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On 9 May, our Embassy’s Luxembourg Office together with our Cultural Service, Liszt Institute Brussels represented Hungary at the Europe Day event organised by the Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg. We were pleased to welcome all the interested public at our tent, including Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

On 3 May, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács had a meeting with Mr. Jean-Louis Thill, Director for European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg. After exchanging views on current EU and bilateral dossiers, they discussed the preparations for the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the diplomatic centennial between Hungary and Luxembourg, both due in 2024.

On 25 April, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács held talks with Mr. Ghislain D’hoop, Deputy Head of Directorate General for Multilateral Affairs and Globalisation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. They discussed the upcoming crucial Belgian-Hungarian EU Presidency year of 2024 and our recently completed diplomatic centennial.

H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács received students of the Faculty of Architecture of the Catholic University of Leuven at his residence. He provided detailed information about the history of the residence building.

A Flemish business delegation of 18 people visited the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels on 21 April, courtesy of the Flemish Chamber of Commerce and Industry VOKA West-Flanders and the Flanders Investment and Trade Agency. The aim of the programme was to prepare the delegation for their business trip to Hungary in May. H.E. Ambassador Iván dr. Tamás Iván Kovács and Dorottya Bősze, Head of Commercial Section, welcomed the participants.