Exciting news! During the U.S.-Hungary Business Council’s visit to Budapest, the Embassy joined them in announcing a new quarterly Trade and Investment Dialogue with the Hungarian government to advance trade and investment! American companies are eager to enter and expand their work in the Hungarian market and team with ever more Hungarian partners on security, energy, biotech, AI, and many more cutting-edge industries. 🇺🇸🤝🇭🇺

American companies came to Budapest this week with a clear message: they see real opportunity in Hungary. The 11th U.S.-Hungary Business Council Economic Summit brought more than 40 delegates to Budapest, representing leading U.S. companies in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, finance, energy, defense, cybersecurity, and advanced technology. Over several days of meetings with Hungarian government officials and business partners, the delegation exchanged views on the business environment, heard directly about opportunities and challenges in the Hungarian market, and strengthened relationships that underpin U.S.-Hungary commercial ties.

Small modular reactors could reshape Central Europe’s energy future. After a full day focused on deploying SMRs across Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, FIRST participants gathered in Budapest to continue the work of turning regional cooperation into real projects. Earlier this year, Secretary Rubio helped set that course by advancing U.S.-Hungary civil nuclear cooperation and supporting Hungary’s potential role as a regional hub for SMR development. This week is about carrying that momentum forward. As Chargé d’Affaires Caroline Savage said, “This is not just about reactors. It is about strengthening energy security, building industrial capacity, and ensuring this region has the power it needs to compete in the technologies of the future.” Cutting-edge U.S. nuclear technology and strong regional partnerships can help make that future possible. 🇺🇸🇭🇺

“Hungary’s agricultural heartland has a lot in common with America’s Heartland, where I come from. 🌾🇭🇺🤝🇺🇸 At the University of Debrecen’s Látókép Experimental Farm, research and innovation are tackling real-world challenges from drought to food security. 🌱🍽️ Americans and Hungarians can – and should – collaborate on these issues. We have a lot to learn from each other.”

🌱 Drones. AI. Less water, more food. See how U.S. tech is helping Hungarian farmers beat the drought. 🇺🇸🤝🇭🇺

I enjoyed meeting with Debrecen Mayor László Papp to discuss strengthening U.S.-Debrecen ties. From agriculture and innovation to tackling shared challenges like drought, we’re building on strong partnerships and exploring new opportunities to deliver results for both our countries. 🇺🇸🇭🇺

🚜🇺🇸🇭🇺 Growing together for 50+ years! See how American innovation is helping Hungarian transform their farming.🌾🤝

🚜🌾For more than 50 years, leading American agricultural companies and technologies have stood beside Hungarian farmers. Today, KITE plays a central role in adapting American precision agriculture and AI to Hungarian conditions, powered by American companies like John Deere, Valley, Orthman and Unverferth. Proof that when we invest together, we grow together. 🇺🇸🇭🇺

America + Hungary = energy sovereignty. See you at SPRING, Budapest, Sept 21–23. 🇺🇸🇭🇺⚡

Only two weeks after our last joint success, U.S. and Hungarian law enforcement have completed another extradition: working together, the FBI and Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation returned a fugitive wanted on 16 counts of sexual assault to the United States to face justice. The United States and Hungary remain committed to this cooperation, and to pursuing justice for victims wherever the accused may try to hide. 🇺🇸🇭🇺

A multinational operation to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Sality and take down its infrastructure was announced today, involving actions in the United States, #Bulgaria, #Hungary, and #Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation. Coordination between the private sector and government partners was central to this effort and advanced the first pillar of President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America – “Shape Adversary Behavior.” Federal law enforcement worked with the private sector to identify and disrupt malicious networks, scale national capabilities, and shape adversary behavior by degrading their tools and infrastructure. Since 2003, the Sality botnet has installed malicious software (malware) on compromised devices, enabling cryptocurrency theft and cyberattacks on victims in the United States and abroad. The victim computers infected with Sality were part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, which is a network of computers (each a “bot”) infected with the Sality malware and controlled by the Sality operator. A P2P botnet is a decentralized network of bots that communicate directly with each other to share commands. The owners of the victim computers were typically unaware that their devices had been misappropriated as bots by Sality. @USAO_LosAngeles @CrowdStrike @ShadowServer Additional details here: justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/sal…

The United States stands in solidarity with Germany and all Allies in the face of efforts to cause harm and chaos on NATO territory. We remain committed to NATO’s collective defense and clear-eyed about the need for Allies to increase their capabilities to deter all threats to the Alliance.

I was glad for the chance to meet with Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s new President Kristóf Gáncs today to learn about how their humanitarian and youth empowerment work has touched the lives of so many in Hungary, Ukraine, and beyond.