commemoration

09/09/2016

US ambassador on 9/11 anniversary: Fight against terrorism unrelenting

Budapest (MTI) – Colleen Bell, the US ambassador to Hungary, addressing a commemoration held ahead of the anniversary of 9/11, pledged on Friday unrelenting commitment to […]
09/09/2016

Bartók, Polish culture, 1956 in focus at Budapest contemporary arts festival

Budapest, September 8 (MTI) – Béla Bartók and Polish culture will be central elements of the Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival held between Oct. 7 and 23, […]
08/09/2016

Memmorial plaque commemorating Gulag prisoner Menczer

Budapest, September 8 (MTI) – Economy Minister Mihály Varga unveiled on Thursday a memorial plaque commemorating Gusztáv Menczer, a political prisoner and forced labourer of the […]
08/09/2016

Flashmob for Africa at Heroes’ Square

Globoport.hu writes that the African-Hungarian Union (AHU) celebrated its 10th birthday on the 19th of August. The celebration continues in the upcoming weeks with exciting programmes […]
06/09/2016

Ottoman shrine project in Budapest symbol of good relations with Turkey

Budapest, September 6 (MTI) – Representatives of the Hungarian and Turkish governments visited the 16th-century tomb of Gül Baba in Budapest, a shrine to be reconstructed […]
06/09/2016

Zrínyi-Szigetvár 1566 Memorial Year events begin in Szigetvár

Budapest, Sepbember 5 (MTI) – Justice Minister László Trócsányi inaugurated a stele in Szigetvár, in south-west Hungary, on Monday, officially marking the town as a national […]
05/09/2016

Largest ever 1956 conference to be held in Eger this week

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – The largest ever conference on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising will be organised this week in Eger, in northern Hungary, the head […]
05/09/2016

Polish president guest of honour at 1956 events

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – Polish President Andrzej Duda will be the guest of honour at Hungary’s official commemorations of the 60th anniversary of its 1956 […]
25/08/2016

1956 memorial to be raised in Manhattan

Budapest, August 25 (MTI) – A memorial honouring Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution will be erected in Manhattan, Ferenc Kumin, Hungary’s consul general to New York, said […]
23/08/2016

Stalinist Gulags history’s ‘lowest’ point, says justice minister – UPDATE

Budapest (MTI) – Stalinism and the system of Gulags was one of the lowest points of not only the 20th century but the whole of history, […]
20/08/2016

Pan-European Picnic 27th anniversary marked in Hungary

  Budapest (MTI) – A commemoration was held near the Hungarian-Austrian border on Friday to mark the 27th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic, a landmark event […]
18/08/2016

Washington refuses to commemorate Hungarian Revolution of 1956

The Wilson Center in Washington does not welcome the conference that commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, presumably so as not to […]
17/08/2016

Saint Ladislaus memorial year in 2017

Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – The Saint Ladislaus (László) memorial year will start on January 1 next year, the state secretary for nation policy said on […]
15/08/2016

Official song for 1956 Memorial Year to be presented today! – VIDEO

Budapest, August 15 (MTI) – The official song for Hungary’s 1956 Memorial Year will be first broadcast on public PetÅ‘fi Rádio on Tuesday. The song, created […]
06/08/2016

‘Cake of Hungary’ 2016

Every year, on the day when Saint Stephen founded the Hungarian State, 20th of August, the ‘Cake of Hungary’ is introduced to the public in Budapest and […]
05/08/2016

US ambassador marks Raoul Wallenberg’s birthday

Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – Everybody can draw inspiration from the heroic sacrifice of Raoul Wallenberg and can find the same courage within themselves, US Ambassador […]
04/08/2016

Festival to commemorate 1566 siege of Szigetvár

Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – A festival commemorating the 450th anniversary of the Ottoman siege and the heroic defence of the fortress of Szigetvár will be […]
02/08/2016

Roma Holocaust Memorial Day in Hungary

Budapest, August 2 (MTI) – There is a need to remind future generations of the dictatorships of the 20th century and commemorate the victims of the […]
01/08/2016

Bud Spencer Park inaugurated in Budapest

A non-official park inauguration was held Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of KaszászdűlÅ‘’s local train stop. The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party commemorated the recently deceased Bud […]
01/08/2016

House speaker unveils former president’s statue in Hungary

Budapest, July 31 (MTI) – The speaker of parliament inaugurated a statue of Ferenc Mádl, Hungary’s president between 2000 and 2005, in the politician’s home town […]