242 result(s) for 1956 revolution
'Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary'. National Museum
- 12 Feb 2018 8:54 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Now On: ’Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary’. National Museum
- 18 Dec 2017 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Buda-Past: 130th Anniversary Of Budapest’s First Electric Tram Line
- 29 Nov 2017 7:57 AM
- getting around
130 years ago today, on 28 November 1887, the first urban tramway of continental Europe entered into service in Budapest. For more than 20 years, trams were run by horsepower, and the city’s leadership originally intended to break the monopoly position of the horse tram company with a steam powered railway.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Checkered Past And Present
- 13 Nov 2017 7:43 AM
- current affairs
Even a cursory look at the recent Hungarian media reveals Fidesz’s anxiety over every political move Jobbik makes. Fidesz uses every opportunity to discredit the party, to portray it as a duplicitous formation whose turn to the center is nothing more than a sham.
Hungary Marks Anniversary Of 1956 Soviet Reprisal
- 9 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Saturday to mark the 61st anniversary of the crushing of the 1956 revolution and freedom-fight. The Hungarian government in 2013 declared November 4 to be a national day of mourning.
Local Opinion: The 61st Anniversary Of 56
- 26 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on all sides agree that the opposition’s performance on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution was pathetic. They disagree, however on PM Orbán’s statement on Sunday that Hungary must now, once again, defend its independence.
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.
'Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary'. National Museum
- 12 Feb 2018 8:54 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Now On: ’Within Frames - The Art Of The Sixties In Hungary’. National Museum
- 18 Dec 2017 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 18 February. Within Frames is the first exhibition staged by the Hungarian National Gallery that presents a comprehensive picture of Hungarian art between 1958 and 1968. A significant part of the 350 or so exhibits – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, books, posters and works of applied art – are not included in permanent exhibitions and many of them had been concealed from ...
Buda-Past: 130th Anniversary Of Budapest’s First Electric Tram Line
- 29 Nov 2017 7:57 AM
- getting around
130 years ago today, on 28 November 1887, the first urban tramway of continental Europe entered into service in Budapest. For more than 20 years, trams were run by horsepower, and the city’s leadership originally intended to break the monopoly position of the horse tram company with a steam powered railway.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Checkered Past And Present
- 13 Nov 2017 7:43 AM
- current affairs
Even a cursory look at the recent Hungarian media reveals Fidesz’s anxiety over every political move Jobbik makes. Fidesz uses every opportunity to discredit the party, to portray it as a duplicitous formation whose turn to the center is nothing more than a sham.
Hungary Marks Anniversary Of 1956 Soviet Reprisal
- 9 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s flag was raised and then lowered to half-mast with military honours in front of Parliament on Saturday to mark the 61st anniversary of the crushing of the 1956 revolution and freedom-fight. The Hungarian government in 2013 declared November 4 to be a national day of mourning.
Local Opinion: The 61st Anniversary Of 56
- 26 Oct 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on all sides agree that the opposition’s performance on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution was pathetic. They disagree, however on PM Orbán’s statement on Sunday that Hungary must now, once again, defend its independence.
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.