Hungarians Abroad Were Granted Eleven Awards

  • 19 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
Hungarians Abroad Were Granted Eleven Awards
Ten organisations and an elderly lady received the award for their work for Hungarian communities abroad at a ceremony held in Parliament on Tuesday to mark the August 20 national holiday. Addressing the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén highlighted the unity and integrity of the Hungarian nation.

“We can only thrive as a nation in full if each of our nation’s parts nurture their heritage,” he said. Árpád János Potápi, state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad, said the honour is awarded to organisations, institutions and personalities in public life, education, culture, religion, science, mass communication and business in recognition of their outstanding work for Hungarian communities abroad.

The awardees include Hungarian organisations in Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Serbia, Sweden and Canada.

The only private individual was 101-year-old Ilona Tamás, a retired teacher who lost her Slovak citizenship after she had applied for and was granted Hungarian citizenship.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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