14th March 2014
Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Technical Services Officer Matthew Smith I joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in late 1988 as an apprentice Telecommunications Technical Officer. With keen interests in travel and electronic engineering, this seemed the ideal job opportunity and the subsequent 25 years have not disappointed. The recruitment process had taken half a year […]
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27th February 2014
Budapest, Hungary
Much has been written and said recently about the Hungarian government’s relationship with the local Jewish communities. I don’t want to address that here. Rather I wanted to offer some thoughts about Holocaust remembrance more generally. The UK took over the Chair of IHRA this week. That’s the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. IHRA is a 31 member international body, […]
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11th February 2014
Budapest, Hungary
Guest Blog by Ben Luckock, Head of Policy Team at British Embassy Budapest Just over sixty years ago Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley. For England, the defeat led to a fundamental review of antiquated training and tactics and the adoption of more continental methods. Sir Bobby Robson said of the game: “We saw a […]
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30th January 2014
Budapest, Hungary
1. GREAT Campaign: Innovation is GREAT, Formula 1 Grand Prix campaign As part of the Central Europe Network’s GREAT campaign, we organised a high profile programme for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The campaign comprised of bringing a vintage London double decker bus to the race circuit to serve as a special venue for business meetings. […]
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27th January 2014
Budapest, Hungary
It’s been quite a start to 2014. No chance of easing my way back into work after the holidays. The year has got going at 100 miles an hour. I was wondering which part of the excitement to write about in my first blog of 2014. But I went to a celebration of Burns night […]
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23rd December 2013
Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Dr. Zoltán Csedő, Member of the Board, Hungarian Association of British Alumni. It was a great privilege to launch the www.britishalumni.org knowledge-sharing portal at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday 18 December. MFA Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle hosted the launch event with British Ambassador Jonathan Knott. Ambassadors of the […]
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13th December 2013
Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Peter Krekó, Director of Political Capital Institute and co-chair of EU RAN PREVENT. Two weeks ago, the Embassy of the UK hosted a conference organised by Political Capital and Szombat on scapegoating ideologies, anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories and the counter-narratives. As one of the organisers, I’ll try to resist the temptation to praise […]
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10th December 2013
Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Deputy Head of Mission Theresa Bubbear The UN General Assembly designated 10 December Human Rights Day in 1950. This is an important day for the UK as a member of the UN Human Rights Coucil and a global champion of human rights, which underpin prosperity and security. We mark the occasion at home and […]
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12th November 2013
Budapest, Hungary
We held the annual ceremony of remembrance on Sunday. The ceremony was led by a selection of local religious figures from the Christian and Jewish faiths. And Ambassadors from many countries, together with Tamas Vargha Parliamentary State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence, came to lay wreaths. It was a moving and a memorable morning as […]
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8th November 2013
Budapest, Hungary
Guest blog by Levente Nyitrai, Senior Policy Officer. Some of you might have heard already that London hosted the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit 31 October and 1 November. OGP, of which the UK is a founding member, is an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open and accountable. Close to […]
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