News and events

Strengthening Norwegian-Hungarian relations: National Fund for Bilateral Relations under EEA and Norway Grants 2009-14

In recent years, many valuable projects, fruitful meetings, workshops and conferences have taken place in Norwegian-Hungarian partnerships.

Ambassador Olav Berstad’s welcome remarks on the Norwegian Constitution Day

Helping young Europeans find work

Almost 14 million young people in Europe are not in employment, education or training. The EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment supports the most vulnerable among them, to help them gain a foothold in the labour market.

26 April: Emergency planning exercise

Ambassaden er stengt torsdag 26. april 2018 til kl. 11:00 på grunn av beredskapsøvelse.

New funding period for EEA and Norway Grants with Slovenia

State Secretary Audun Halvorsen and Minister for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion Alenka Smerkolj signed the MoUs on funding totalling EUR 37.7 million for the new funding period for the EEA and Norway Grants 17 April 2018.

Studentpraktikant høsten 2018

Ambassaden i Budapest søker studentpraktikant for høstsemesteret 2018. Søknadsfrist 19. mars med tiltredelse primo august 2018.

NOK 146 million available for European regional cooperation projects

Press release | Date: 2018-01-24 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ceremonial Closing Conference of the EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanisms

The ceremonial closing conference of the EEA and Norwegian Financial mechanisms 2009-2014 was held on 16 November. Ambassador Olav Berstad delivered the following opening remarks.

Nordic Business Forum in Budapest

On 18 October Ambassador Olav Berstad hosted the Nordic Business Forum in Budapest, which brings together Nordic companies and Nordic associated business representatives. Ambassador Olav Berstad delivered a welcome speech as follows.

The EEA and Norway Grants: Project visits in Hungary

On 2 October the embassy visited three projects which received funding from the EEA and Norway Grants for the 2009-2014 period.

Norwegian Commander of the NATO SAC Heavy Airlift Wing, Hungary // Norvég parancsnok a NATO SAC Nehéz Légiszállító Ezred élén

On 6 July 2017 Norwegian Colonel Bjørn Gohn-Hellum replaced US Air Force Colonel Trevor W. Nitz as Commander of the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW), in an official ceremony in the big hangar at Pápa Air Force Base in Hungary.

Joint Press Release on the Occasion of the 22nd Budapest Pride Festival 2017

The following joint press release is issued by the Embassies of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Lu