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October 24, 2015

October 23 – 1956 about irrepressible desire for freedom, LMP says

October 24, 2015

October 23 – Craving for freedom stronger than govt, say Socialists

October 24, 2015

October 23 – 1956 freedom fighters got strength from Horthy government, says Vona

October 24, 2015

October 23 – Hungary to protect itself, like in 1956, says Varga

October 24, 2015

October 23 – Hungary commemorates 1956 uprising – UPDATE – PHOTOS

October 23, 2015

Personal stories from the 23rd of October, 1956

October 23, 2015

Kover addresses 1956 commemoration in Paris

October 20, 2015

Magyarabs, a Hungarian tribe in Africa

October 20, 2015

House speaker lays wreath at Paris Arch of Triumph

October 19, 2015

Beautiful pictures of old Hungary are kept in the USA

October 19, 2015

Ten ancient Hungarian trees you have to see

October 18, 2015

Lapidarium opened in Parliament’s ventilation tunnel

October 11, 2015

Take a trip around Budapest!

October 11, 2015

Péter Pázmány, the leader of the Hungarian counter-reformation was born 445 years ago

October 10, 2015

Democratic model in crisis in many states, says Fukuyama in Budapest

October 9, 2015

Writer, film historian Nemeskurty dies

October 9, 2015

Commemorations of 1849 Arad martyrs – Photos – Update

October 6, 2015

The cruel reprisal of the Hungarian revolution of 1848-1849

October 6, 2015

Szijjarto: Hungarians in 1956 incomparable to current mass migration

October 1, 2015

The Day of Hungarian Folk-tales

September 30, 2015

The Historic City Centre of Eger Has Been Renovated

September 30, 2015

Readers’ letters: Historical reasons behind Hungary’s reaction to the Syrian refugees

September 26, 2015

Last respects paid to Ferenc Puskás’ widow

September 20, 2015

What are the main differences between the ’56 Hungarian and the current refugee crises?

September 18, 2015

’Discovering Puskás’ events take place in the United Kingdom

September 13, 2015

Battle of Pressburg – Hungarians must be destroyed – Video

September 6, 2015

Jégbüfé – The End Of An Era

September 1, 2015

Exhibition of Ferenc Puskas opens in the National Football Museum

September 1, 2015

The maid of Hungary’s communist dictator spoke

August 29, 2015

Animated re-enactment of the Battle of Mohács – Video

August 29, 2015

Bloodthirsty and rebel – Hungarians in the 18th century

August 23, 2015

Knight Tournaments Square handed over in Miskolc

August 21, 2015

US secretary of state marks Hungary’s national holiday

August 19, 2015

Memorial to victims of Soviet forced labour inaugurated in Hercegkut

August 17, 2015

Hungary’s support for Ottawa memorial of communism victims presented

August 14, 2015

Roma Holocaust Center commemorates 71st anniversary of Roma Holocaust

August 3, 2015

Arpadhon, a 120-year-old Hungarian settlement in the US

August 2, 2015

Preview – Bugac is waiting for more than a hundred thousand of visitors

August 2, 2015

Two Hungarian municipalities awarded Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture title

August 1, 2015