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  • Minister Oszkó, Ambassador Kounalakis, and Minister Varga U.S. and Hungary Sign New Agreements

    On February 4, Ambassador Kounalakis and Minister István Varga signed a new science and technology agreement, at the same time the U.S. Ambassador and Minister Oszkó signed a new income tax treaty between the United States and Hungary.

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  • Ambassador Kounalakis Presents her Credentials to Hungarian President Sólyom. Ambassador Kounalakis Presents her Credentials

    On January 11, Ambassador Kounalakis presented her credentials to Hungarian President Sólyom. After the credentialing ceremony at the Sándor Palace, Ambassador Kounalakis proceeded to Heroes Square where she laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier.

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  • Prime Minister Bajnai and Ambassador Kounalakis shaking hands. (Embassy photo by Attila Németh) The Ambassador Meets with the Prime Minister

    As part of her initial orientation to Hungary, the new U.S. Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis is meeting with the country’s political leaders. On January 14, Ambassador Kounalakis paid a call on Prime Minister Bajnai at his office in the Parliament.

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Ambassador Kounalakis delivers her speech.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ambassador Kounalakis spoke out for tolerance at a ceremony held in the Budapest Holocaust Memorial Center on January 27 the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Ambassador Kounalakis opens the exhibit. (Embassy photo by Attila Németh)

Ambassador Kounalakis Inaugurates "Jazz Ambassadors" Exhibit
Ambassador Tsakopoulos Kounalakis inaugurated the State Department’s travelling photo exhibit "Jam Session: America’s Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" at Budapest’s Palace of the Arts on January 25.

A C-17 Globemaster III with humanitarian aid for Haiti lifts off at Pápa Air Base.

Pápa Air Base Supports Humanitarian Relief for Haiti
The Multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) has conducted a humanitarian relief mission to Haiti on 18 January 2010 delivering first-aid kits and supplies to help Haiti. This was the first humanitarian assistance flight by SAC’s operational arm, the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Pápa Air Base in Hungary.

Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey Levine, Timea Balogh, Klaudia Balogh, and Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis (Embassy photo)

Embassy Fellowship Program Graduates First Group
On January 15, Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis and Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffrey Levine awarded certificates of completion to the first two participants of the fellowship program for multiply disadvantaged persons launched by the U.S. Embassy Budapest in November 2009.

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Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship Summer Institute
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest is seeking applications from ambitious 16-18 year-old Hungarian students with fluent English to be part of the 3-4 week long Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship Summer Institute in the U.S., June-late August, 2010. Deadline: March 1, 2010