commemoration

18/01/2016

Budapest ghetto liberation commemorated in Great Synagogue

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – A commemoration was held on Monday in the Dohany Street Synagogue to mark the 71th anniversary of the liberation of the […]
18/01/2016

Commemoration held for liberation of Budapest ghetto, Wallenberg

Budapest (MTI) – The 71st anniversary of the liberation of Budapest’s ghetto was marked by the ghetto’s memorial wall by the Dohany Street Synagogue on Sunday. […]
17/01/2016

Varga remembers German WWII victims taken to labour camps from Hungary

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – Justice must be served to people who became innocent victims of a merciless dictatorship, Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said addressing a […]
12/01/2016

73rd anniversary – The WWII ‘Don Disaster’

Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – Hungarian soldiers’ service, commitment and sense of duty shown in the second world war by the Don river was exemplary, the […]
28/12/2015

Hungarian Writers’ Union to mark 1956 anniversary with several programmes in 2016

Budapest, December 28 (MTI) – The Hungarian Writers’ Union will organise a series of programmes next year to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet […]
15/12/2015

The largest burial construction of Hungary can be visited again

According to travelo.hu, Kossuth mausoleum, which was renovated by the National Heritage Institute, was unveiled in the Fiumei Road graveyard on last Wednesday. The largest burial […]
01/12/2015

Orban attends Semmelweis memorial conference in Tehran

Tehran, December 1 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday attended an Ignac Semmelweis memorial conference at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences where statues […]
25/11/2015

Today is the Day of the Hungarian Football – Match of the century was on November 25 at Wembley

On November 25, 1953, the legendary Golden Team made history at London’s Wembley Stadium. The Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) declared November 25 the Day of the […]
25/11/2015

“Memories of the Gulag link “people living east of the River Elbe” – Commemoration of Hungarian deportees to Soviet Union

Budapest, November 25 (MTI) – Memories of the Gulag link “people living east of the River Elbe”, Human Resources Minister Zoltan Balog said on Wednesday, the […]
21/11/2015

Communism “was an insane ideology”, says Orban at a commemoration

Budapest, November 21 (MTI) – No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orban, the prime minister, said at a […]
20/11/2015

Transcarpathian Hungarians remember 1944 deportations

Berehove, November 20 (MTI) – The tens of thousands of Transcarpathian (kárpátaljai) Hungarians and Germans who perished in Soviet forced labour camps after World War Two […]
16/11/2015

Day of mourning – National flag half-masted in front of Parliament

Budapest (MTI) – The national flag of Hungary was raised, then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Sunday to commemorate the […]
16/11/2015

Orban pays tribute to Paris terror victims at French Institute

Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday paid tribute to the victims of the terror attacks in Paris in front of the French […]
16/11/2015

Victims of Paris attacks commemorated in Budapest

Budapest (MTI) – Hundreds of people gathered at the French Institute in Budapest on Saturday evening to commemorate the victims of the Paris terror attacks. Hungarian […]
12/11/2015

1956 memorial committee meets for first time

Budapest (MTI) – The 60th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution and freedom fight will have to be commemorated “adequately”, Human Resources Minister Zoltan Balog told […]
04/11/2015

Flag flown at half-mast in front of Parliament – UPDATE

Budapest, November 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Wednesday to mark the […]
03/11/2015

Hungarians killed during and after the second world war in Serbia – Commemoration

Szabadka, Serbia (MTI) – Hungarians living south of the border have come a long way over the past quarter of a century, since some 30 towns […]
02/11/2015

All Saints’ Day: Hundreds of thousands travel to Hungary’s cemeteries – Photos

Hundreds of thousands observed All Saints Day on Sunday in cemeteries throughout Hungary, tending the graves of deceased loved ones. (See gallery.)  Heavy traffic was reported […]
31/10/2015

Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in Hungary

This weekend brings us to the triad of three celebrations: Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The traditions go a long way back in […]
25/10/2015

Hungarians commemorate 1944-45 massacre in Vojvodina village – Documentary

Budapest, October 25 (MTI) – The process of reconciliation between Hungarians and Serbians is drawing to an end, Istvan Pasztor, the head of the Alliance of […]