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We hereby inform our Customers, that the payment system of consular fees will be changed at the Embassy of Hungary in Bangkok from 1 February 2019. The previously used cash payment in EUR will be cancelled, and from the 1 February 2019 only bank payment in THB will be accepted at the Consulate of Hungary in Bangkok. Our customers will receive a bank payment voucher and the amount of the consular fee to be paid at the Embassy, and will be able to manage the payment at Bangkok Bank (1 minute walking distance from our Embassy).

A Thaiföldet fenyegető „Pabuk” trópusi ciklon várhatóan jelentős vihart és közlekedési fennakadásokat okoz 2019 január 4-6-án a turisták által kedvelt dél-thaiföldi országrészben, elsősorban Nakhon Si Thammarat, Koh Samui, Phuket és Krabi térségében. A hajóforgalom leáll, a repterek is csak a körülmények folyamatos értékelése mellett üzemelnek. A ciklon mérsékelt ereje miatt jelentős elsődleges károk nem várhatók, hirtelen áradások azonban bárhol előfordulhatnak. Kérjük az érintett területen tartózkodó honfitársainkat, tanúsítsanak fokozott elővigyázatosságot. A vihar aktuális állapotáról a Thaiföldi Meteorológiai Szolgálat hivatalos honlapján is tájékozódhatnak: https://www.tmd.go.th/en/list_warning.php.

On 26 November Ambassador Szilveszter Bus visited Mr. Sakoltee Phattiyakul, Deputy Governor of Bangkok in his office. Budapest and Bangkok have been sister cities since 1997. Budapest is one of the two European capitals with which Bangkok has such agreement.

Mirroring his priorities, Ambassador Szilveszter Bus visited the National Innovation Agency of Thailand and met with its managing director, Dr. Pun-Arj Chairatana and his colleagues. The meeting served as a great opportunity to learn more about NIA’s work and goals and explore potential areas of cooperation in the area of innovation. Hungary is a country of innovation potential. The 2018 edition of WIPO’s Global Innovation Index evaluated Hungary as the 8th nation globally for Innovation Efficiency. Hungary spends 1.3 % of its GDP on research and development and the target for 2020 is 1.8%.

European Partners (EU, Hungary, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and United Kingdom) and representatives of the Government of the Lao PDR met on the 26th of September 2018 in Vientiane to reaffirm their commitment to the Joint Programming of development cooperation, which has positively contributed to development effectiveness and strengthened Europe-Lao PDR relations. Dr. Kikeo Chanthaboury,