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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for the academic year 2025-2026
05.08.2024
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Local news
Hungary
The Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).
29th Budapest Pride Festival
20.06.2024
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Hungary
On the occasion of the 29th Budapest Pride, the Embassy of Switzerland, as in previous years, signed a Joint Statement to call for an end to all forms of discrimination against LMBTQI+ persons and communities.
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis to travel to Hungary and the Western Balkans
21.05.2024
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EDA
On Wednesday, 22 May, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis will travel to Budapest to meet with his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó and Minister for European Union Affairs Janos Bóka. He will also pay a courtesy visit to President Tamás Sulyok. Hungary will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2024. Following his visit to Hungary, Mr Cassis will travel to Montenegro on 23 May at the invitation of Foreign Minister Filip Ivanovic, before meeting Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Siniša Mali in Belgrade on Friday, 24 May.The meetings will focus on Switzerland's bilateral relations with the three countries, European policy and the European security situation.
President Amherd meets the president and prime minister of Hungary prior to it assuming EU Council presidency
19.04.2024
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Hungary
On Friday, 19 April, President Viola Amherd met President Tamás Sulyok, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér in Budapest to discuss bilateral relations, the European policy of both countries and the European security situation. Hungary will assume the EU Council presidency in the second half of the year.
Federal Council approves definitive negotiating mandate
08.03.2024
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Hungary
At its meeting on 8 March 2024, the Federal Council approved the negotiating mandate with the EU in its definitive form. The mandate adopted takes account of the results of the consultation with the foreign affairs committees (FACs) and other interested parliamentary committees, the cantons and the views of the social and economic partners.
President Berset and Federal Councillor Cassis receive Hungary’s Prime Minister Orbán
21.11.2023
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Hungary
Bern, 21.11.2023 - On Tuesday 21 November, federal councillors Alain Berset, president of the Swiss Confederation and Ignazio Cassis, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), received a courtesy visit from a delegation from Hungary headed by the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán. The exchange centred on bilateral relations, Switzerland's European policy objectives, Hungary's presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2024 and current international issues.
President Berset's National Day message to Swiss citizens abroad
20.07.2023
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Hungary
Message from the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset to Swiss citizens abroad on the occasion of the National Day on 1 August.
28th Budapest Pride Festival
14.07.2023
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Hungary
On the occasion of the 28th Budapest Pride, the Embassy of Switzerland signed the Joint Statement for the Budapest Pride this year, again.
President Katalin Novák visits Switzerland
08.06.2023
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Local news
Hungary
The Hungarian President's participation in the Swiss Economic Forum provided an opportunity for a bilateral exchange at presidential level.
Annual Meeting 2023 in Hungary
01.06.2023
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Hungary
On 23th of May 2023 the first annual meeting on the Second Swiss Contribution to Hungary took place in Budapest, as part of the regular encounters between Switzerland and Hungary. The Swiss and the Hungarian delegations discussed the progress made in the preparation of programmes and projects to be funded in the framework of the Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme launched in January this year.
Stakeholder consultations
28.04.2023
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Hungary
Thematic stakeholder consultations have been launched in the framework of the second Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme. The consultations provide important input during the elaboration of the programmes of the second Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme.
Visit of State Secretary Schraner Burgener to Hungary
17.04.2023
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Local news
Hungary
State Secretary Schraner Burgener visited Hungary on 17 April 2023. On this occasion, she was able to exchange views with her Hungarian counterparts on the challenges that exist in the area of migration and other issues of mutual concern.