The embassy of Hungary hosted a reception to mark the 58th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of October 1956. From left: Hungarian Ambassador Balint Odor; Peter M. Boehm, associate deputy minister of Foreign Affairs; EU Ambassador Marie Anne Coninsx and Péter Szijjárto, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Performers at a “By Youth For Youth” benefit concert, which was presented by the Ottawa Chinese-Canadian University Alumni, raised money for the Ottawa Snowsuit Fund. (Photo: John Zhang)Albanian Ambassador Elida Petoshati hosted a national day celebration Nov. 25 at Ottawa City Hall. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Ambassador Julio Antonio Garmendía Peña and his wife, Miraly Gonzalez, hosted a reception in celebration of Cuba’s national day at the embassy. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Korean Ambassador Hee Yong Cho and his wife, Yang Lee Cho, hosted a reception for their national day and armed forces day at the Château Laurier. (Photo: Ülle Baum)UAE Ambassador Mohammed Saif Helal M. Al-Shehhi hosted a reception at the embassy to celebrate his country’s national day. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Turkish Ambassador Selçuk Ünal and Polish Ambassador Marcin Rafal Bosacki hosted a concert and exhibition at the Turkish residence to mark the 600th anniversary of establishment of Polish-Turkish relations. From left, Mr. Ünal, James Bezan, parliamentary secretary to the minister of national defence, and Mr. Bosacki. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas spoke at Carleton University. (Photo: Ülle Baum)On the occasion of the national day of Spain, Ambassador Carlos Gomez Mugica and his wife, Maria de la Rica Aranguren, hosted a reception at their residence. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Germany’s Wild Bakers, Jörg Schmid and Johannes Hirth, pose with their heart-shaped bread after an extreme baking demonstration at the German embassy’s Winterlude show. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Gov. Gen. David Johnston, shown with Norwegian Ambassador Mona Brother, hosted a winter celebration at Rideau Hall. Participating embassies included Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Slovenia, Sweden, and the EU delegation. (Photo: Ülle Baum)At Gov. Gen. David Johnston’s annual winter celebration Jan. 24, Asmund Baklien, husband of Norwegian Ambassador Mona Brother, led the competition on Norwegian skis that were eight metres long. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Julio Alejandro Rodriguez Velez, counsellor at the embassy of the Dominican Republic and his wife, Natalia Cacho, took to the dance floor at the Ottawa Diplomatic Association’s annual ball. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Former governor general Michaëlle Jean and her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, attended the ODA ball. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Colonel (Retired) Pg Kamal Bashah Pg Ahmad, ambassador of Brunei, at centre, hosted a national day reception. He’s shown with Susan Gregson, assistant deputy minister for the Asia-Pacific, and MP Bernard Trottier, parliamentary secretary to the foreign minister. (Photo: Sam Garcia)Italian Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado and his wife, Martine Laidin, were greeted at the Snowflake Ball by Brigitte Lalonde from Models International Management, left. (Photo: Ülle Baum)To mark the national day of Austria, Ambassador Arno Riedel and his wife, Loretta Loria-Riedel hosted a reception at their residence. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Japanese Ambassador Norihiro Okuda and his wife, Keiko, hosted a reception at the Westin Hotel to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Japan. Mrs. Okuda is shown with Trade Minister Ed Fast. (Photo: Ülle Baum)Lebanese Ambassador Micheline Abi Samra hosted a national day reception at St. Elias Centre. She’s shown with former P.E.I. premier Robert Ghiz. (Photo: Ülle Baum)To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Open Skies Conference, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt hosted a reception to unveil a painting by Canadian-German painter Horst Maria Guilhauman depicting the historic breakfast of the four foreign ministers who met that day. From left, French chargé d’affaires Alexandre Aaron Vulic, U.S. deputy chief of mission Richard M. Sanders, Mr. Wnendt and British High Commissioner Howard Ronald Drake. (Photo: Ülle Baum)To mark International Women’s Day, the Chinese embassy hosted an event featuring cultural performances presented by female diplomats as well as musicians, singers and dancers. Jiang Yili, wife of the Chinese ambassador, centre, leads the one of the dances. (Photo: Ülle Baum)From left, Ralitsa Tcholakova, vice-president of the Ottawa Region Bulgarian Foundation; Nevena Nikolaeva Mandadjieva and Bulgarian Ambassador Nikolay Milkov at the opening of the Days of Bulgarian Culture and Art show at Ottawa City Hall on Oct. 14. (Photo: Ülle Baum)
