communism

25/04/2016

Communist-era secret military files could soon be declassified

Budapest, April 25 (MTI) – Hungary’s National Remembrance Committee (NEB), tasked with investigating the acts of the communist regime, has asked for some ten thousand pages […]
01/04/2016

Biszku, who played a leading role in the retaliation that followed the 1956 revolution, dies aged 94

Budapest, April 1 (MTI) – Béla Biszku, a former politician who held important positions in Hungary’s communist era, died on Friday, at the age of 94. […]
26/02/2016

President Áder pays tribute to victims of Communism

Budapest (MTI) – We owe the chance to live in freedom, independence and democracy to many lesser-known heroes rather than to the politicians that made preparations […]
25/02/2016

House speaker attends inauguration of memorial plaque to victims of Communism

Budapest, February 25 (MTI) – House Speaker László Kövér on Thursday inaugurated a memorial plaque in Parliament honouring the victims of Communist rule under the Hungarian […]
24/02/2016

Travelling exhibition of Hungarian forced labourers in Soviet Union opens

Budapest, February 24 (MTI) – A travelling exhibition installed in a train wagon was opened at Budapest’s Nyugati railway station on Wednesday. It pays tribute to […]
24/02/2016

LMP to resubmit bill on communist-era secret files on informants

Budapest, February 24 (MTI) – The opposition LMP will resubmit its bill to parliament on opening up communist-era secret files on informants and the vetting of […]
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 […]
16/01/2016

People who set themselves on fire for Hungarians

Committing somebody to the flames was a common sentence in several historic eras. But it turned into something more. Setting oneself on fire became a form […]
15/01/2016

What was the málenkij robot?

Towards the end of WWII, in early 1945, every young woman between the ages of 18 and 30 and every young man between 18 and 45 […]
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 […]
21/12/2015

Fidesz: Telekom cancellation of singer’s sponsorship deal reminiscent of Communist era

Budapest (MTI) – Magyar Telekom’s decision to cancel a sponsorship agreement with Hungarian pop singer Akos Kovacs over his comments on the role of women in […]
18/12/2015

Biszku receives suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes

Budapest, December 17 (MTI) – Communist-era party functionary Bela Biszku on Thursday received a suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes. The Municipal Court of […]
04/12/2015

Prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for former communist leader

Budapest, December 4 (MTI) – Bela Biszku, a senior communist official at the time of Hungary’s 1956 revolt, should be punished with life imprisonment for his […]
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 […]
24/10/2015

October 23 – 1956 about irrepressible desire for freedom, LMP says

Budapest (MTI) – October 23 is about an irrepressible hope and yearning for freedom, said Bernadett Szel, co-chair of green party LMP at a commemoration in […]
24/10/2015

October 23 – Craving for freedom stronger than govt, say Socialists

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s revolutionaries in 1956 believed that an oppressive state or “sheer Soviet force” cannot destroy the nation’s craving for freedom, the opposition Socialist […]
24/10/2015

October 23 – 1956 freedom fighters got strength from Horthy government, says Vona

Budapest (MTI) – The freedom fighters of Hungary’s ill-fated 1956 anti-Soviet uprising drew their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklos Horthy, Gabor Vona, leader […]
24/10/2015

October 23 – Hungary to protect itself, like in 1956, says Varga

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s position is the same as it was in 1956: it will protect itself, its borders and its freedom, economy minister Mihaly Varga […]
23/10/2015

Personal stories from the 23rd of October, 1956

The 23rd of October, 1956 is one of the most sorrowful days of the Hungarian history. Briefly, Hungary had been controlled by Russia since 1945. The […]
29/08/2015

The maid of Hungary’s communist dictator spoke

She talked about what was working with the Janos Kadar, Secretary General of MSZMP (Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party) like. You can draw a lot of lessons […]