21 May is the Hungarian Homeland Defence Day in commemoration of the 21 May 1849 recapture of the Capital’s Buda Castle from the imperial Habsburg occupiers by the young Hungarian Army of our 1848-49 Revolution and Freedom Fight. On the occasion of the Defence Day, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács, together with Colonel Gábor Erbán, our Defence, Military and Air Attaché welcomed at the Embassy the Heads of Mission, members of the Brussels diplomatic corps, and the Military Attaché Community accredited to Brussels. Among other guests, Divison Admiral Yves Dupont, Commander of the Royal Military Academy and Major General Geert De Decker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Training of the Belgian Armed Forces attended the event during which Brigadier General László Kálló, our future Defence, Military and Air Attaché was introduced to the public.
