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World History stories covering key events, empires, wars and civilizations shaping our modern world.
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Budapest in the 1940s – The peaceful moments of the city in rare colour photographs

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Day of Hungarian culture marked in Vienna

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Father Placid dies at age 101

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A sculpture in Budapest became the second most important work of art in the world

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Danube’s incredible drift ice in the 1900s – Photo Gallery

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Budapest hosts conference on Roman Limes

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Ethnic Germans deported to Soviet Union commemorated

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Orbán attends unveiling of monument to poet Gáspár Nagy

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500th anniversary of Reformation – The opening ceremony in Hungary

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Hungarian government: Europe should learn from martyred saint Becket

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Catholic Church head marks centenary of last Hungarian king’s coronation

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Rio de Janeiro’s Christ statue to light up in Hungarian stripes

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Benedictine Monk Father Placid 100-years old today

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5 outstanding Hungarian women at the forefront of history

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Szaloncukor, the Christmastime Hungaricum

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Hungarians Celebrate 2016 Winter Solstice Across The Country

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A great video explaining the Hungarian language in English

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Exhibition on Hungary’s last king opens in National Museum

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1956 Revolution – The first brick that was pushed out of the wall of communism – VIDEO

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EU ‘unfair’ to criticise Hungary, says former Italian minister

Exhibition on Hungary’s last king opens in Matthias Church

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Toast with Tokaji Aszú wine – The taste of the feast

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The Revolution of 1956: Here are the leaders of the retaliation

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Interesting animation on how the world changed in the last 30 years

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Memorial for Hungarian naval servicemen to be erected in Croatia

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Nirvana in Budapest: never-seen before photos of their gig in 1989

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Kodály method included in UNESCO World Heritage list

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Foreign minister ordered members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps to stay away from Romania National Holiday celebrations

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Donations invited for bust of former President Göncz

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The Bastion of Christendom

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Did you know? The city of Eger has a muezzin – VIDEO

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The story of the largest elephant

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The City Park Ice Rink is 90 years old! – PHOTOS

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Conference and commemoration pay tribute to people deported to Gulag

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Jobbik wants amnesty for political protesters between 2006-2010

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Hungary thanks solidarity of sportsmen who boycotted 1956 Melbourne Olympics

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Puskás is still in the lead on the all-time world ranking list

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Watercolourist Ágota Markovics art project documenting Hungarian women’s folk costumes across the Carpathian basin

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The board game of the year: Become a 1956 revolutionary!

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Hungarians mourns the victims of the Soviet invasion took place 60 years ago – Photo gallery

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