127 result(s) for 1956 uprising
Largest Ever 1956 Conference To Be Held In N Hungary This Week
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The largest ever conference on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising will be organised this week in Eger, in northern Hungary, the head of the 1956 Institute Foundation said. The three-day conference starting on Thursday will feature 258 speakers, including historians, sociologists, psychologists, literary historians, art historians, artists as well as musicologists, M János Rainer said.
Year-Long Hungarian Cultural Festival To Run In Poland
- 12 May 2016 4:00 AM
- community & culture
A large-scale cultural festival featuring a new play about the events of 1956, concerts by the National Philharmonic, several exhibitions and other events will begin in Poland next week, Hungarian officials said.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
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.
Hungarian Revolution
- 17 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
MÚK – these three letters, standing for MÁRCIUSBAN ÚJRA KEZDJÜK (we will start again in March), kept the Kádár regime in fear until it collapsed in 1989, but has been ingrained in the Hungarian mindset so much that even these days people look forward to March 15 with contained anticipation that unrest may occur.
Official Visits Hungarian Organisations In Latin America
- 22 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The government considers it important to foster close ties with Hungarian diaspora organisations, deputy state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Péter Szilágyi told MTI by phone on Sunday after starting a visit to Latin America. “We strive to strengthen relations with local Hungarian organisations both in Europe and on more remote continents.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...
1956 Memorial Committee Formed In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A committee formed to organise commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Uprising next year held its inaugural meeting at the House of Terror Museum. Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told the committee that the government had desecrated the occasion in 2006, and that this must be made up for.
Hungarian House Opens In Toronto
- 26 Oct 2015 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian officials inaugurated the Hungarian House in Toronto, which is a 21st-century design, “suited to cater for all needs of the Hungarian community,” the Hungarian state official in charge of policy for Hungarian communities abroad said. Árpád János Potápi told MTI over the phone that his visit to Canada had three aims: to inaugurate the Hungarian House, to present an award to the ...
Largest Ever 1956 Conference To Be Held In N Hungary This Week
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The largest ever conference on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising will be organised this week in Eger, in northern Hungary, the head of the 1956 Institute Foundation said. The three-day conference starting on Thursday will feature 258 speakers, including historians, sociologists, psychologists, literary historians, art historians, artists as well as musicologists, M János Rainer said.
Year-Long Hungarian Cultural Festival To Run In Poland
- 12 May 2016 4:00 AM
- community & culture
A large-scale cultural festival featuring a new play about the events of 1956, concerts by the National Philharmonic, several exhibitions and other events will begin in Poland next week, Hungarian officials said.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
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.
Hungarian Revolution
- 17 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
MÚK – these three letters, standing for MÁRCIUSBAN ÚJRA KEZDJÜK (we will start again in March), kept the Kádár regime in fear until it collapsed in 1989, but has been ingrained in the Hungarian mindset so much that even these days people look forward to March 15 with contained anticipation that unrest may occur.
Official Visits Hungarian Organisations In Latin America
- 22 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The government considers it important to foster close ties with Hungarian diaspora organisations, deputy state secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Péter Szilágyi told MTI by phone on Sunday after starting a visit to Latin America. “We strive to strengthen relations with local Hungarian organisations both in Europe and on more remote continents.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...
1956 Memorial Committee Formed In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A committee formed to organise commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Uprising next year held its inaugural meeting at the House of Terror Museum. Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told the committee that the government had desecrated the occasion in 2006, and that this must be made up for.
Hungarian House Opens In Toronto
- 26 Oct 2015 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian officials inaugurated the Hungarian House in Toronto, which is a 21st-century design, “suited to cater for all needs of the Hungarian community,” the Hungarian state official in charge of policy for Hungarian communities abroad said. Árpád János Potápi told MTI over the phone that his visit to Canada had three aims: to inaugurate the Hungarian House, to present an award to the ...