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We are very proud of our Honorary Consul in Wallonia, Mr. René Branders, who now also serves as the President of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB-VBO), Belgium’s leading employers’ organisation. The inauguration ceremony took place on 30 March and was attended by H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács, Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Adrienn Kézsmárki and Mr. Ari Epstein, Honorary Consul of Hungary in Flanders.

On 30 March, a Hungarian-Belgian Drone Forum took place at the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels. The panel discussions focused on R&D cooperation, dual-use/defence industrial drones and agricultural drones. The event was attended by nearly 50 representatives of companies, universities and research institutes. H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács and Head of the Commercial Section, Dorottya Bősze welcomed the participants. The programme was supported by the Department for Cultural and Scientific Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and by Euroatlantic Plc.

On 17th of March, two of our compatriots have taken the oath of citizenship at the Embassy. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács has underlined that acquiring the citizenship is the legal expression of belonging to the nation, and it is even more eminent being close to 15th of March National Day.

Focusing on the Hungarian-Belgian and the Hungarian-Flemish bilateral relations. During her visit in Brussels, Hungarian Deputy State Secretary for the Development of European Relations, Krisztina Varju held talks with the Director for Western and Central Europe of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danielle Haven and the Secretary General of the Flemish Government’s Chancellery and Foreign Office, Julie Bynens.

On the occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1848-1849, H.E. Ambassador Tamás Iván Kovács laid a wreath of remembrance at the grave of Lajos Kossuth's mother, Mrs. Lászlóné Kossuth, in the Saint-Josse-ten Noode cemetery. At the solemn commemoration, we could hear the blessing given by Father István Havas and Kossuth songs performed by musician Tamás Zsári.