Mr. László Trócsányi, Minister of Justice of Hungary, paid an official visit to Lebanon on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the court.
The Hungarian, Czech and Polish Embassies held a joint reception in Beirut to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the three country’s accession to the NATO.
The Hungarians living in Lebanon and the Lebanese who have studied in Hungarian universitiesn commemorated the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49 in the Phoenia Hotel.
Hungary participated with the film "Sunset" by the Oscar-winning Hungarian director László Nemes Jeles at the 25th European Film Festival in Lebanon.
Father Gergő Bese, a Hungarian Priest from Pannonhalma, celebrated a mass in Lebanon on the eve of the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
As Hungary holds the rotating Presidency of the Visegrad Group, the Embassy organized a reception together with an exhibition on the history of the V4 cooperation at the Phoenicia Hotel on May 11. The event was attended by our Lebanese partners and members of the diplomatic community. The material of the exhibition consisted of tableaus on the history of the V4 cooperation.
The Embassy of Hungary had a reception to commemorate the Hungarian revolution of 1848 in the building of the Sin El Fil municipality on 14 March, 2018. The event was attended by members of the Hungarian community in Lebanon and Lebanese graduates from Hungarian universities. The reception was attended by Mr Adnan Kassar, President of Fransabank and Mr Adel Kassar, Honorary Consul of Hungary.
On the 9th February 2018, Ambassador Géza Mihályi and Károly Benes first secretary visited the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and met Professor Georges W. Hobeika, President of the University, and Deputy President for International Affairs and Global Initiatives, Dr. Rima Mattar. During the visit, the possibility of cooperation between the University of Kaslik and Hungarian universities was discussed.
The Embassy of Hungary in Beirut presented Ildikó Enyedi's film "On Body and Soul" at the 24th Beirut European Film Festival at the Beirut Sofil cinema on two occasions.
A Lebanese delegation lead by Louis Lahoud, State Secretary of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, had official talks between 4 and 8 December, 2017 at the Ministry of Agriculture in Budapest for the purpose of expanding agricultural trade relations. The parties agreed that the framework for future cooperation could be the formation of a Joint Committee and agreed on organizing a business forum in Lebanon in the near future.