3 years ago
On 8 April the exhibition “Between Hell and Paradise – The Enigmatic World of Hieronymus Bosch” was inaugurated by H.E. János Áder, President of Hungary, at Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts. At the invitation of dr. László Baán, Director-General of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács also attended the opening ceremony.
3 years ago
On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Hungarian-Belgian diplomatic relations, H.E. Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and H.E. Ms. Sophie Wilmès, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium jointly unveiled the commemorative plaque on the building of the first Brussels diplomatic mission of Hungary under Rue de Florence 5.
3 years ago
Even in the life of a European state such as Hungary with a history of more than a thousand years, 100 years is a considerable period of time. If we look at the events of the last century in European and world history, we can perhaps say that it was the most significant century, and thus undoubtedly a defining 100 years for modern Hungary. The relations between our countries, Hungary and Belgium, are important elements of it. One houndred years ago, on 20th of February 1922, the first mission of Hungary started its operation at Rue de Florence 5 headed by Olivér Woracziczky.
3 years ago
Dr. János Bóka, State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office responsible for EU Affairs and Ms. Julie Bynens, Secretary-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Flemish Government had an excellent discussion on Flemish-Hungarian cooperation, various EU topics and the upcoming 2023-24 Spanish-Belgian-Hungarian EU Trio Presidency at the Errera Hotel in Brussels.
3 years ago
On 11 January 2022, H.E. Ambassador dr. Tamás Iván Kovács participated in a meeting between Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich, State Secretary for the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy and the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme, and Julie Bynens, Secretary General of the Flemish Chancellery and Foreign Affairs Office. The aim of the meeting was to present the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy and to explore the possibilities for Hungarian-Flemish bilateral cooperation.
3 years ago
On 10 January 2022, H.E. Ambassador dr. Iván Tamás Kovács visited the Budapest office of Resilux Central Europe Packaging Technology Ltd., a leading Belgian company in packaging technology. The meeting was attended by Peter De Cruyper, CEO of the Belgian company, Árpád Somlai, Managing Director of the Hungarian subsidiary and Dorottya Bősze, Economic and Trade Attaché.
3 years ago
On 11 January 2022, the 11th meeting of the Hungarian-Flemish Joint Committee took place in Budapest, where József Magyar, Deputy State Secretary for the Development of European Relations and Julie Bynens, Secretary General of the Flemish Chancellery and Foreign Affairs Office signed the working programme for 2022-2024. The meeting was also attended by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Tamás Iván Kovács and Dorottya Bősze Economic and Trade Attaché.
3 years ago
The Munkácsy Association in Luxembourg hosted an Advent event and a Christmas market on 11th December.
3 years ago
The 3rd Bartók Symposium was organised in cooperation with the Liszt Institute Brussels ׀ Liszt Intézet Brüsszel, the Bartók Archives of Brussels and Budapest and the KBR - Royal Library of Belgium, between 14 and 16 December 2021. The three-day event featured 4 concerts and 6 lectures. In his closing speech, Ambassador Iván Tamás Kovács highlighted that the Bartók Symposium is a great precursor to the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Hungary, which will be celebrated in 2022, and an excellent example of cultural diplomatic cooperation between the two countries.
3 years ago
President János Áder awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary to David Moucheron, former CEO of K&H Bank, in recognition of his outstanding work in the development of Hungarian-Belgian economic relations. The decoration was handled by H.E. Ambassador Dr. Tamás Iván Kovács during the official ceremony at the Ambassador's Residence on 8 December 2021.
Congratulations on this recognition!
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