World history

World History stories covering key events, empires, wars and civilizations shaping our modern world.

Budapest in the 1940s – The peaceful moments of the city in rare colour photographs

January 20, 2017

Day of Hungarian culture marked in Vienna

January 20, 2017

Father Placid dies at age 101

January 17, 2017

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

January 15, 2017

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

January 13, 2017

Budapest hosts conference on Roman Limes

January 10, 2017

Ethnic Germans deported to Soviet Union commemorated

January 8, 2017

Orbán attends unveiling of monument to poet Gáspár Nagy

January 8, 2017

500th anniversary of Reformation – The opening ceremony in Hungary

January 7, 2017

Hungarian government: Europe should learn from martyred saint Becket

January 6, 2017

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

December 30, 2016

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

December 30, 2016

Benedictine Monk Father Placid 100-years old today

December 25, 2016

5 outstanding Hungarian women at the forefront of history

December 25, 2016

Szaloncukor, the Christmastime Hungaricum

December 24, 2016

Hungarians Celebrate 2016 Winter Solstice Across The Country

December 23, 2016

A great video explaining the Hungarian language in English

December 21, 2016

Exhibition on Hungary’s last king opens in National Museum

December 19, 2016

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

December 17, 2016

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

December 15, 2016

Exhibition on Hungary’s last king opens in Matthias Church

December 15, 2016

Toast with Tokaji Aszú wine – The taste of the feast

December 11, 2016

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

December 8, 2016

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

December 7, 2016

Memorial for Hungarian naval servicemen to be erected in Croatia

December 7, 2016

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

December 3, 2016

Kodály method included in UNESCO World Heritage list

December 2, 2016

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

December 1, 2016

Donations invited for bust of former President Göncz

December 1, 2016

The Bastion of Christendom

November 29, 2016

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

November 28, 2016

The story of the largest elephant

November 26, 2016

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

November 26, 2016

Conference and commemoration pay tribute to people deported to Gulag

November 25, 2016

Jobbik wants amnesty for political protesters between 2006-2010

November 24, 2016

Hungary thanks solidarity of sportsmen who boycotted 1956 Melbourne Olympics

November 22, 2016

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

November 16, 2016

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

November 16, 2016

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

November 12, 2016

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

November 6, 2016