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Post 2019.11.27

Hungarian experience in EU integration

In cooperation with the Hungarian Embassy in Pristina, the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade organized its penultimate conference within the framework of the Hungarian Cultural Season 2018-2019 in Pristina on 20th November 2019. The event, entitled ‘Hungarian experience in EU integration’ aimed to share the lessons learned and good practices from Hungary’s EU accession, mainly from an economic and agricultural perspective. The conference brought together experts from local ministries and EU institutions.

Post 2019.11.26

2019/19 – What to expect from the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2019/2020?

In the 4:1 series of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, four researchers give a short answer to the same question concerning international politics and economics. Our aim is to launch the scientific debates in and beyond Hungary and to promote dialogue among experts. In this issue, our topic is: “What to expect from the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2019/2020?”

Post 2019.11.25

European Defense – One Goal, Many Challenges

On November the 7th, IFAT senior research fellow Gergely Varga participated in the conference "European Defense – One Goal, Many Challenges" in Sofia.

Post 2019.11.22

Ukraine and the EU: the effects of the reform plans of the new Ukrainian government

The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade held a roundtable-discussion titled „Political and Economic Reforms in Ukraine as a window of cooperation with EU” on 20 November where Sergiy Solodkyy, the First Deputy Director of the New Europe Center, Yehor Kyian, analyst of the International Centre for Policy Studies participated alongside with Sándor Ackermann, analyst of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Regional economic cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe

The Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade has the pleasure to invite you to its upcoming conference titled Regional economic cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe

Post 2019.11.21

An Evaluation of European Security and Defence Policy Initiatives from the Hungarian Perspective (2)

Study by Anna Nádudvari and Gergely Varga

Post 2019.11.21

Estonian Foreign Minister visits IFAT

Urmas Reinsalu Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia held a lecture at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) titled „30 years after Hungarian Rendszervaltas and Baltic Way: Why we need a strong Transatlantic bond?” on 18 November. Following IFAT’s director Márton Ugrósdy’s welcome speech, the Foreign Minister praised the achievements of the past 30 years and emphasized the importance of the strong transatlantic relations.

Post 2019.11.19

An Evaluation of European Security and Defence Policy Initiatives from the Hungarian Perspective (1)

Study by Gergely Varga

Post 2019.11.14

The Future of European Defence: Building Strategic Credibility

On the 5th of November, IFAT held a public conference on European defence initiatives and the future of security cooperation. The conference, which attracted a wide audience, gave an opportunity to present various national perspectives on the meaning of European strategic autonomy and the challenges we face in deepening European defence cooperation with the contribution of well-known distinguished experts from various European EU and non-EU member states.

Post 2019.11.13

Danube Commission 70

Editor: Iván Gyurcsík

Post 2019.11.13

The 2nd Saudi-Hungarian workshop took place in Riyadh

The Prince Saud Al Feisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade organised the second Saudi-Hungarian Forum on the 28th of October, 2019 in Riyadh.

Post 2019.11.12

Delegation of the Korea-Hungary Friendship Society visits IFAT

On 7 November the delegation of the Korea-Hungary Friendship Society visited the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (IFAT) where a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two organisations.

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