On 20 April at the Liszt Institute an exhibition on the 120 years of the Hungarian Cinama opened.
On 8 April, at the invitation of H.E. Siegfried Peinen, Ambassador of Belgium to Hungary, and Mr. Koen Haverbeke, General Representative of Flanders in Central Europe, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács attended the concert of Collegium Vocale Gent at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. The concert was followed by a reception.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Munkácsy Association in Luxembourg hosted an Advent event and a Christmas market on 11th December.