237 result(s) for hungary revolution 1956
Judit Reigl’s Painting Sets New Hungarian Record
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judit Reigl’s painting sold for a record price of EUR 411,000 at the Sothesby’s auction in Paris. This is the highest price for which a living Hungarian or Hungarian-born artist’s work has even been sold, nol.hu reports. The 1955 painting is part of her Outburst series. These paintings are her most sought after works because many consider them artistic premonitions for the Hungarian Revolution of ...
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.
UN To Declassify Files On 1956 Revolution
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United Nations will lift the confidential status of its documents on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Hungary’s foreign minister said. In the past, there was little knowledge of the fact that the UN was even in possession of classified files about 1956, Péter Szijjártó said. But as a result of Hungary’s diplomatic efforts, talks eventually began on declassifying several documents on ...
Terror Museum Budapest Remembers Roma Heroes, Victims On Int’l Roma Day
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Roma heroes of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution and the Roma victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in the Budapest House of Terror museum on Friday, International Roma Day. Guests will launch a textbook presenting the history of the Roma Holocaust through personal accounts and memories to the Hungarian youth, director of research Márton Békés 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.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
In Memoriam Vilmos Zsigmond: Legendary Cinematographer Remembered In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Vilmos Zsigmond remained the person he has always been: a Hungarian revolutionary, a loyal son of Hungary, our American hero”, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the recently passed away Oscar-winning cinematographer who has been commemorated at a memorial event held in the Vigadó of Budapest.
Formation Of American-Hungarian Business Council Opens ‘New Dimension’ In Ties
- 17 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The founding of the American- Hungarian Business Council has opened a “new dimension” in Hungary-US economic relations, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after taking part in the council’s founding session in New York on Tuesday.
Judit Reigl’s Painting Sets New Hungarian Record
- 15 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judit Reigl’s painting sold for a record price of EUR 411,000 at the Sothesby’s auction in Paris. This is the highest price for which a living Hungarian or Hungarian-born artist’s work has even been sold, nol.hu reports. The 1955 painting is part of her Outburst series. These paintings are her most sought after works because many consider them artistic premonitions for the Hungarian Revolution of ...
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.
UN To Declassify Files On 1956 Revolution
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United Nations will lift the confidential status of its documents on Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Hungary’s foreign minister said. In the past, there was little knowledge of the fact that the UN was even in possession of classified files about 1956, Péter Szijjártó said. But as a result of Hungary’s diplomatic efforts, talks eventually began on declassifying several documents on ...
Terror Museum Budapest Remembers Roma Heroes, Victims On Int’l Roma Day
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Roma heroes of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution and the Roma victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in the Budapest House of Terror museum on Friday, International Roma Day. Guests will launch a textbook presenting the history of the Roma Holocaust through personal accounts and memories to the Hungarian youth, director of research Márton Békés 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.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
In Memoriam Vilmos Zsigmond: Legendary Cinematographer Remembered In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Vilmos Zsigmond remained the person he has always been: a Hungarian revolutionary, a loyal son of Hungary, our American hero”, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the recently passed away Oscar-winning cinematographer who has been commemorated at a memorial event held in the Vigadó of Budapest.
Formation Of American-Hungarian Business Council Opens ‘New Dimension’ In Ties
- 17 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The founding of the American- Hungarian Business Council has opened a “new dimension” in Hungary-US economic relations, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after taking part in the council’s founding session in New York on Tuesday.