World history

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

73rd anniversary – The WWII ‘Don Disaster’

January 12, 2016

BREAKING NEWS – Son of Saul wins Golden Globe for best foreign language film in L.A. – VIDEO – UPDATE

January 11, 2016

Opening of the Zrinyi-Szigetvar 1566 Memorial Year – Leaders of Hungary, Turkey, Croatia to mark 450th anniversary of Szigetvar siege

January 8, 2016

Renewable energy and Hungarian opportunities in Morocco

January 8, 2016

There was a Hungarian passenger on board the Titanic

January 7, 2016

Budapest 100 features Grand Boulevard this year

January 6, 2016

Tombs thought to be 7,000 years old excavated in Central Hungary

January 5, 2016

Experts still examining Seuso treasure in Hungary

December 29, 2015

Hungarian Writers’ Union to mark 1956 anniversary with several programmes in 2016

December 28, 2015

USA was ready to drop an atomic bomb on Budapest

December 27, 2015

Hungary broke into world press with something unexpected

December 26, 2015

International Terrorism and the New World Order – lecture of Dr. Csaba Mohi

December 19, 2015

Homan statue plans withdrawn – Reactions

December 18, 2015

The largest burial construction of Hungary can be visited again

December 15, 2015

Luca Day in Hungary

December 13, 2015

Suleiman the Magnificent’s tomb discovered in Hungary

December 9, 2015

Prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for former communist leader

December 4, 2015

Exhibition on Semmelweis, Romer opens in UNESCO headquarters

December 2, 2015

Based on Hungarian folk predictions, we may have white Christmas

November 30, 2015

Today is the Day of the Hungarian Football – Match of the century was on November 25 at Wembley

November 25, 2015

“Memories of the Gulag link “people living east of the River Elbe” – Commemoration of Hungarian deportees to Soviet Union

November 25, 2015

Is there a link between climate change and violence?

November 24, 2015

Communism “was an insane ideology”, says Orban at a commemoration

November 21, 2015

When the Hungarians won the battle of Mohács

November 21, 2015

The 450th anniversary of the siege of Szigetvár with lavish cultural programs

November 21, 2015

Transcarpathian Hungarians remember 1944 deportations

November 20, 2015

The day of the Hungarian language – 13th of November

November 13, 2015

Polt complains to supreme court over Biszku ruling

November 12, 2015

Hungarian edition of Kissinger’s latest title World Order presented in Budapest

November 12, 2015

1956 memorial committee meets for first time

November 12, 2015

TODAY: St. Martin’s Day – Hungarian traditions

November 11, 2015

An urban legend: Why aren’t there any Chinese tombs in Hungary?

November 10, 2015

Secret hospital lies under Budapest

November 9, 2015

Hunyadi and the noon bell ritual

November 9, 2015

Budapest’s first cinema is 100 years old

November 8, 2015

Baku from a Hungarian perspective – 80 amazing pictures

November 7, 2015

Do you know how these Budapest’s squares got their names?

November 7, 2015

Flag flown at half-mast in front of Parliament – UPDATE

November 4, 2015

It has been investigated for 4 years how the plaque insulting Hungarians appeared in front of the Matthias statue in Kolozsvar

October 28, 2015

Commemoration of “Bloody Thursday” massacre held on Kossuth Square

October 25, 2015