Hungarian first division match in the Puskás Stadium, the last league match as the establishment, opened in 1953 as People’s Stadium, is to be demolished.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 25, 2011
August 25th was another record-breaking day as the temperature reached all-time highs for this day both in Budapest and nationwide. In the Hungarian capital, temperature was first measured officially in 1871.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 24, 2011
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.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 22, 2011
The latest event organized by the Diplomacy and Trade Business Club took place on the national day of August 20th in the Budapest Marriott Hotel with the participation of diplomats, business people and their children.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 19, 2011
Host nation Hungary took three of the eight gold medals up for grabs in the first day of finals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships taking place at the National Olympic Center canoeing and rowing course in Szeged, SE Hungary.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 18, 2011
Her Majesty Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland sent a message, expressing her best wishes, to the President of the Republic of Hungary on the occasion of the Hungarian National Day of August 20.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 16, 2011
Forty members and friends of Democrats Abroad-Hungary have recently gathered in a vineyard on Csobánc near Lake Balaton to celebrate U.S. President Barack Obama’s 50th birthday with a luau in recognition of the President’s Hawaiian birthplace.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 8, 2011
The United States Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, accompanied by some Embassy staff, was among the four and a half thousand participants who swam across Lake Balaton this past week-end.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 5, 2011
According to a decision earlier this year by the Thai government, as of 11 August onwards, Hungarian citizens are exempt from visa requirement, if they travel to Thailand as tourists and stay not longer than thirty days.
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Sándor Laczkó | August 4, 2011
Hungarian First Division football team Újpest FC has a new sports director, Leo Beenhakker. The Dutch football expert has a successful past as he won league titles in Holland (Ajax, Feyenoord) and in Spain (Real Madrid).
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Sándor Laczkó | July 29, 2011
The Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix car race takes place for the 25th year at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod, east of Budapest this week-end. In 1986, it was the first F-1 race behind the Iron Curtain.
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Sándor Laczkó | July 20, 2011
Both defense lawyer and the prosecutor lodged appeal against the acquittal of 97-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect Sándor Képíró. The first degree sentence on Monday referred to insufficient evidence in the case.
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Sándor Laczkó | July 13, 2011
The most traditional Hungarian sailing event, the round-the-lake long distance race for Lake Balaton’s Blue Ribbon starts this Thursday. The 43rd annual race is seen as one of the most traditional sailing events in Europe.
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Sándor Laczkó | June 30, 2011
American Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Budapest Thursday to take part in the inauguration of the Tom Lantos human rights institute. Another prominent guest was Clinton's predecessor Condoleezza Rice.
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Rudolf Sárdi | June 27, 2011
H. E. Mr. Khamkheuang Bounteum, the Ambassador of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to Hungary, has recently presented his credentials among the historic walls of Sándor Palota to Hungarian President Pál Schmitt.
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Sándor Laczkó | June 24, 2011
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrived in Hungary on Friday for a two-day official visit, the first to Hungary by a Chinese premier in 24 years. It is the first leg of Wen's three-nation Europe tour that also includes Britain and Germany.
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Sándor Laczkó | June 22, 2011
The Budapest Municipality Assembly has approved the new flag of the Hungarian capital. The change is necessary because Budapest's current flag is very similar to that of Romania, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós argued.
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Sándor Laczkó | June 9, 2011
EU member states’ Home Affairs Ministers will return to the issue of the Schengen accession of Bulgaria and Romania by the end of September. This was the unanimous decision made at the Home Affairs Council meeting on June 9 in Luxembourg.
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Sándor Laczkó | June 8, 2011
The Nature Directors Meeting organised by the Hungarian Presidency took place on the 7th-8th of June in Balatonfüred, Hungary. The informal setting allows Nature Directors as well as stakeholders to informally exchange views.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 30, 2011
Former President of the Republic of Hungary, Ferenc Mádl, died at the age of 80 just after 1 p-m. on Sunday in Budapest. The cause of death was not given. He was the president of the country from 2000 to 2005.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 26, 2011
Hungary's Viktor Kassai has been designated by the European Football Federation UEFA to referee the Champions League final between Manchester United of England and FC Barcelona of Spain this Saturday in London's Wembley Stadium.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 20, 2011
Personalized guided tours in the Hungarian capital – the business plan of this concept won the 2011 contest for young entrepreneurs who had taken part in a 20-week entrepreneurship training program in Budapest.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 17, 2011
Two Hungarian soldiers died and four were injured when a vehicle belonging to the convoy of the Provincial Reconstruction Team of the Hungarian Army in Afghanistan turned over in a traffic accident at 10.15 CET Tuesday.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 3, 2011
For Diplomacy and Trade, French Ambassador René Roudaut speaks about the realization of his goals, the issue of transparency and the need for stability and predictability in investor relations in Hungary as well as developing cultural relations.
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Sándor Laczkó | May 2, 2011
Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi says the killing of Osama bin Laden a major success, but has not ended terrorism and it is uncertain how people in the Arab world ireact. The U.S. Embassy in Budapest has received special protection.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 27, 2011
Hungarian lawmakers approved a proposal to ban smoking at public places. Doctors called the decision an important and vital first step, while tobacco growers and the catering business pointed to the negative implications of the rigorous law.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 18, 2011
A dispenser of pálinka, a special Hungarian fruit brandy, has been set up in the diplomatic lounge at Budapest’s international airport to welcome visitors with a combination of Hungarian flavors and ingenuity.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 14, 2011
Representatives of EU member states and of the United States discussed the forms of combat against cybercrime and the amendment of related co-operation at a ministerial meeting in Budapest, calling for action in this field.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 9, 2011
Leaders of the Arraiolos Group gathered in Budapest on Friday for a two-day meeting focused on economic cooperation, cultural diversity and employment- promoting strategies. Saturday's meeting spotlighted the EU strategy to boost competitiveness.
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A memorial of the victims of the massacre of Polish officers by Soviet internal security forces in 1940 has been inaugurated in the Hungarian capital. The ceremony was attended by visiting Polish president Branislaw Komorowsi.
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portfolio.hu | April 6, 2011
Hungary’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the government cannot sack civil servants without providing a reason for its action, as legislation drafted by the governing Fidesz party would have had it.
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Alica Árvay | April 4, 2011
Taking stock of the Hungarian presidency, Eastern Partnerships (EaPs), EU and South Eastern relations and the Danube Strategy was in focus in a conference organized on the anniversary of Hungary being 'liberated' by the Soviets, 4th of April.
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Sándor Laczkó | April 1, 2011
The Joint High-level Conference ‘Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age’ organized by the European Commission and Media and the Hungarian EU Presidency was held in Budapest in March 2011.
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Sándor Laczkó | March 25, 2011
About five hundred Hungarian soldiers have returned home from their peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and Kosovo. The ceremony to welcome the troops back was held in, southeastern town of Hódmezővásárhely on Friday.
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| March 24, 2011
Hungary hosts the Netherlands, the runners-up of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in Budapest’s Puskas Ferenc Stadium at 8.30 p.m. in a clash of the leading pair in Group E of the qualification stage of the football European Championship Euro 2012.
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| March 19, 2011
The Budapest Hotel Le Meridien and the Csodalámpa (Magic Lamp) Foundation welcomes all wine lovers and gourmets to the Le Bourbon restaurant of the hotel for a charity journey of taste to the land of French cheese.
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Alica Árvay | March 18, 2011
The Hungarian government has issued a manifesto welcoming the resolution of the United Nations Security Council, passed on March 17, that aims at putting an end to aggression against the civil population in Libya.
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Sándor Laczkó | March 12, 2011
The US Ambassador to Hungary, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis has given a "broad overview and perspective" on the current affairs in the foreign policy of the United States at the Central European University in Budapest.
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Alica Árvay | March 11, 2011
A household name in Hungary, Jenő Ranschburg was a psychologist who worked for the family. His reputation is due to a popular science TV series ‘Family Circle’, making him a beloved member of every family who watched that series.
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British Ambassador Greg Dorey | March 11, 2011
In our series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their “excursions” to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, the British ambassador shares his thoughts with our readers.
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Sándor Laczkó | March 10, 2011
European Parliament (EP) has passed a resolution condemning the Hungarian media law on Thursday, calling for the Hungarian government to change it. The most important objections include the law being biased and not independent.
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MTI | March 9, 2011
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented one of the 2011 Women of Courage Awards to Ágnes Osztolykán, a lawmaker of the Hungarian parliamentary party Politics Can Be Different (LMP), in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
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MTI / press reports | March 8, 2011
Hungarian Parliament passed amendments to the media laws as agreed with the European Commission. Still, the technical modifications do not dispell worries about the dominance of the government in controlling the media.
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Dutch Ambassador Robert Milders | March 8, 2011
In our series, diplomats give their personal account of the experiences of their “excursions” to Hungarian culture, art, gastronomy and landscape. This time, the Dutch ambassador shares his thoughts with our readers.
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MTI | March 2, 2011
The City of Budapest has launched an Internet survey asking residents to select one of 12 spots in the city to be named after Elvis Presley, the mayor of the Hungarian capital, István Tarlós announced on Wednesday.
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MTI | February 23, 2011
A total of 25 people have died in Hungary this year after suffering from some type of influenza, a chief doctor of the National Epidemiology Center said. Overall, fewer people were taken to hospital with this disease than a week before.
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MTI | February 21, 2011
Last year, there were 6.3 percent less births than the year before while the number of deaths remained steady, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Monday, quoting preliminary data.
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MTI | February 16, 2011
Hungary's handling of Roma affairs strongly influences the country's reputation in the United States, which is looking at the Hungarian government's Roma program with great anticipation, a Hungarian government official said in Washington.
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MTI | February 15, 2011
The prime ministers of the Visegrád Four (V4) group of countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) have signed a statement highlighted the group's role in advancing European integration in its member countries.
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MTI | February 11, 2011
Péter Lakatos, a photographer contracted with the Hungarian News Agency MTI, has won 1st prize in the spot news singles category of the 54th World Press Photo contest, selected from the best photos made in 2010.
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MTI/Népszabadság | February 10, 2011
Hungary is going ahead with plans to upgrade equipment for its PRT mission in Afghanistan in spite of a call by President Hamid Karzai to demobilise the NATO reconstruction teams, the daily Népszabadság daily said on Thursday.
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MTI | February 8, 2011
"Flying Gizi", a veteran female thief in her 85th year, has been caught again, in Bicske, west of Budapest. She received her nickname in the 1950s for utilizing the then exisitng domestic flights in Hungary for burglaries nationwide.
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MTI | February 3, 2011
Some would say mass manufacturing was born in Hungary, for if was József Galamb who not only created Ford's Model T, or "Tin Lizzie" but was elemental in introducing the conveyor belt to production lines. Galamb was born 130 years ago.
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MTI | February 2, 2011
Influenza is gripping Hungary. So far, nine people have died as a result of flu-related complications. More and more hospitals have banned visits due to contraction fears. Three of the victims had contracted influenza B.
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MTI | February 1, 2011
About 3.3 percent of just over three million members in Hungary's mandatory private pension funds have opted to stay in the private system, according to the National Pensions Directorate. The total number of those who have chosen to stay is 102,019.
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MTI | January 31, 2011
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.
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András Müller | January 31, 2011
Ferenc Szőnyi is the fifth man in the world to have completed the double deca ironman competition: 76 kms of swimming, 3,600 kms cycling and 844 kms running. it took him 481 hours, 54 minutes and 10 seconds to finish this race.
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MTI/Népszabadság | January 25, 2011
Hungary's new drug strategy will focus on prevention at the earliest ages while proposing stricter prosecution for drug dealers, a senior official at the National Resources Ministry, told the daily Népszabadság on Tuesday.
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MTI | January 17, 2011
Three young women died at a club in downtown Budapest late Saturday night after panic broke out and guests were trying to leave. No other injuries were reported. Police detained five people in connection with the incident.
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Alica Árvay | January 17, 2011
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.
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Alica Árvay | January 14, 2011
Melting snow and rainfall have aggravated the already serious inland water situation in Hungary where close to 400,000 hectares are affected. The country has not seen such inland flooding in 11 years.
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MTI | January 11, 2011
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.
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Alica Árvay | January 10, 2011
Former Foreign Minister of Slovakia, Miroslav Lajčák has been appointed as the head of department at the External Action Service of the European Union on a territory that is of significant importance for Hungary and its EU Presidency.
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MTI | January 10, 2011
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
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MTI | January 7, 2011
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.
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MTI | January 5, 2011
Hungarian peacekeeper István Papp, who was kidnapped in Sudan in early October, has been freed. The news was forwarded by the Sudanese foreign minister to his Hungarian counterpart over the phone on Wednesday.
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MTI | January 4, 2011
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.
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Ardor Fluids | September 16, 2010
Lan Xang, or the Land of a Million Elephants, as it is endearingly known among the peaceful residents of Laos, has recently evolved into a fashionable tourist destination and a country of endless possibilities among foreign investors, including Hungarian ones.
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