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On 19 February Minister-president Jan Jambon received the Dutch minister of the interior, Raymond Knops. During a breakfast meeting they exchanged thoughts on the digitalisation, e-government and the bottlenecks in the roll-out of the 5G network.

On 12 February, Minister-president Jambon started his two-day mission to Hungary and the Czech Republic. In Budapest, he met the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjarto, before being received by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

On 4 February, Minister-president Jan Jambon had a meeting with Michel Barnier, the EU Chief Coordinator of the negotiations for a new, post-brexit relationship with the United Kingdom.

On 17 February, the EU organised a major donors' conference for the reconstruction of the earthquake-affected regions of Albania. At the end of 2019, the Government of Flanders already released 175,000 euros for this humanitarian disaster.

Flanders Investment & Trade presented the Foreign Investment Trophies on 11 February. Four international companies with investment projects in Flanders won prizes.

Minister-president Jambon invited the diplomatic corps to toast together to 2020. The New Year's reception took place in the Errera House on 28 January. 

Minister-president Jan Jambon met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Tomas Petricek, in Prague on 14 February, during the second leg of his mission to Hungary and the Czech Republic.

On 7 February, the Government of Flanders approved the contribution of 900,000 euros to the Flemish Trust Fund of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Through the Trust Fund Flanders finances projects of the ILO.

Kris Van de Poel will be General Secretary of the Taalunie from 1 March. The linguistics professor of the University of Antwerp succeeds the Dutch Hans Bennis who is retiring.