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A levélszavazatok május 13-tól adhatóak le a külképviseleten, munkanapokon 9 és 16 óra között.

A levélcsomagokat nem szükséges személyesen leadni, azokat egy általunk megkért személy is leadhatja.

A Magyarországon bejelentett lakcímmel rendelkező magyar állampolgárok, akik a választás napján külföldön tartózkodnak, személyesen szavazhatnak, a külképviseleteken. Ennek módja a külképviseleti névjegyzékbe vétel iránti kérelem benyújtása. A kérelem benyújtható online, a valasztas.hu oldalon, valamint papír alapon is.

A kérelem benyújtásának határideje május 17.

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On 30th April Ambassador Szalay-Bobrovniczky hosted the annual black tie dinner in honour of Bertalan de Némethy at the Embassy of Hungary.

Hungary aims to be recognized once again as a center for excellence in equestrian sports, where the United Kingdom is one of the major players. Therefore this occasion provided the opportunity to introduce the Hungarian bid to host the 2021 FEI European Championships and to introduce Vince Jármy, a talented young Hungarian showjumper. At this dinner we had the pleasure of welcoming Simon Brooks-Ward, organizer of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Colin Brooks, Chairman of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, Lord de Mauley, Conservative MP and supporter of the equestrian sports, Nick Skelton Olympic champion in show jumping, representatives of the organizing committee of the Olympia Horse Show, Brigadier Archie Miller-Bakewell, Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh and Justin Maciejewski, the director of the National Army Museum. Moreover prominent representatives of the equestrian sports, horse breeders, organizers of competitions and representatives of cavalry regiments were among the distinguished guests.

Bertalan de Némethy (1911-2002), the former show jumping coach of the United States Equestrian Team was a legendary figure and icon in the horse world. He was born in Győr, Hungary and began his career as an officer in the Hungarian Cavalry and a member of the Hungarian Olympic Jumping Team. After emigrating to the United States, he became the coach of the US Equestrian Team, a post he held between 1955-1980. De Némethy formulated his own training techniques for both horse and rider based on his Hungarian Cavalry School background and the principles of classical equitation. From this evolved the celebrated “de Némethy style,” the precision and elegance of which are emulated throughout the world today.

Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky hosted a meeting with participants of the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Program (KCSP) on 7 May 2019, who help to organize Hungarian events and teach Hungarian language and folk dance.

The KCSP participants, who arrived from Edinburgh, Birmingham, Coventry, Chester, Cardiff, Newport, Hull, Southend and London shared their experiences about the Hungarian communities in the UK. The Ambassador in his speech reminded them of the importance of their activity and thanked them for their tremendous work.

Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky participated at the launch of the „History of the Hungarian Constitution” book at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

Edited by Dr Thomas Lorman and Dr Ferenc Hörcher, it is the only book in English that deals with the history of Hungary’s constitutional identity from the medieval age through the Habsburg rule to the Hungarian Basic Law of 2011.

During the event, the Ambassador, Dr Lorman, Dr Hörcher, Professor Martyn Rady and Professor Philip Barker discussed the history and relevance of Hungary’s historical constitution with the students of UCL. Ambassador Szalay-Bobrovniczky presented the official illustrated edition of the 2011 Basic Law to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

Further information on the book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-history-of-the-hungarian-constitution-9781788312639/

Mr Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, visited London to participate in a PACE Monitoring Committee meeting of the Council of Europe.

During his visit to London, Mr Németh held bilateral discussions with David Lidington MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office to exchange views about post-Brexit foreign and security policy cooperation and Tom Tugendhat MP Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons to discuss bilateral relations, including cooperation opportunities between their committees and the future of conservative parties.

During the visit, Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovnicky welcomed Mr Németh and other prominent actors of the British political life for a working dinner.

Hungarian csikós and horseback archery performance at the 2019 Royal Windsor Horse Show

Taking place on the grounds of Windsor Castle, the Royal Windsor Horse Show is the UK’s largest outdoor premier equestrian spectacle graced by the presence of Her Majesty the Queen. This year the event celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria.

Following the initiative of the Embassy of Hungary the organizers of the RWHS selected the participation of Hungarian csikós and horseback archery experts for the Pageant this year. Six csikós horse-herdsman and a Puszta Five formation from the Mátai Ménes, plus the Kassai Horseback Archery School participated in the Show. Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that Hungary places emphasis on the equestrian traditions, and that this event was a successful initiative not only in terms of sport diplomacy but in country promotion as well. We were able to showcase the Hungarian excellency in equestrian sports and to display an ancient and less known face of Hungary.

Photo: Matt Alexander/PA

On 21 May, Hungary celebrates the National Defence Day, honouring all those serving in the Hungarian Defence Force.

To mark this day, Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and Defence Attaché Col Viktor Makay welcomed officers from the UK's Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the British Armed Forces, the diplomatic corps and other civilian partners at the Embassy for a reception.

In his speech, Ambassador Szalay-Bobrovniczky praised Hungary’s past military accomplishments and successes, while Colonel Makay highlighted the objectives of the Zrínyi 2026 military development scheme and Hungary’s international engagement, adding that Hungary is proud to be serving in international cooperations, such as NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission, which - joined by the UK and Spain - Hungary currently leads.

Ambassador Szalay-Bobrovniczky Kristóf welcomed distinguished guests at the UK-Hungary Creative Industries Dinner focusing on the film industry and the legacy of Sir Alexander Korda, the prominent Hungarian born British film producer on 23rd May.

Our distinguished guests included Lord Julian Fellowes, Academy Award winning screenwriter, producer, director; David Parfitt, Academy Award winning producer, Liz Barron, producer, Rosie Alison, producer, Barnaby Thomas, director, producer and owner of Ealing Studios; Philip Knatchnull, CEO of Curzon World, and other prominent members of the British film industry. During the evening, our guests watched a short documentary on the life of Sir Alexander Korda produced by the Hungarian National Film Fund, and learned about the incentives to produce films in Hungary.

The State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry for Innovation and Technology met representatives of Innovate UK – Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) to learn about KTN’s main programs with special focus on support of academic sectors’ RD commercialization and SME sector’s digitalization.

He also met leaders of the University College London Consultants (UCLC), UCL’s advisory team. UCL is the third largest university in the United Kingdom, currently in the first place in the research excellence rankings. Secretary György learned about the unique mechanisms UCL developed to engage with industry, commercialize academics’ IP output and to develop the necessary entrepreneurial mindset and toolset among academics and students.

During his visit, the State Secretary participated in the Embassy’s annual UK-Hungary Creative industries gala dinner, focusing on the development of bilateral film industry relations.

The Embassy of Hungary welcomed the delegation of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (HCA).

The guests were welcomed by Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovnicky and Agricultural and Environmental attaché Enikő Magyar. During the visit the delegation met representatives of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU).

Ambassador Szalay-Bobrovniczky highlighted that the UK is Hungary’s 10th biggest trading partner in terms of agriculture. The bilateral trade in goods in the recent years has gone up (by 67% in the last seven years), and the agricultural export in 2018 was close to 240 million GBP. The Ambassador stressed that Hungary remains committed to working closely with the UK, and welcomes the interest in economic and professional collaboration from all parties. He confirmed that the Embassy – most of all the agricultural and environmental attaché – is ready to give all support to the representatives of the Hungarian and the British agriculture in order to further develop the cooperation between the two countries.

Philip Hambling, Head of Food and Farming at the NFU and John Powell, Deputy Team Leader of the Environmental Management Team at DEFRA spoke about the challenges of British agriculture, the development and directions of agricultural research, the new support schemes for agriculture and the possibilities for cooperation after Brexit.

Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky held the 2019 annual meeting of Honorary Consuls of Hungary in the UK with Alun Davies (Cardiff, Wales), Kenneth Belshaw (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Gordon Malcolm Oliver (Torquay, England) to provide an update on Hungary’s foreign policy and other issues. The Honorary Consuls also met their colleagues to discuss consular matters of common interest.

The Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations Zoltán Kovács arrived in London to inform representatives of British public life and the British press about current Hungarian political and economic developments.

He met with representatives of the press to brief them about Hungary’s EP election results, its current political and economic affairs, and also reflected on the UK’s internal political discussion on Brexit. He stressed that in relations to the future agenda of the European Council the Hungarian government wishes to enforce the standpoint according to which migration must be stopped, not managed. He also highlighted that Hungary’s firmly represented position includes maintaining respect for member state sovereignty and doing away with the application of double standards. He emphasised again that Hungary supports neither Manfred Weber nor Frans Timmermans for the European Commission presidency, and claimed that the opinion of the Visegrad countries will be unavoidable during the decision-making process.

Mr Kovács also met senior journalists of the Financial Times who stated their questions regarding the top EU jobs, the multiannual financial framework negotiations and illegal migration, and gave an interview to the Channel 4 News channel about Hungary’s stance on migration and the Brexit talks.

Mr Kovács also participated in the Matthias Corvinus College London Summit event.