On 25 March 2026, our library hosted a ceremonial reception organised by the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Budapest on the occasion of Greek Independence Day.
The meeting focused on opportunities to strengthen cultural relations, as well as on a planned inter-institutional cooperation.
On 27 March 2026, a cooperation agreement was concluded between the National Széchényi Library (NSZL) and the French Institute in Hungary.
On 24 March 2026, the Azerbaijani book corner was ceremonially inaugurated at the National Library of Foreign Literature (NLFL). The event marks another milestone in Hungarian–Azerbaijani library cooperation.
On 19 March 2026 Caroline Savage, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States in Budapest, paid an official visit to our library.
On 20 March 2026, at a press event, the National Széchényi Library (OSZK) announced that it has made freely accessible, via the Copia digital platform, more than 2,600 manuscript items from the Bártfa Collection, which contains outstanding source material of 16th–17th century European sacred music.
We invite our visitors on a journey inspired by the novel of Mór Jókai at the National Library’s temporary exhibition between 31 March and 30 June 2026.
During cataloguing work in the Early Printed Books Archive of the National Széchényi Library, a unique discovery was made: a particularly rare and exceptionally early incunable, a parchment-printed fragment of the so-called 36-line Bible, was identified by the young researcher of the library, Márton Szovák.