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    US diplomat praises ‘vital pillar’

    NGOs committed in face of ‘difficult challenges’

    United States Chargé d’Affaires David J. Kostelancik thanked the many guests from non-governmental organisations and civil society organisations who attended the US Independence Day Celebration at the Residence in Buda[…]

    Ambassador Isabel Bárbara Téllez Rosete (left) and Teréz Dehelánné Dörömbözi

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    Mexico elevates Hungarian to elite company

    A former Hungarian ambassador to Mexico has joined Queen Sophia of Spain, former South African president Nelson Mandela and US entrepreneur Bill Gates in receiving the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.

    Teréz Dehelánné Dörömbözi represented Hungary in Mexico from 2009-2013 as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, which in diplomatic terms means you have full authority to represent the government. The Aztec Eagle[…]

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    Ambassador Fakılı and Mrs Behiye Fakılı

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    Turkey toasts close friendship

    Turkey’s Ambassador to Hungary, Şakir Fakılı, hosted a reception in the National Museum, Budapest, on October 29 to celebrate his country’s Republic Day, telling guests that the Hungarians were close allies and friends, and he was delighted to live among art-loving, polite, wise and educated people.

    Ambassador Fakılı read a personal message from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, saying the country would “use its experience in the name of humanity and for regional and global[…]

    Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Sweden in Budapest Anna Boda and Deputy Mayor of Budapest Dr. Gábor Bagdy

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    Nature fights back amid concrete jungle

    An inner-city “park” now finally deserves the name after being converted from an unprepossessing grey and concrete nowhere-land into a greener modernised and landscaped area.

    Angyal István Park, on the traffic-trams-metro corner of District IX’s Üllői út and Ferenc körút, was hardly a spot to sit around and rest in, despite being just metres from[…]

    Ambassador: whatever the political situation is, our policy on welcoming foreign investors and tourists remains the same

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    Situation ‘near normal’ after coup

    Interview with Ambassador Sompong Sanguanbun

    Thailand Ambassador to Hungary Sompong Sanguanbun offers his final thoughts shortly before completing his term and returning to Bangkok The military overthrew the government in Thailand in May after months[…]

    Ambassador Isabel B. Téllez De Ortega

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    Mexican heroes fire up crowd

    National Day celebrations in Budapest (and probably the world over) involve invitations from the country in question to fellow ambassadors, who number many dozens in the Hungarian capital.

    The national anthems of the host country and Hungary are played (sometimes live, often recorded), followed by some usually standard remarks from the ambassador to the assembled diplomatic clan and[…]

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    Malaysia waiting to be discovered

    August is an auspicious month for Malaysia and Hungary, when both countries celebrate their national days. Hungary has just celebrated the founding of the nation state, as it does every[…]