144 result(s) for former us ambassador to hungary
Not Even Bill Clinton May Insult Hungarians With Impunity
- 18 May 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has stated that no one – not even former US President Bill Clinton – should feel he can insult Hungarians. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade reacted to remarks by Mr. Clinton, in which he said that Poles and Hungarians can thank the United States and the Cold War for their freedom, but have now had enough of democracy, and want ...
Uniquely Hungary: Restaurant Gundel's Good Old Magic, By Anne Zwack
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
When I made my first fleeting visit to Budapest in 1975, the Gundel Restaurant was a burnt out husk: the grandiose old restaurant which took its name from Károly Gundel in 1910 had been destroyed by fire. The next time was in the late eighties when the restaurant had been rebuilt and redecorated according to the criteria of the Soviet era in fifty shades of brown. Gaggles of waiters loitered in ...
Budapest Promenade Named After Former US Congressman Lantos
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
A promenade was named after Hungarian-born former US Congressman Tom Lantos in Budapest on Monday in a ceremony marking the politician’s birthday. The promenade named after Lantos connects Viza and Révész streets. Addressing the event in the 13th district where Lantos used to live, US Ambassador Colleen Bell said Lantos had done much to benefit Hungary and had been proud of being Hungarian.
EU Fails To Hear Its Own Citizens, Head Of The Hungarian Atlantic Council Says
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The past year was Europe’s hardest in decades, and the European Union has failed to listen to its citizens concerning the handling of the migrant crisis and the threat of terrorism, the president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council (MAT) said.
Lázár: More Than HUF 9 Tr Paid Out In EU Monies In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 9,000 billion forints (EUR 28.4bn) of European Union funding has been paid out in Hungary, government office chief János Lázár said about the 2007-2013 EU budget period. Tenders have already been invited for the 2014-2020 EU budget period amounting to 3 billion forints, he told a weekly government press briefing.
Masses Of Mourners At Budapest French Institute
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people gathered together early in the evening on Saturday outside the French Institute in Budapest, at the commemoration held in tribute to the victims of the Friday attacks in Paris. Minister of Justice László Trócsányi reiterated that it was less than a year ago when he attended a similar commemoration here, in January, after the attack on the French satirical weekly magazine ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Relations Between US & Hungary Have Improved
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of US-Hungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time.
Not Even Bill Clinton May Insult Hungarians With Impunity
- 18 May 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó has stated that no one – not even former US President Bill Clinton – should feel he can insult Hungarians. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade reacted to remarks by Mr. Clinton, in which he said that Poles and Hungarians can thank the United States and the Cold War for their freedom, but have now had enough of democracy, and want ...
Uniquely Hungary: Restaurant Gundel's Good Old Magic, By Anne Zwack
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
When I made my first fleeting visit to Budapest in 1975, the Gundel Restaurant was a burnt out husk: the grandiose old restaurant which took its name from Károly Gundel in 1910 had been destroyed by fire. The next time was in the late eighties when the restaurant had been rebuilt and redecorated according to the criteria of the Soviet era in fifty shades of brown. Gaggles of waiters loitered in ...
Budapest Promenade Named After Former US Congressman Lantos
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
A promenade was named after Hungarian-born former US Congressman Tom Lantos in Budapest on Monday in a ceremony marking the politician’s birthday. The promenade named after Lantos connects Viza and Révész streets. Addressing the event in the 13th district where Lantos used to live, US Ambassador Colleen Bell said Lantos had done much to benefit Hungary and had been proud of being Hungarian.
EU Fails To Hear Its Own Citizens, Head Of The Hungarian Atlantic Council Says
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The past year was Europe’s hardest in decades, and the European Union has failed to listen to its citizens concerning the handling of the migrant crisis and the threat of terrorism, the president of the Hungarian Atlantic Council (MAT) said.
Lázár: More Than HUF 9 Tr Paid Out In EU Monies In Hungary
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 9,000 billion forints (EUR 28.4bn) of European Union funding has been paid out in Hungary, government office chief János Lázár said about the 2007-2013 EU budget period. Tenders have already been invited for the 2014-2020 EU budget period amounting to 3 billion forints, he told a weekly government press briefing.
Masses Of Mourners At Budapest French Institute
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people gathered together early in the evening on Saturday outside the French Institute in Budapest, at the commemoration held in tribute to the victims of the Friday attacks in Paris. Minister of Justice László Trócsányi reiterated that it was less than a year ago when he attended a similar commemoration here, in January, after the attack on the French satirical weekly magazine ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Spies Are Everywhere
- 6 Aug 2015 11:55 AM
- current affairs
As the minister of the prime minister’s office responsible for, among other things, Hungarian intelligence, János Lázár has very little sense of what should remain secret. I found the minutes of his speech at the meeting of the parliamentary committee on national security on June 23 shocking. He outlined several ongoing Hungarian intelligence projects, endangering not only the work of the ...
Relations Between US & Hungary Have Improved
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of US-Hungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time.

















