Latest Embassy News

03/06/2025

New leadership at the helm of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta

The delegates' assembly elected Péter Szabadhegÿ as president for the next four-year term, Miklós Vecsei as vice-president, and Bishop Dr. Levente Balázs Martos as national spiritual leader.

14/05/2025

The Ambassador meets young Hungarian students

H.E. Amb. Dr. Heinz Hafner held a talk about the Sovereign Order of Malta to students of the Matthias Corvinus College in Békéscsaba.

11/04/2025

100 years of diplomatic relations between the Sovereign Order of Malta and Hungary

In 1925, the Grand Master of the Order, Fra' Galeazzo von Thun und Hohenstein, appointed Count Jenő Karátsonyi, who at the time belonged to the Order's Austrian Grand Priorate, as first Ambassador Extraordinary to Hungary. It was Jenő Karátsonyi who paved the way for the Order of Malta to authorise the creation of a Hungarian national association in 1928. The Hungarian Order of Malta celebrated the centenary at the invitation of H.E. Ambassador Dr. Heinz Anton Hafner, on 10th April at the Church of the Holy Name of the Virgin Mary in Solymár, where Count Jenő Karátsonyi is buried. Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Michael W. Banach, Apostolic Nuncio.

International news

13/06/2025

Credentials presented by Paraguay, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Moldova

The Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap received in audience in the Magistral Palace for the presentation of their Letters of Credence, the new Ambassadors of: – Paraguay, H.E. Romina Elizabeth…

12/06/2025

Religious freedom and human development: for more equitable and inclusive societies

Religious freedom is not just an individual right: it is the foundation of inclusive, prosperous and peaceful societies. This is the strong message that emerged from the round table “The…

12/06/2025

Grand Hospitaller Joseph D. Blotz visits Cameroon

The Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Joseph D. Blotz, has recently visited Cameroon where he went to several of the humanitarian projects of the Order, present in…