72 result(s) for 1956 commemoration
Hungarian Weeklies on the Anniversary of the 1848 Revolution & Ukraine
- 19 Mar 2024 5:22 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As every year, commentators mark 15 March with attempts to apply the lessons of the 1848 revolution to the present era.
Victims Of Communism in Hungary Commemorated at House of Terror Museum in Budapest
- 26 Feb 2024 6:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Officials commemorated the memorial day for the victims of communism on Sunday. Speaking at a ceremony at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, interior ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said violence was a fundamental aspect of communism, and “the left always looks the other way when it comes to violence”.
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Why Was Flag Flown at Half-Mast in Front of Hungarian Parliament on Saturday?
- 6 Nov 2023 6:54 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary’s flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast in front of Parliament on Saturday morning, in commemoration of the anniversary of the defeat of the 1956 uprising against Soviet rule
1956 Anniversary Marked by Opposition Parties in Hungary
- 24 Oct 2023 4:37 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungarian opposition parties marked the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
1956 Remembered: Hungarian is the Language of Freedom, Says President Novák
- 24 Oct 2023 12:10 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
“Hungarian is the language of freedom,” President Katalin Novák told a commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolt organised by the Hungarian community of Melbourne. Marking the anniversary of the failed revolution on its eve, the president said “October 23 is the greatest holiday of the [Hungarian] diaspora, a day to celebrate and also to mourn.”
Brussels is a ‘Bad Contemporary Parody' of Moscow, Says Orbán
- 24 Oct 2023 6:56 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Addressing a commemoration of the 1956 uprising, Viktor Orbán said that Brussels was “just a bad modern-day parody" of Moscow.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 5, Part 7.
- 5 Jul 2023 6:53 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Hungary Marks Crushing of 1956 Uprising
- 7 Nov 2022 6:53 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungarians can only count on themselves, as demonstrated by the events of November 4, 1956, a government official said on Friday, marking the national day of mourning in remembrance of the crushing of the anti-Communist uprising in 1956.
Hungarian Weeklies on the Anniversary of the 1848 Revolution & Ukraine
- 19 Mar 2024 5:22 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As every year, commentators mark 15 March with attempts to apply the lessons of the 1848 revolution to the present era.
Victims Of Communism in Hungary Commemorated at House of Terror Museum in Budapest
- 26 Feb 2024 6:30 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Officials commemorated the memorial day for the victims of communism on Sunday. Speaking at a ceremony at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, interior ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári said violence was a fundamental aspect of communism, and “the left always looks the other way when it comes to violence”.
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Why Was Flag Flown at Half-Mast in Front of Hungarian Parliament on Saturday?
- 6 Nov 2023 6:54 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary’s flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast in front of Parliament on Saturday morning, in commemoration of the anniversary of the defeat of the 1956 uprising against Soviet rule
1956 Anniversary Marked by Opposition Parties in Hungary
- 24 Oct 2023 4:37 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungarian opposition parties marked the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
1956 Remembered: Hungarian is the Language of Freedom, Says President Novák
- 24 Oct 2023 12:10 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
“Hungarian is the language of freedom,” President Katalin Novák told a commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolt organised by the Hungarian community of Melbourne. Marking the anniversary of the failed revolution on its eve, the president said “October 23 is the greatest holiday of the [Hungarian] diaspora, a day to celebrate and also to mourn.”
Brussels is a ‘Bad Contemporary Parody' of Moscow, Says Orbán
- 24 Oct 2023 6:56 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Addressing a commemoration of the 1956 uprising, Viktor Orbán said that Brussels was “just a bad modern-day parody" of Moscow.
'An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Chapter 5, Part 7.
- 5 Jul 2023 6:53 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Hungary Marks Crushing of 1956 Uprising
- 7 Nov 2022 6:53 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungarians can only count on themselves, as demonstrated by the events of November 4, 1956, a government official said on Friday, marking the national day of mourning in remembrance of the crushing of the anti-Communist uprising in 1956.