1,554 result(s) for freedom
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.
‘The Island Of Freedom’ Exhibition, Debrecen, Now On Until 6 November
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first exhibition of the collection of the Ferenczy Museum Center outside Szentendre – with the selection of nearly 250 works on how here – provides a specific insight into the past over one hundred years of Hungarian fine art, from naturalism to public art.
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 ...
1956 Programmes @ Opera House, Now On Until 4 November
- 28 Oct 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
The 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution is commemorated by a series of events at the Hungarian State Opera. Beside opera world premieres, ballet performances and symphonic concerts, exhibitions, international guest performances and an open day at the Opera House awaits audiences.
Gyurcsány: Népszabadság Closure ‘Attack On Press Freedom’
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány said the closure of national daily Népszabadság may have been plotted as early as summer this year. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and “his business circle” did a deal with Austrian businessman Heinrich Pecina, publisher Mediaworks’ former owner, to obtain the daily and 12 regional papers in the publisher’s portfolio as well, ...
Freedom House Frowns On Népszabadság Sale
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The closure and sale of national daily Népszabadság indicates increasing government influence over Hungary’s media, US-based civil rights group Freedom House has said. Freedom House reacted to reports on Tuesday that the publisher of Népszabadság has been sold to Opimus Press.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble - House of Tradition: Stag Song, Palace Of Arts, 3 November
- 2 Nov 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
The stag is an ancient and universal symbol in cultural history - and its discarded and regrown antlers have come to represent eternal renewal. It stands at the entrance to the golden path, bidding us follow into our own spiritual world. The stag is at once a demon, a shaman, a wizard, a fairy or king of the dead, capable of drawing those who hunt it into a new and different world.
‘The Island Of Freedom’ Exhibition, Debrecen, Now On Until 6 November
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first exhibition of the collection of the Ferenczy Museum Center outside Szentendre – with the selection of nearly 250 works on how here – provides a specific insight into the past over one hundred years of Hungarian fine art, from naturalism to public art.
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 ...
1956 Programmes @ Opera House, Now On Until 4 November
- 28 Oct 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
The 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution is commemorated by a series of events at the Hungarian State Opera. Beside opera world premieres, ballet performances and symphonic concerts, exhibitions, international guest performances and an open day at the Opera House awaits audiences.
Gyurcsány: Népszabadság Closure ‘Attack On Press Freedom’
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) leader Ferenc Gyurcsány said the closure of national daily Népszabadság may have been plotted as early as summer this year. Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, and “his business circle” did a deal with Austrian businessman Heinrich Pecina, publisher Mediaworks’ former owner, to obtain the daily and 12 regional papers in the publisher’s portfolio as well, ...
Freedom House Frowns On Népszabadság Sale
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The closure and sale of national daily Népszabadság indicates increasing government influence over Hungary’s media, US-based civil rights group Freedom House has said. Freedom House reacted to reports on Tuesday that the publisher of Népszabadság has been sold to Opimus Press.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.