commemoration

17/10/2016

Four parties sign declaration in honour of 1956 commemorations

Budapest, October 17 (MTI) – A statement signed by four of the five official parliamentary parties on the 60th anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Soviet 1956 revolution calls […]
17/10/2016

Series of events to commemorate 1956 anniversary in Berlin

Berlin, October 17 (MTI) – The 60th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution will be commemorated in a series of events in Berlin this week. Commemorations […]
17/10/2016

President Áder commemorates student heroes of 1956 in Szeged

Budapest (MTI) – President János Áder attended a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of Hungary’s higher education student federation MEFESZ in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on […]
13/10/2016

Hungarian defence minister was attending a 1956 conference in Washington D.C.

Washington (MTI) – The ageless message of 1956 is one of courage and a love of the homeland, said Defence Minister István Simicskó, after attending a […]
10/10/2016

CoE opens Polish-Hungarian exhibition on 1956

Budapest, October 10 (MTI) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe opened a Polish-Hungarian exhibition on Monday dedicated to the memory of the heroes […]
09/10/2016

The world’s first public triptych in Hungary

According to origo.hu, Cardinal József Mindszenty’s and Antal Pálinkás-Pallavicini’s (who died as a martyr in the reprisal after 1956) joint memorial is to be set up […]
07/10/2016

Orbán, Polish president to address 1956 national holiday

Budapest, October 7 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Polish President Andrzej Duda will address the October 23 national holiday commemorations in Budapest, Minister of […]
06/10/2016

Hungary commemorates 1849 martyrs – Photo gallery

Budapest, October 6 (MTI) – Hungary’s flag was hoisted then lowered to half-mast in front of Parliament in a state ceremony on Thursday, to mark a […]
06/10/2016

The last sentences of the 13 Martyrs of Arad

The 6th of October marks a sorrowful day in Hungarian history. In 1849, the thirteen generals of the revolution were executed in Arad, while Count Lajos […]
28/09/2016

Szijjártó holds lecture at US National Press Club on 1956 uprising

Washington, DC, September 28 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó gave a talk about Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, […]
28/09/2016

Centre of Budapest district named after former president Göncz

Budapest (MTI) – The centre of Budapest’s 13th district has been named after Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, in a ceremony […]
25/09/2016

Hungary’s biggest church has been ordained 160 years ago

According to origo.hu, Hungary’s biggest church, the Esztergom Basilica has been ordained 160 years ago. The Assumption and Saint Adalbert Basilica is the main church of […]
23/09/2016

Anniversary of 1956 anti-Soviet uprising marked in Washington Congress

New York (MTI) – The anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was marked in the United State House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Thursday local […]
18/09/2016

The siege of Szigetvár as you’ve never seen it before – VIDEO

Have you ever wondered how historic sieges like the siege of Szigetvár happened 450 years ago? What kind of conditions the soldiers did have to face? […]
16/09/2016

A tribute to Flórián Albert who would have been 75 years old in this year

Hungary’s only Golden Ball winner, Hungarian football’s last Emperor, the 75-times-capped international striker Flórián Albert would have been seventy-five years old today. The Hungarian Football Federation […]
12/09/2016

Memorial dedicated to martyred Polish priest inaugurated

Budapest (MTI) – A memorial dedicated to Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, a Polish Roman Catholic priest associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union and killed by communist […]
12/09/2016

Orbán marks September 11 terrorist attacks on US

  Budapest, September 11 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has issued a statement to “commemorate innocent victims and heroes of disaster management” on the 15th […]
11/09/2016

September 11 terrorist attacks commemorated in Budapest

Budapest, September 11 (MTI) – A commemoration was held in front of Budapest’s US embassy on Sunday, to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks […]
11/09/2016

Hungarian house speaker unveils hussard monument in Poland

Budapest, September 10 (MTI) – A monument of a Hungarian hussard and a Polish lancer next to their horses, symbolising friendship and solidarity between the two […]
10/09/2016

AHU’s flashmob embraced Africa at Heroes’ Square – VIDEO

A 36 square metre Africa-silhouette banner, 300 balloons and almost half a thousand people – this was the African-Hungarian Union’s (AHU) flashmob in numbers. Globoport.hu writes […]