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 […]
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 […]
1st August 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Olympic Torch Bearer Andrea Snow After my “moment of shine” experience just a few weeks ago, I had the privilege to be present at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012. That day something special was in the air. The XXXth Olympiad, the 2012 summer Olympic Games Grand opening was a wonderful […]
31st July 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Well it’s tough to write about anything but the Olympics right now. At last the day has come and the competition is on for more than 10,000 athletes from 205 countries. And so far it’s every bit as exciting as we’d hoped. Did you see the opening ceremony? We organised a small event on Friday […]
23rd July 2012 Budapest, Hungary
I’m very proud of how inclusive a place the UK is. We welcome all kinds of people: whatever their race, religion or minority group. And there are great benefits from doing that. I believe this attitude is not just good for the people who come to the UK or who live there and are not […]