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Budapest Exhibition Honours Martyred WWII Scottish Nun Haining
- 26 Oct 2017 8:59 AM
- community & culture
An exhibition focusing on Scottish missionary Jane Haining who died in Auschwitz opened in the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Budapest, her “adopted” city.
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.
Budapest Assembly Approves Report Blaming Socialist-Liberal City Leadership In Metro Corruption Case
- 26 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly has approved a report blaming the former Socialist-liberal city leadership for irregularities highlighted by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, in connection with construction of the capital’s fourth metro line.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Performs For Refugee Families
- 25 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the direction of Iván Fischer performed for several refugee families during a “Cocoa Concert” in the orchestra’s rehearsal hall Sunday, 444.hu reports.
Huffington Post: Hungary Slides Into Authoritarianism As Government Smears Independent Journalists
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a summing-up of Hungary’s current political climate, the Huffington Post calls the country “a 1980s retro version of itself” and cites the bullying of Budapest Beacon contributor Lili Bayer by government spokesman Zoltán Kovács and government mouthpiece 888.hu as evidence of Hungary’s steady slide into authoritarianism.
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.
'Les Huguenots: Reformation500', Erkel Theatre, 28 October
- 24 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera remembers the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in autumn 2017 with concert-format performances of Verdi’s Requiem and Stiffelio, as well as a new production of a work that has not been played in Hungary for a long time: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, staged by János Szikora at the Erkel Theatre.
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.
1956 – Leftist Parties Mark Anniversary Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Members of opposition parties Democratic Coalition (DK), Socialists, Együtt, the Liberals, the Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), Dialogue and Solidarity laid wreaths in commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution at martyr Imre Nagy’s Budapest house on Monday.
Budapest Exhibition Honours Martyred WWII Scottish Nun Haining
- 26 Oct 2017 8:59 AM
- community & culture
An exhibition focusing on Scottish missionary Jane Haining who died in Auschwitz opened in the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Budapest, her “adopted” city.
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.
Budapest Assembly Approves Report Blaming Socialist-Liberal City Leadership In Metro Corruption Case
- 26 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly has approved a report blaming the former Socialist-liberal city leadership for irregularities highlighted by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, in connection with construction of the capital’s fourth metro line.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Performs For Refugee Families
- 25 Oct 2017 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the direction of Iván Fischer performed for several refugee families during a “Cocoa Concert” in the orchestra’s rehearsal hall Sunday, 444.hu reports.
Huffington Post: Hungary Slides Into Authoritarianism As Government Smears Independent Journalists
- 25 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a summing-up of Hungary’s current political climate, the Huffington Post calls the country “a 1980s retro version of itself” and cites the bullying of Budapest Beacon contributor Lili Bayer by government spokesman Zoltán Kovács and government mouthpiece 888.hu as evidence of Hungary’s steady slide into authoritarianism.
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.
'Les Huguenots: Reformation500', Erkel Theatre, 28 October
- 24 Oct 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera remembers the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in autumn 2017 with concert-format performances of Verdi’s Requiem and Stiffelio, as well as a new production of a work that has not been played in Hungary for a long time: Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots, staged by János Szikora at the Erkel Theatre.
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.
1956 – Leftist Parties Mark Anniversary Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Members of opposition parties Democratic Coalition (DK), Socialists, Együtt, the Liberals, the Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), Dialogue and Solidarity laid wreaths in commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 revolution at martyr Imre Nagy’s Budapest house on Monday.