416 result(s) for 1956
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
1956 – Former PM Gyurcsány: Government ‘Enemy’ Of Free Hungary
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government an “enemy of the civic, European and free Hungary” at a ceremony marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 and the sixth anniversary of the founding of DK on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “regime itself is a lie”, Gyurcsány insisted.
Photo article: 1956 - Flag Hoisted At Hungarian Parliament
- 24 Oct 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s national flag was hoisted in front of the Parliament building on Monday morning, in a state commemoration marking the 61th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising which started on October 23, 1956. Hungarians rose up against the inhuman communist regime in October, 1956, and the country of 10 million people defeated the domineering Soviet Union of 200 million people for 13 days.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
1956 – Leftist Parties Mark Anniversary Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Members of opposition parties Democratic Coalition (DK), Socialists, Együtt, the Liberals, the Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), Dialogue and Solidarity laid wreaths in commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution at martyr Imre Nagy’s Budapest house on Monday.
Joint Opposition Protest On October 23 Cancelled
- 17 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Common Country Movement will demonstrate without the planned participation of political opposition on October 23 as invited parties were backing down, reports 444.hu.
PM Orbán To Mark 1956 Anniversary At House Of Terror Museum
- 16 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will make an address to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum at 3pm on October 23, the government spokesman announced. Zoltán Kovács said that commemorations would start on October 22, with a torch-lit demonstration at the Technical University (BME), where the anti-Soviet uprising started 61 years ago.
How Hungary’s Opposition Leaders Reacted To The Őcsény Fiasco
- 5 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Two weeks ago, the village of Őcsény was the scene of a national scandal. Villagers threatened the life of a local guesthouse owner, slashed his tires, and vowed to do what they could to prevent him from providing shelter to bonafide refugee families.
Six Things You Need To Know About Putin’s Visit To Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:30 PM
- current affairs
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had their seventh bilateral meeting since 2010 — the second such meeting in 2017. On Tuesday, Political Capital released a Flash Report of the meeting titled “Putin in Hungary – Strategic negotiations dressed up as sport diplomacy”.
1956 – Orbán: ‘If Freedom Is Lost, So Are We’
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“If freedom and national independence are lost, then so are we,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum on Monday. “Soviet rule tossed us into a space without history; it wanted to destroy our past and our culture,” Orbán said.
1956 – Former PM Gyurcsány: Government ‘Enemy’ Of Free Hungary
- 24 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), called the government an “enemy of the civic, European and free Hungary” at a ceremony marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 and the sixth anniversary of the founding of DK on Monday. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “regime itself is a lie”, Gyurcsány insisted.
Photo article: 1956 - Flag Hoisted At Hungarian Parliament
- 24 Oct 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s national flag was hoisted in front of the Parliament building on Monday morning, in a state commemoration marking the 61th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising which started on October 23, 1956. Hungarians rose up against the inhuman communist regime in October, 1956, and the country of 10 million people defeated the domineering Soviet Union of 200 million people for 13 days.
PM Orbán: Hungarian Way Of Life Under Threat Again
- 24 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Thirty years after the fall of communism, there is once again a global power that seeks to make European nations identical, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a state commemoration of Hungary’s anti- Soviet uprising of 1956. “Now, three decades later, everything we consider the Hungarian way of life is under threat again,” he said. “After achieving freedom in 1990, we have again come to a ...
1956 – Leftist Parties Mark Anniversary Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Members of opposition parties Democratic Coalition (DK), Socialists, Együtt, the Liberals, the Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), Dialogue and Solidarity laid wreaths in commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution at martyr Imre Nagy’s Budapest house on Monday.
Joint Opposition Protest On October 23 Cancelled
- 17 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Common Country Movement will demonstrate without the planned participation of political opposition on October 23 as invited parties were backing down, reports 444.hu.
PM Orbán To Mark 1956 Anniversary At House Of Terror Museum
- 16 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will make an address to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution in front of Budapest’s House of Terror Museum at 3pm on October 23, the government spokesman announced. Zoltán Kovács said that commemorations would start on October 22, with a torch-lit demonstration at the Technical University (BME), where the anti-Soviet uprising started 61 years ago.
How Hungary’s Opposition Leaders Reacted To The Őcsény Fiasco
- 5 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Two weeks ago, the village of Őcsény was the scene of a national scandal. Villagers threatened the life of a local guesthouse owner, slashed his tires, and vowed to do what they could to prevent him from providing shelter to bonafide refugee families.
Six Things You Need To Know About Putin’s Visit To Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:30 PM
- current affairs
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had their seventh bilateral meeting since 2010 — the second such meeting in 2017. On Tuesday, Political Capital released a Flash Report of the meeting titled “Putin in Hungary – Strategic negotiations dressed up as sport diplomacy”.