On the 24th of March 2017 the Koper-based University of Primorska hosted a joint Slovenian-Hungarian Rectors’ Conference which was attended by close to 30 institutions of higher education. The purpose of the conference was to promote cooperation and exchange of experiences between universities.
On the 22nd of March 2017 Mr Tadej Bajd, the President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, visited Budapest at the invitation of Mr György Fekete, the President of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
On the 23rd of March 2017 our Embassy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary organised the “Together in Africa” Slovenian-Hungarian joint business conference in Ljubljana.
On the 13th of March 2017 our Embassy and the Ljubljana-based József Attila Cultural Society organised an event in memory of the 1848-1849 revolution and war for independence.
On the 8th of March 2017 Ambassador Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi paid a visit to the city of Velenje where she met with the Mayor Mr Bojan Kontič.
On the 16th of February 2017 Ambassador Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi paid a visit to the coastal town of Izola where she held talks with the Mayor Mr Igor Kolenc.
On the 15th of February 2017 Ambassador Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi visited the city of Novo mesto where she met with the city’s Mayor Mr Gregor Macedoni. She also paid a visit to the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and the most important local companies (Krka, Adria, Revoz).
On the 13th of February 2017 our Embassy organised a media event at the Balassi Institute the purpose of which was to present Hungary to Slovenian tourism journalists.
On the 23rd of January, 2017 our Embassy, in cooperation with the Hungarian Cultural Center in Ljubljana, held a gala concert in honour of the Hungarian Culture Day and the first anniversary of the opening of the Ljubljana Balassi Institute.
Hungarian Government has declared the 23rd of January 2017 a national day of mourning in memory of the victims who died in the coach accident in Italy on the 20th of January.