25 result(s) for 1956 commemorations
Official Events Schedule For Hungary’s 'October 23 Holiday'
- 22 Oct 2018 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On 23 October 1956, the revolt against Soviet occupation and Communist repression began as a demonstration of university students in Budapest.
PM Orbán To Mark 1956 Anniversary At House Of Terror Museum
- 15 Oct 2018 8:29 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will address a commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution in front of Budapest’s House of Terror museum at 3pm on October 23, the government spokesman said.
Holiday Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2018 3:57 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions that year, and was closely linked to other 1848 revolutions in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
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 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.
Xpat Opinion: ’56 Commemorations Interrupted By Whistling
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators see the incidents in front of the Parliament building on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution as signs of a deep division within Hungarian society.
1956 Memorial Park For ‘Pesti Srácok’ Opens In Budapest
- 26 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A memorial park opened on Friday to honour the young freedom-fighters of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, known as “the boys of Pest”. Opening the park at Budapest’s Mihály Horvath square, in the eighth district, Mária Schmidt, co-chair of the memorial committee for the 1956 anniversary, said the goal of the commemorations this year was to “remember and help those remember who had never ...
Presidents Celebrate Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day
- 21 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder and Andrzej Duda, his Polish counterpart, addressed a celebration in Budapest, marking the day dedicated to the friendship between their peoples. In his address, Áder said that both the Polish and Hungarians are committed to a strong Europe and believe that the strength of Europe lies in freedom-loving peoples such as they are.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Official Events Schedule For Hungary’s 'October 23 Holiday'
- 22 Oct 2018 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On 23 October 1956, the revolt against Soviet occupation and Communist repression began as a demonstration of university students in Budapest.
PM Orbán To Mark 1956 Anniversary At House Of Terror Museum
- 15 Oct 2018 8:29 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will address a commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution in front of Budapest’s House of Terror museum at 3pm on October 23, the government spokesman said.
Holiday Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2018 3:57 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions that year, and was closely linked to other 1848 revolutions in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
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 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.
Xpat Opinion: ’56 Commemorations Interrupted By Whistling
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators see the incidents in front of the Parliament building on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution as signs of a deep division within Hungarian society.
1956 Memorial Park For ‘Pesti Srácok’ Opens In Budapest
- 26 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A memorial park opened on Friday to honour the young freedom-fighters of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, known as “the boys of Pest”. Opening the park at Budapest’s Mihály Horvath square, in the eighth district, Mária Schmidt, co-chair of the memorial committee for the 1956 anniversary, said the goal of the commemorations this year was to “remember and help those remember who had never ...
Presidents Celebrate Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day
- 21 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder and Andrzej Duda, his Polish counterpart, addressed a celebration in Budapest, marking the day dedicated to the friendship between their peoples. In his address, Áder said that both the Polish and Hungarians are committed to a strong Europe and believe that the strength of Europe lies in freedom-loving peoples such as they are.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.