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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.

Orbán Viktor miniszterelnök március 15-e alkalmából üzenetben szól a külhoni magyarsághoz. Az üzenet itt olvasható.

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.