29th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by MP Katalin Ertsey On a sunny August afternoon I received a phone call from the British Embassy asking if I would be able to attend an important gender politics conference in November. I was thrilled and humbled to find out that the Embassy would nominate me to represent the Hungarian Parliament at […]
27th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
I was back in the UK for a few days recently. I’m coordinating the work the UK’s Embassies in Central Europe do in promoting trade opportunities for British business in the region. Within Central Europe the export markets are modest by world standards. But together they make up a market of some 100 million people. […]
15th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Foreign Policy, Justice and Home Affairs and Human Rights Attaché Levente Nyitrai …and surprises seem to like me too as I’ve had plenty of them in the past few months. In July I found out that I’d been nominated for the British Civil Service Diversity and Equality Award in the so-called Individual […]
7th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
We arranged a screening of the new Bond film, Skyfall, last week. On the same day it premiered here in Budapest. And we invited our closest contacts and friends to share the evening with us. It was great to see members of government, politicians, people from ministries, NGOs and just friends of the Embassy relaxing […]
16th October 2012 Budapest, Hungary
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, visited us on 4 October. He was here for a short time – just 5 working hours. But he was able in that time to open the Budapest Cyber Conference, have meetings with PM Orban and Foreign Minister Martonyi, and do a TV interview and a press conference. An impressive […]
19th September 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Ian Saunders, visiting British diplomat Last Saturday and Sunday the Embassy participated in the European Heritage Days programme in Hungary for the first time. This cultural initiative allowed the public to see inside the British Embassy and savour its interesting and historical interior. On show were the main entrance, a view of […]
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29th August 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Mónika Farkas So here we came – a Hungarian family and friends – supporting someone special at the XXX. London Summer Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon event. That morning we hit the road as early as 06.00 as our hotel was around South Croydon and we had to get to Stratford by 7.30 […]
10th August 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by chargé d’affaires Theresa Bubbear Today I spent my third and final day at the Sziget Festival for this year. It was, unsurprisingly, a day of threes – third speech in Hungarian, policemen from three countries, three unexpected faces on Hungarian banknotes, and a meeting with three organisations. And Team GB remains third […]
10th August 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by chargé d’affaires Theresa Bubbear Day 2 of Sziget brought a surprising number of double events. For the second consecutive day Hungary won two Olympic gold medals – congratulations to Danuta Kozák and Éva Risztov. I gave my second speech in Hungarian and two media interviews. We dodged two American footballers, sat two […]
9th August 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by chargé d’affaires Theresa Bubbear Team GB might not have won any medals on 8 August (although we were very happy to see Hungary doing so well), but for me it was a day of firsts: Day 1 of the Festival was also the first anniversary of my arrival in Budapest and I […]