138 result(s) for 1956 uprising
New Website To Remember 1956 Heroes
- 13 Jun 2017 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Imre Nagy, his fellow martyrs and other heroes of the 1956 Uprising will be commemorated this Friday at a large-scale festival organised by pro-Fidesz website PestiSrácok, chief editor and organiser Gergely Huth told state TV channel M1 on Monday morning.
Hungary Film Industry Enjoying Benefits Of New Subsidy System, Says Andrew Vajna
- 6 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungary’s film subsidy system needed to be fixed, and the country’s film industry is now enjoying the benefits of the new system, Andrew Vajna, the government’s film industry commissioner, told public radio on Sunday. The current film subsidy system had to be “built up from the ruins” of the previous one, Vajna told Kossuth Radio.
Nézőpont Survey Shows German Press Critical Of Hungary
- 10 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A survey by the Nézőpont Institute showed that 60 percent of reports about Hungary in the German press were critical in 2016, an unprecedentedly high figure compared with the institute’s earlier surveys.
PMO Allocates Additional HUF 950 Million To 1956 Memorial Year Program
- 8 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister’s Office has allocated an additional HUF 950 million (USD 3.2 million) to the memorial year program tasked with organizing events at home and abroad commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, with the spending under the leadership of revisionist historian Mária Schmidt, reports index.hu.
Visitors Centre Opens At Budapest Cemetery
- 4 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A visitors centre will be dedicated at the Rákoskeresztúr cemetery in Budapest’s 17th District to inform visitors about martyrs of the 1956 Uprising who are buried there.
Two Thirds Reject Booing During PM’s Speech
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two thirds of Hungarians called it unacceptable that supporters of some opposition parties booed and hissed during Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a recent commemoration. The anti-government demonstrators tried to disturb state celebrations marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 last Sunday.
US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Opposition Condemns ‘Harassment’ Of Antigovt Protestors At Oct. 23 Celebrations
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties have slammed what they called “harassment” of anti-government protestors by participants at Sunday’s state celebrations commemorating Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
1956 – Anti-Govt Protestors Demonstrate During State Celebrations
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-government demonstrators gathered near Budapest’s Kossuth Square to try to disturb state celebrations marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 on Sunday afternoon in Budapest. The protesters used referee whistles, horns and rattlers to express their disapproval of the government and got louder when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went up on stage to deliver his speech.
New Website To Remember 1956 Heroes
- 13 Jun 2017 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Imre Nagy, his fellow martyrs and other heroes of the 1956 Uprising will be commemorated this Friday at a large-scale festival organised by pro-Fidesz website PestiSrácok, chief editor and organiser Gergely Huth told state TV channel M1 on Monday morning.
Hungary Film Industry Enjoying Benefits Of New Subsidy System, Says Andrew Vajna
- 6 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungary’s film subsidy system needed to be fixed, and the country’s film industry is now enjoying the benefits of the new system, Andrew Vajna, the government’s film industry commissioner, told public radio on Sunday. The current film subsidy system had to be “built up from the ruins” of the previous one, Vajna told Kossuth Radio.
Nézőpont Survey Shows German Press Critical Of Hungary
- 10 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A survey by the Nézőpont Institute showed that 60 percent of reports about Hungary in the German press were critical in 2016, an unprecedentedly high figure compared with the institute’s earlier surveys.
PMO Allocates Additional HUF 950 Million To 1956 Memorial Year Program
- 8 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister’s Office has allocated an additional HUF 950 million (USD 3.2 million) to the memorial year program tasked with organizing events at home and abroad commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, with the spending under the leadership of revisionist historian Mária Schmidt, reports index.hu.
Visitors Centre Opens At Budapest Cemetery
- 4 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A visitors centre will be dedicated at the Rákoskeresztúr cemetery in Budapest’s 17th District to inform visitors about martyrs of the 1956 Uprising who are buried there.
Two Thirds Reject Booing During PM’s Speech
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two thirds of Hungarians called it unacceptable that supporters of some opposition parties booed and hissed during Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a recent commemoration. The anti-government demonstrators tried to disturb state celebrations marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 last Sunday.
US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Opposition Condemns ‘Harassment’ Of Antigovt Protestors At Oct. 23 Celebrations
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties have slammed what they called “harassment” of anti-government protestors by participants at Sunday’s state celebrations commemorating Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.
1956 – Anti-Govt Protestors Demonstrate During State Celebrations
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-government demonstrators gathered near Budapest’s Kossuth Square to try to disturb state celebrations marking Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 on Sunday afternoon in Budapest. The protesters used referee whistles, horns and rattlers to express their disapproval of the government and got louder when Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went up on stage to deliver his speech.