commemoration

28/01/2017

Gradowski’s Auschwitz fragments first published in Hungarian

Budapest (MTI) – Polish Jewish author Zalmen Gradowski’s Auschwitz fragments regarded as the most authentic documents of the Holocaust has been first published in Hungarian to […]
27/01/2017

PM’s office calls for united front against anti-Semitism, racism

Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – The message of the Holocaust is that while remembering its victims, Europe and the entire world must fight all forms of […]
23/01/2017

Bus crash tragedy in Italy – Hungary observes day of mourning – Photos – UPDATE

Budapest, January 23 (MTI) – Hungary’s national flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to pay tribute to the 16 Hungarians who died […]
21/01/2017

Bus crash tragedy in Italy – Victims of bus crash commemorated in Budapest – PHOTOS

Hundreds of people gathered at the Szinyei Merse Pál Secondary School in Budapest on Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of the bus crash in Italy. […]
21/01/2017

Why 22 January is so important for Hungarians?

(MTI) – The main attraction of the Hungarian Culture Days will be the Hungarian National Anthem (Himnusz). On its 194th birthday, several cultural programmes are awaiting […]
21/01/2017

WWI, WWII memorials unveiled in Esztergom

Esztergom (MTI) – Two memorials commemorating WWI and WWII victims were unveiled at the site of a former cemetery in Esztergom, in northern Hungary, on Friday. […]
09/01/2017

Hungary’s deputy speaker attends celebration of ethnic German community

Budapest, January 8 (MTI) – The friendship between Hungarians and Germans has been an “unquestionable asset” for all Hungarian governments since the political regime change of […]
08/01/2017

Ethnic Germans deported to Soviet Union commemorated

(MTI) – A commemoration was held in Gyula, in south-eastern Hungary, on Saturday, to pay tribute to some 60,000-65,000 ethnic Germans who were deported to the […]
25/11/2016

Conference and commemoration pay tribute to people deported to Gulag

Budapest, November 25 (MTI) – Preserving the memory of the tragedy of Gulag is a common duty, the deputy state secretary in charge of Hungarian communities […]
22/11/2016

Hungary thanks solidarity of sportsmen who boycotted 1956 Melbourne Olympics

Budapest, November 21 (MTI) – Speaker of Parliament László Kövér on Monday met Dutch, Swiss and Spanish veteran athletes visiting Budapest who boycotted the 1956 Melbourne […]
14/11/2016

One year since Hungarian international goalkeeper Márton Fülöp passed away

On November 12th, marks one year since 24-times-capped Hungarian international goalkeeper Márton Fülöp passed away after a long illness aged just 32 years old. Having spent […]
08/11/2016

President of Hungary marks 1956 anniversary in Sydney

Sydney, November 8 (MTI) – President János Áder attended a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution in Sydney on Tuesday. In his […]
06/11/2016

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

On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces launched an all out attack on the capital. More than 200 thousand Soviet troops streamed into the country to put […]
06/11/2016

Hungarian minister: Whole nation should jointly remember Gulag victims, 1956 heroes

Budapest, November 6 (MTI) – Remembering the victims of Soviet forced labour camps, the heroes of the thwarted anti-Soviet revolution of 1956 and heroic Hungarian soldiers […]
05/11/2016

Austrian politicians, Hungarian minister mark 1956 anniversary of Soviet reprisal

Andau, Austria (MTI) – Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog jointly commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Soviet reprisal of Hungary’s […]
04/11/2016

1956 – President Áder attends commemoration of 1956 martyrs

Budapest, November 4 (MTI) – President János Áder attended a ceremony marking the anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising, on November 4, the day when the revolution […]
04/11/2016

Hungary commemorates 1956 Soviet invasion

Budapest, November 4 (MTI) – The Hungarian flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Friday to mark […]
03/11/2016

1956 committee calls for lighting candle in tribute to martyrs

Budapest, November 3 (MTI) – The 1956 commemoration committee asks all Hungarians to light a candle in tribute to the martyrs of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution […]
03/11/2016

1956 anniversary commemorated in Jakarta

Jakarta (MTI) – Hungary’s development minister stressed the importance of bilateral relations with Indonesia at a ceremony held at the Hungarian embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday. […]
26/10/2016

Parliament commemorates victims of 1956 fusillade

Budapest, October 25 (MTI) – The revolutionaries of 1956 wanted a free, independent and democratic Hungary, deputy speaker of parliament János Latorcai told a conference commemorating […]