Orbán cabinet’s Tusványos festival kicks off today in Transylvania
The 33rd Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, better known as Tusványos, is getting underway on Tuesday at Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) in Transylvania, under the motto “On a Better Track”.
Tusványos festival starts
The event is organised by the Transylvanian Hungarian Youth Council (MIT) and the Budapest-based Pro Minoritate Foundation.
This year the event will include more than 500 programmes and 1,000 speakers on the banks of the River Olt and in sports fields.
Topics for podium discussions include peacemaking, the election year, and the Hungarian EU presidency, among others.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and László Tőkés, president of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania (EMNT), will give speeches and do a Q and A on Saturday morning.
Tusványos also offers numerous cultural, traditional, educational and entertainment programmes, including literary and theatre events, folk music and dance gatherings.
The event’s official opening takes place on Wednesday morning.
Viktor Orbán’s speech at the festival in 2022 caused significant public outcry as he said “Hungarians are not a mixed race and do not want to become one”: read our article on it HERE.
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