On 21 January, Szabolcs Nemes, Chargé d’Affaires attended the Hungarian Day organised by the Friends of Csókakő Association in Heffingen. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of ties between the twin cities.
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a wreath-laying ceremony took place at the Kazerne Dossin Holocaust Memorial. On behalf of the Embassy of Hungary, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván and Honorary Consul of Hungary, Mr. Ari Epstein participated in the project “Every Name Matters” and read the name of one the holocaust victim.
On 18 January, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and his wife, Dr. Edit Szepessy represented Hungary at the New Year’s Reception of H.R.H. the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess. The reception provided an excellent opportunity for a discussion with Luc Frieden, Prime Minister of Luxembourg on the 2024 diplomatic centennial between Hungary and Luxembourg and the approaching Hungarian EU Presidency.
On 5 January, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and his wife, Dr. Edit Szepessy represented Hungary at the official opening of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU at Bozar. Best wishes to the Belgian Presidency from all of us at the Embassy of Hungary! We are looking forward to the crucial Belgian-Hungarian EU Presidency year of 2024!
On 18 December, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács visited the Luxembourg Space Agency, where he met with Deputy CEO dr. Mathias Link. Dorottya Bősze, Head of Commercial and Trade Section was also present during the meeting.
As part of the tour of the Belgian provinces and provincial capitals, in preparation for the crucial 2024 Belgian-Hungarian EU Presidency year, on 8 December, Mathias De Clercq, the Mayor of Ghent, received H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács in Ghent.
On 1 December, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and Szabolcs Nemes, Chargé d’Affaires in Luxembourg paid a courtesy visit to Olivier Baldauff, Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.
On 1 December, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and Szabolcs Nemes, Chargé d’Affaires in Luxembourg had a meeting in Luxembourg with Angèle Da Cruz, European Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.
H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács received at his residence Minister of Justice, H.E. Bence Tuzson. They discussed the upcoming Belgian-Hungarian EU presidency priorities.
The Bóbita Hungarian-language weekend school organized a Christmas Market in Brussels on the first Sunday of Advent. Ms. Gabriella Nagy, Hungarian Community diplomat also visited the market that was supported by also the Embassy of Hungary this year.