united states
March 10, 2010, 09:42 CET
No big changes in Hungary's foreign policy likely after election, says official
No fundamental changes are likely in Hungarian foreign policy once the next government assumes office after the April general election, Gabor Iklody, a senior foreign ministry official, told his American colleagues on Tuesday. The ministry's political director said he had... [read complete entry]
February 25, 2010, 11:50 CET
Countries step up cooperation, sign joint declaration at Budapest energy summit
Participants of an energy summit held in Budapest on Wednesday signed a joint declaration on stepping up cooperation and making energy security a priority. Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said the signing of a joint declaration was a milestone in... [read complete entry]
February 24, 2010, 09:43 CET
PM Bajnai holds talks with special US envoy on energy issues
Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai met U.S. Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's special envoy, in Budapest on Tuesday evening for talks on energy supply. The ambassador, who helps realise the US energy policy objectives in the... [read complete entry]
February 10, 2010, 09:49 CET
US ambassador addresses parliamentary committee on Nabucco
The newly appointed US ambassador to Hungary addressed a parliamentary foreign affairs committee session on Tuesday, discussing Hungary's role in the Nabucco gas pipeline project as well as the current foreign affairs agenda. The construction of the planned Nabucco gas... [read complete entry]
February 05, 2010, 12:06 CET
US Ambassador compares Orbán to former President Clinton
US ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis says Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán reminds her of former US President Bill Clinton in an interview in the latest HVG. Clinton was also full of passion for people and took over governing with a high... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2010, 09:20 CET
Socialists say new US ambassador aims to promote investment in Hungary
The ruling Socialist Party trusts that new ambassador to Hungary of United States will further enhance business ties and promote American investment in the country, Attila Mesterhazy, the party's prime minister candidate said on Tuesday, after talks with Eleni Tsakopoulos... [read complete entry]
January 27, 2010, 09:32 CET
US to help Hungary with Roma integration programme
The United States is ready to share its experiences gained through the integration of Afro-Americans to help Hungary close the gap between its Roma minority and majority society, Lajos Korozs, Hungary's deputy social minister learnt during talks in Washington on... [read complete entry]
January 26, 2010, 03:16 CET
Vona reveals Jobbik's "enemies list": IMF, United States, Israel, Slovakia and terrestrial commercial television stations
In a speech held in Esztergom over the weekend, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona (also the party's prime ministerial candidate) revealed what can be considered to be the party's "enemies list", origo.hu reports. If the party were to come into power,... [read complete entry]
January 20, 2010, 08:48 CET
Opposition leader holds talks with new US ambassador
Viktor Orban, leader of the opposition, and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis, the new US ambassador to Hungary, held talks on Tuesday, head of Orban's office Peter Szijjarto told MTI. Orban, who leads of conservative party Fidesz, and Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis reviewed relations between the... [read complete entry]
January 15, 2010, 10:36 CET
Hungarian PM meets new US ambassador
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai met new US Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis in his office in Parliament on Thursday. Bajnai said it was important that the United States is represented by a personality who nourishes close relations with US... [read complete entry]
January 12, 2010, 03:07 CET
New US ambassador to Hungary meets president
The new US ambassador to Budapest Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis presented her credentials to President László Sólyom at the Sándor Palace on Monday. She was nominated for the post by US President Barack Obama in October. At her hearing in Congress the... [read complete entry]
January 04, 2010, 10:06 CET
New US ambassador expected to arrive in Budapest this weekend
The new US ambassador, Greek-born Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis, is expected to arrive in Budapest at the weekend, the Hungarian embassy in Washington told MTI. The new envoy could attend a reception for ambassadors to Budapest given by President László Sólyom on... [read complete entry]
December 28, 2009, 10:15 CET
US Senate confirms Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis as ambassador to Hungary
The United States senate has confirmed the nomination of California businesswoman Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis to become the US ambassador in Budapest. Participants at the last senate session of this year confirmed several nominations, including Kounalakis's, the senate homepage reported. On... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 10:49 CET
Sólyom calls embassies' statement on corruption in Hungary "offensive"
Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom on Saturday said nine embassies in Hungary that issued a joint statement in mid-November to call attention to the lack of transparency that they say negatively impacts Hungary's investment climate expressed their problem in an offensive... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 09:45 CET
Hungary to expand number of troops in Afghanistan
Hungary will increase the number of its troops serving in Afghanistan by 200, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai announced Friday afternoon following talks with US Vice-President Joe Biden in the White House. Hungary has 340 soldiers in Afghanistan. Bajnai did not... [read complete entry]
December 03, 2009, 12:42 CET
Bajnai gives medal to "legendary" former US ambassador Palmer
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai presented a high state honour to Mark Palmer, who had been the US ambassador to Hungary during its transition to democracy 20 years ago, in Washington on Wednesday, US time. The prime minister handed over the... [read complete entry]
December 03, 2009, 12:05 CET
Amnesty International welcomes Hungary's reception of Guantanamo inmate
Amnesty International welcomed Hungary's decision to receive a detainee from Guantanamo prison camp, which it said would contribute to the closing of the facility, a statement from AI on Wednesday said. Amnesty International asks Hungarian authorities to create the necessary... [read complete entry]
December 03, 2009, 11:16 CET
Bajnai backs Obama's Afghan surge during Washington visit
An increase of Hungarian forces in Afghanistan is now in the planning stage, the Defence Ministry said as Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai arrived in Washington for a four-day visit. He declared that Hungary supports President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistanafter... [read complete entry]
December 02, 2009, 09:34 CET
Secret services minister mum on former Guantanamo inmate in Hungary
Minister in charge of the secret services Gabor Juhasz declined to confirm press reports on Tuesday about a former Guantanamo inmate being on his way to Hungary. Juhasz told the press after a meeting of the parliamentary committee on national... [read complete entry]
December 02, 2009, 09:27 CET
Bajnai leaves for Washington for four-day visit
Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai will meet US Vice-President Joe Biden during the four-day working visit starting in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Bajnai's entourage will include Defence Minister Imre Szekeres, liberal Free Democrat parliamentary leader Janos Koka and a Bajnai... [read complete entry]
November 26, 2009, 11:29 CET
Government approves deal with US on receiving Guantanamo detainee
The Hungarian government has given its official consent to the Hungary-US agreement on accepting a detainee from Guantanamo, Gabor Juhasz, minister in charge of the civilian secret services, told MTI on Thursday. The government's decree ensures the legal framework for... [read complete entry]
November 25, 2009, 09:11 CET
Bajnai plans official visit to Washington next week
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai is scheduled to pay a visit to Washington D.C. in the second half of next week, Wednesday's daily Nepszabadsag said it had learnt from sources. Budapest, however, has not confirmed the information, the paper was told... [read complete entry]
November 23, 2009, 08:38 CET
Bajnai to meet ambassadors over criticism of investment climate
Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Monday will meet the nine ambassadors who expressed concern over factors that they considered having a negative impact on Hungary's investment climate, government spokesman Domokos Szollar told MTI on Sunday. Issuing a joint statement... [read complete entry]
November 19, 2009, 09:26 CET
US Ambassador-designate testifies in Congress, vows help on minority issues
US ambassador candidate to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis said on Wednesday that, if appointed, she would cooperate with the Hungarian government in handling sensitive issues, such as minority rights. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis addressed a hearing of the Washington senate's foreign affairs committee. The... [read complete entry]
November 19, 2009, 09:22 CET
Embassies make joint call for more transparency in Hungarian public life
The embassies of nine countries issued a joint statement Wednesday expressing concern over "non-transparent behaviour" in Hungarian public life. The joint statement from representatives of the US, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland noted that... [read complete entry]
November 06, 2009, 11:47 CET
Hungary gives medal to… distinguished US Congressman
What is it about the seemingly inevitable goofiness that accompanies the awarding of medals by the Hungarian government to American politicians? First, there were the unintentionally hilarious misstatements made by then-foreign minister Kinga Göncz to then-outgoing US SecState Condoleezza Rice,... [read complete entry]
November 05, 2009, 10:09 CET
New Hungarian ambassador to US presents credentials to Obama
Hungary's new Ambassador to the US Bela Szombati presented his credentials to US President Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday. At the meeting, Szombati spoke about the Hungarian government's anti-crisis measures, and referred to the integration of the Roma minority,... [read complete entry]
October 26, 2009, 10:39 CET
Fidesz foreign affairs chief says US sympathetic over Slovak dispute
The head of parliament's foreign affairs committee told Hungarian journalists in Washington on Friday that the United States was sympathetic to Hungary's stance in respect of Slovakia's language law. Zsolt Nemeth, concluding an official three-day visit, said that he saw... [read complete entry]
October 12, 2009, 10:53 CET
George Pataki denounces language law during Slovakia visit
Former New York Governor George Pataki, who unlike White House Budget director Peter Orszag regularly mentions his Hungarian roots, made a stop over in Slovakia earlier today to attend a university conference in Komárno, mno.hu reports. At the conference, Pataki,... [read complete entry]
October 12, 2009, 10:07 CET
White House names new US ambassador to Hungary
US President Barack Obama has named Democratic fundraiser Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis as his country’s ambassador to Hungary, the White House announced on Friday. Sources in Washington told Népszabadság that they were not aware that the candidate has any connections to Hungary.... [read complete entry]
October 07, 2009, 09:40 CET
The Politics.hu Interview: Donald Blinken
While it has been more than nine months since Barack Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States, no successor has been named for April Foley as US ambassador to Hungary. At the same time, it is now widely... [read complete entry]
September 30, 2009, 09:30 CET
Hungary chooses Palestinian from Guantanamo "shortlist"
Hungary has chosen to receive a Palestinian national from a shortlist of three Guantanamo inmates, national daily Nepszabadsag reported on Wednesday. Although no official decision has yet been announced, the paper said that the Palestinian inmate has been chosen over... [read complete entry]
September 28, 2009, 09:52 CET
FM says US reassured over ties between Hungary and Russia
The United States has harboured suspicions about the nature of close business relations between Hungary and Russia but now stands reassured, the foreign minister said in an interview to Monday's Nepszava daily during his visit to New York to attend... [read complete entry]
September 22, 2009, 09:43 CET
Hungarian MEP gets top post at EU-US policy network
Hungarian MEP Edit Herczog has been elected chairperson of the European group of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN), a non-governmental organisation promoting US-EU cooperation. Herczog (Socialist) told MTI on Monday that her focus would be on cooperation in the energy... [read complete entry]
September 21, 2009, 10:36 CET
Bajnai begins official visit to New York
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai met investors at an event organised by Citibank in New York on Sunday. Bajnai travelled to the US for a five-day visit to attend a UN general meeting. He is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Ban... [read complete entry]
September 16, 2009, 09:53 CET
New Hungarian ambassador to US arrives in Washington
Hungary's new ambassador to Washington Bela Szombati has accepted his posting, the embassy told MTI on Tuesday. Szombati, 54, who arrived in the US capital last night, said in a message on the embassy's website that he would strive to... [read complete entry]
September 16, 2009, 09:51 CET
Hungary to take in single former Guantanamo inmate
Hungary will receive one former inmate from the Guantanamo prison camp, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai announced on Wednesday. Hungary will choose from a list the name of the prisoner who will be allowed to settle permanently in the country after... [read complete entry]
September 08, 2009, 10:05 CET
Bajnai open letter receives lukewarm response from Slovak PM
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai writes that he extends his “hand to the nation of Slovakia for a friendly handshake in the spirit of our joint future and the intention to implement our mutual interests in partnership”, in an article published... [read complete entry]
September 01, 2009, 09:54 CET
Indiana businesswoman expected to be named Hungarian ambassador
US President Barack Obama will probably nominate Marni McKinney, a businesswoman from Indiana, for the post of US ambassador to Hungary, MTI learned on Monday from a leader of the American Hungarian community who asked not to be named. McKinney... [read complete entry]
August 18, 2009, 11:57 CET
Foreign Ministry's multi-million-dollar tax windfall turns into multi-million-dollar lawsuit
Around a month ago, the Hungarian government made a small splash in the American press after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided to overrule New York City's efforts to collect taxes from the countries that had big back-tax bills... [read complete entry]
August 13, 2009, 10:04 CET
US, UK diplomats say Sziget festival helping in fight against racism
Budapest's ongoing Sziget Festival will contribute to efforts to fight racism, the ambassador of Great Britain to Hungary and the chargé d'affaires of the US embassy told MTI in front of the tents of the two embassies at the festival... [read complete entry]
July 24, 2009, 11:08 CET
Hungarian-American protest closure of Chicago consulate
Hungarian-American organisations in the United States Midwest have protested against the closing down of Hungary's consulate general in Chicago, in an open letter to the public, a copy of which was sent to MTI on Thursday. The letter was signed... [read complete entry]
July 03, 2009, 09:41 CET
Hungarian Ambassador to America says Obama meeting not imminent
It may take weeks or months for the Obama administration to make a decision concerning a possible meeting between the US President and Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in Washington, as suggested by the Hungarian side, Ferenc Somogyi, Hungary's ambassador... [read complete entry]
July 02, 2009, 11:06 CET
American Hungarian Federation seeks to block Obama-Bajnai meeting
The American Hungarian Federation (AHF) has appealed to US President Barack Obama not to officially receive Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in Washington. The body, which was established in 1906, said in the letter it "believes that an invitation to... [read complete entry]
July 01, 2009, 10:45 CET
FM rejects opposition's criticism over recall of ambassadors
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Balazs on Tuesday rejected the opposition suggestions that changes in ambassador posts were "acts of provocation" on the government's part. Main opposition Fidesz party voiced particular concern over the replacement of Ferenc Somogyi as Ambassador to... [read complete entry]
June 19, 2009, 09:28 CET
US officially requests Hungary take Guantánamo inmates
US special envoy Daniel Fried officially asked Hungary to receive inmates from Guantánamo prison on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told state news agency MTI. "The cabinet is ready to closely study any requests and options, but parliamentary consultations... [read complete entry]
June 10, 2009, 09:15 CET
Roma sociologist testifies before US Congress on ethnic strife in Hungary
A Hungarian Roma sociologist whom the Helsinki Commission of the US Congress heard on Tuesday asked the United States to consistently condemn anti-Roma violence and hate speech, and help investigate racist crimes committed against the Roma in Hungary. "We ask... [read complete entry]
May 20, 2009, 09:27 CET
No decision yet on moving Guantánamo inmates to Hungary
No decision has yet been reached in Hungary on whether to receive prisoners from Guantánamo, as the US has not yet made a definite offer, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zsuzsanna Mátrai told reporters on Tuesday. Mátrai was speaking after US chargé... [read complete entry]
April 24, 2009, 09:39 CET
FM seeks info from US on Hungarian shot in Iraq
The US embassy in Budapest has given the foreign ministry a written answer about the Hungarian who was shot dead in Iraq late last month, deputy spokesman Lajos Kohári told Echo TV Thursday evening. Earlier in the day Foreign Minister... [read complete entry]
April 22, 2009, 09:27 CET
New FM seeks meetings with Slovak, American counterparts
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Péter Balázs yesterday requested an audience with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a letter sent to US deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs Dan Fried, who agreed to set up... [read complete entry]
April 01, 2009, 09:58 CET
Medal snub expected for outgoing American ambassador
Outgoing US ambassador April Foley is expected to leave her post without receiving a state honour, the daily Nepszabadsag wrote on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
April 01, 2009, 09:45 CET
Roma MEP receives award from US ambassador, not to run for re-election
Hungary's MEP Viktoria Mohacsi received the International Women of Courage Award for 2009 in Budapest on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
March 27, 2009, 03:06 CET
US Ambassador's parting shot: We'll deal with any lunatic you Hungarians elect, but first you need to suffer
We try to avoid going to any event which involves ambassadors giving speeches, because usually professional diplomats are so diplomatic they never say anything interesting. Not so for amateurs like US Ambo April Foley, who made a farewell speech of... [read complete entry]
March 25, 2009, 08:09 CET
Think tank claims Hungary-US relations deteriorating
Hungarian-US relations have deteriorated over the past couple of years, the director of the Budapest-based International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT) told parliament's foreign affairs committee on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
March 13, 2009, 08:34 CET
US Embassy pours water on businessman's campaign for ambassador to Hungary
The White House has made no announcement regarding any candidate to be the next United States Ambassador to Hungary, the US embassy in Budapest said on Thursday.... [read complete entry]
March 04, 2009, 09:30 CET
Hungary to take "one or two" former Gitmo prisoners, no big influx of Iraqis
Hungary does not plan to receive Iraqi refugees in any organised way, Foreign Ministry state secretary Márta Fekszi Horváth told the state news agency MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
March 02, 2009, 09:35 CET
PM's wife in US for talks; meeting with senate supporter of "equal pay" law
Klára Dobrev, the wife of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, is to hold talks in the US this week. In her capacity as the Hungarian national committee chairwoman of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Dobrev will travel to... [read complete entry]
February 26, 2009, 01:24 CET
US State Dep't human rights report highlights plight of Hungary's Roma
Hungary is included in a 2008 US State Department report published on Wednesday among countries where social violence against Gypsies was on the rise.... [read complete entry]
February 18, 2009, 09:49 CET
Budapest, Washington begin exploratory talks on Guantanamo detainees
Hungary is in talks with the US on the possibility of accepting former detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lajos Szelestey said Tuesday. In principle, Hungary could receive former prisoners, but no specifics have been agreed... [read complete entry]
February 18, 2009, 09:47 CET
Hungarian Prime Minister's Office to fund NGO named for U.S. Congressman
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will allocate Ft 3 billion, unprecedented in the world of NGOs, toward the establishment of the Tom Lantos International Freedom and Democracy Institute, in honour of the late Hungarian-born US congressman.... [read complete entry]
February 05, 2009, 09:58 CET
Guantanamo-related plane spotted at Budapest airport
A US secret services aeroplane, probably used by the CIA, stayed at Ferihegy airport overnight some days ago, in connection with the potential reception of prisoners currently held at the Guantanano Bay detention camp, which faces closure, Magyar Nemzet reports.... [read complete entry]
February 04, 2009, 09:30 CET
Talks begin between Budapest and Washington on Guantanamo prisoners
Informal consultations are underway between Budapest and Washington on Hungary receiving prisoners currently held being at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, although a result is only expected after a general decision from the EU.... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2009, 03:34 CET
U.S. Congressman Supports Hungary and Other Terror-Ridden Middle-Eastern Countries
This just in from the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON -- Representative John F. Tierney, a Salem Democrat, called for a "regional approach" to the war on terror today as he wrapped up a congressional fact-finding mission to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Qatar,... [read complete entry]
January 20, 2009, 10:52 CET
U.S. Embassy, resident Americans to celebrate Obama inauguration
The historic inauguration of the 44th US President Barack Obama will be celebrated at events in Budapest on Tuesday, the US Embassy told MTI on Monday.... [read complete entry]
January 12, 2009, 09:24 CET
US Ambassador's assignment extended
US President-elect Barack Obama's Transition Team has extended the diplomatic assignment of Ambassador April H Foley in Budapest to April 7, the US Embassy told MTI in a statement on Friday.... [read complete entry]
January 08, 2009, 10:07 CET
Róbert Haris named as possible next US ambassador
Hungarian-born businessman Róbert Haris may become the next US ambassador to Hungary, Magyar Hírlap quotes an unidentified US source as saying.... [read complete entry]
December 08, 2008, 03:35 CET
Hungarians divided on which US celebrity Obama should make ambassador to Budapest
The ongoing debate over who American President-elect Barack Obama should name as his ambassador to Hungary continues, after well-known comedienne Whoopi Goldberg apparently said out of the blue on American TV that she wanted the gig, and former Hungarian... [read complete entry]
November 20, 2008, 04:15 CET
Will the next US Ambassador to Hungary really not be a donor or crony?
According to this piece off the wires today, there are several names now being floated around in the proverbial "diplomatic circles" as likely/potential American ambassadors to Hungary under the next US administration. The three that are mentioned are the well-known... [read complete entry]
November 20, 2008, 10:52 CET
Speculation mounts on new U.S. ambassador to Hungary
Hungarian-born U.S. political scientist Charles Gati is tipped to be the forthcoming Democrat administration's main candidate for the post of U.S. ambassador in Budapest, national daily Magyar Hirlap said on Thursday, citing "information" it had received.... [read complete entry]
November 13, 2008, 04:43 CET
Kati Marton's husband not going to be next US Secretary of State
Speaking of the US and Hungary, from various points in the Hungoweb I've heard that members of Hungary's political class are excited by the possibility that well-known US diplomat/businessman Richard Holbrooke may be tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to become... [read complete entry]
November 13, 2008, 04:17 CET
Former New York governor honored for bringing yet more disrepute on Hungary
From the website of Hungarian State President I see that former New York State governor George Pataki yesterday was up at the presidential palace getting a medal. In announcing the award - the very spiffy-sounding Commander's Cross with the Star... [read complete entry]
November 06, 2008, 11:27 CET
Hungarian politicians offer their congratulations to Barack Obama
Foreign Minister Kinga Göncz on Wednesday issued a statement welcoming Democratic candidate Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election as a historic result. She expressed hope that Obama will open a new chapter in international relations.... [read complete entry]
October 29, 2008, 10:48 CET
US homeland security secretary meets justice minister in Budapest
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics and Foreign Ministry undersecretary Márta Fekszi in Budapest yesterday. "The House will vote on the new bill needed for the US visa waiver, which President László Sólyom also... [read complete entry]
October 21, 2008, 08:38 CET
Sólyom rejects final accord needed for US visa-waiver
President László Sólyom yesterday sent back to Parliament for reconsideration the Hungarian-US agreement on the exchange of criminal data. The president reasoned that the pact allows the US access to Hungarian criminal records “in too broad a sphere”. If the... [read complete entry]
October 02, 2008, 12:09 CET
Foreign Minister presents award to American counterpart, wins "Palin" prize for dumb comments on US politics
Like lots of educated, worldly Americans in Budapest, my wife has recently been stomping around the house raging about Sarah Palin, on the grounds that John McCain's running mate doesn't know jack about foreign policy (among other things). Well,... [read complete entry]
September 04, 2008, 08:50 CET
Orbán meets Bush Sr. in Minnesota
Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán met with former US President George Bush Sr. in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Republican Party's presidential nominating convention. Orbán told reporters that they had discussed the US, European policies, Russia,... [read complete entry]
August 26, 2008, 09:36 CET
Hungarian Socialists eager to cement ties with US Democrats
Monika Lamperth is heading an MSZP delegation to the Democratic Party Convention as the personal envoy of party chairman and prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany. [read complete entry]
July 23, 2008, 08:31 CET
Orbán to powwow with Republicans during U.S. visit
Fidesz head to call on Bush before heading to GOP convention. [read complete entry]
July 17, 2008, 10:05 CET
U.S. Ambassador thanked for American censoring of Hungarian website
Roma affairs commissioner commends Foley for move to shut down kuruc.info, which had been hosted on American servers. [read complete entry]
February 28, 2008, 09:35 CET
US tells Hungary that Nabucco is in its best interests
Hungary should affirm its priority to the Nabucco pipeline, US assistant secretary of state Matt Bryza told state news agency MTI after talks with Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány’s chief foreign and security advisor Károly Banai. Gyurcsány will tomorrow fly to... [read complete entry]
February 07, 2008, 09:32 CET
US, UK untroubled by KGB-trained Hungarian committee head
The US NATO mission has not nor will it interfere in Hungary's choice as head of the intelligence committee of the alliance, according to a statement issued in Brussels on Wednesday. The document states that the US respects Hungary's decision... [read complete entry]
January 03, 2008, 09:54 CET
Lantos announces resignation from Congress due to illness
Budapest-born US Congressman Tom Lantos announced in Washington on Thursday that he will not seek re-election later this year, as he has been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus.... [read complete entry]
December 11, 2007, 09:55 CET
Washington proposed Budapest as venue for talks
The US recommended Budapest as the location for Thursday's Russian-American missile defence talks. The venue was accepted by Moscow, the US State Department said on Monday.... [read complete entry]
December 10, 2007, 03:31 CET
Budapest center stage in tough talks with Russia
Thursday meeting of delegations from Washington and Moscow to follow last Friday's pow-wow between Hungarian and Russian premiers [read complete entry]
November 11, 2007, 09:45 CET
Orbán aims at mending relations with US
Trip to Washington seen as latest step in rapprochement between opposition leader and Washington [read complete entry]
November 08, 2007, 09:32 CET
KGB past haunts nominee for top security post
Opposition slams appointment of Sándor Laborc, claiming his stint at Moscow's Dzerzhinsky University renders him unfit. [read complete entry]
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