2 years ago
On the occasion of the New Year, His Majesty King Philippe and Her Majesty Queen Mathilde welcomed the Ambassadors accredited to Belgium and their spouses at the Royal Palace. At the reception, Hungary was represented by H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and his wife, Dr. Edit Szepessy. After a personal consultation with the Head of State of Belgium, the Ambassador had a discussion with H.E. Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Mr. Jeroen Cooreman, Acting Director-General for Bilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and his fellow Ambassadors.
2 years ago
On 16 January 2023, dr. Dániel Rohács, President of the Hungarian Drone Coalition and Tamás Zsolnay, Senior External Relations Manager of HungaroControl held bilateral meetings with their Belgian and European partners at the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels. During the meetings, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Belgian Cap Innove and ID2Move incubators. Dorottya Bősze, Commercial and Trade Attaché and Kincső Dvorácskó, Commercial and Trade Assistant participated in the programme.
2 years ago
On 9th January H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács attended the European Corporate Security Association’s New Year's Reception in the company of Admiral Michel Hofman, Belgian Chief of Defence, Mr. Marc De Mesmaeker, General Commissioner of the Belgian Federal Police and Mr. William De Baets, Deputy Chief of Staff and Diplomatic Advisor to H.M. King Philippe of Belgium.
2 years ago
On 5 January, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács met with Mr. Ari Epstein, Honorary Consul of Hungary in Flanders and CEO of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. The topics reviewed included the rapidly developing Flemish-Hungarian relations, the economy of the region, the city of Antwerp and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
2 years ago
On 6 January, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács attended the Requiem Mass for late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at Brussels’ Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula offered by H.Em. Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, and H.E. Archbishop Franco Coppola, the Apostolic Nuncio.
2 years ago
On 19 December, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács had a meeting with Mr. Koenraad Debackere, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KBC Group. They discussed the success of Hungary’s K&H Bank, owned by KBC, the amazing work of the Alamire Foundation in Leuven and the Hungarian connections at KU Leuven.
3 years ago
Inauguration of our renovated Consulate in Brussels in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó and Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács. We are thankful to Father István Havas for the blessing!
3 years ago
Two of our compatriots have taken an oath of citizenship at our Embassy on 9 December. The students of Mathias Corvinus Collegium, as visitors present at the Embassy, have participated at the ceremonial event. After the oath – in the circle of the family members of the oath-takers – Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and the staff of the Embassy have congratulated to our new citizens.
3 years ago
Ms. Gabriella Nagy, Hungarian Community diplomat visited the newly opened office of Mathias Corvinus Collegium Brussels.
3 years ago
Minister of Culture and Innovation, János Csák had a discussion with Minister-President of the Government of Flanders, Jan Jambon. He paid a visit to the Liszt Institute and the Hungarian House and met with the representatives of the Hungarian Community in Belgium at the Embassy of Hungary.
