248 result(s) for memorial day
Budapest Hosts ’European Memorial Day Of The Victims Of Totalitarian Regimes’
- 22 Aug 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is preparing for the European Memorial Day of the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes. Representatives of the Members States of the European Union are to attend a conference in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, 23 August. The host of the Memorial Day is Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Dr Tibor Navracsics. Member States of the EU will be represented by ...
Updated: Official Plans For August 20 Celebrations In Budapest
- 17 Aug 2012 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The celebrations will begin on August 19 when the 'Street of Hungarian Flavours' will open at noon between the Buda side of the Erzsébet híd and Bem tér. Awards will be presented for Hungary’s best cake, sugar-free cake and ice cream. Pop music will play on Clark Ádám tér and on Bem tér from 8pm. Formal events start on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. on August 20. The national flag will be hoisted with ...
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 11:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, a commemorative event takes place in Budapest today organized by the Holocaust Memorial Centre and the Tom Lantos Institute. During the event among others speeches are delivered by State Secretary György Hölvényi of the Human Resources Ministry, Rita Izsák, the Director of the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute, as well as by representatives of ...
International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony In Budapest, 2 August 2012
- 2 Aug 2012 10:00 AM
- community & culture
At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, an International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will be held in Budapest at the Roma Holocaust Memorial statue at Nehru part in the 9th District. Video of the event last year (in Hungarian):
Hungary To Commemorate Nándorfehérvár Victory This Sunday
- 19 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- current affairs
It will be 556 years on Sunday that the Christian Hungarian troops defending Nándorfehérvár, led by János Hunyadi, inflicted a crushing defeat on the army of Turkish Sultan Mehmet II on 22 July 1456 after a battle that ensued for more than two weeks, and thereby stopped the continued expansion of the Turks in Europe for some 70 years. Parliament declared this prominent day of Hungarian and ...
Hungary's Sziget Festival Blues Bar Line-Up Confirmed
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the right place to enjoy a huge selection of music styles… all at once. Now it’s time to give an insight to the blues program of the event, available at the Blues Bar venue from early afternoon till daybreak on each festival day.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán In His Own Words: An interview With Die Presse
- 19 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The English-speaking world, mostly because of the language barrier, doesn’t normally follow the German-language media, which is a pity especially for those who are interested in Hungarian affairs. The German and Austrian press spend a great deal more time on Hungary than do the English-language publications although lately, thanks to the Orbán government’s unorthodox economic and political ...
U.S. Ambassador Attends Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony
- 29 May 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis attended a memorial ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 11, 2012 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, left Hungary to fight in the American Revolutionary War. He wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin offering his services and then recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle. He died on May 11, 1779, when he led a cavalry charge against the ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
Budapest Hosts ’European Memorial Day Of The Victims Of Totalitarian Regimes’
- 22 Aug 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is preparing for the European Memorial Day of the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes. Representatives of the Members States of the European Union are to attend a conference in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, 23 August. The host of the Memorial Day is Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Dr Tibor Navracsics. Member States of the EU will be represented by ...
Updated: Official Plans For August 20 Celebrations In Budapest
- 17 Aug 2012 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The celebrations will begin on August 19 when the 'Street of Hungarian Flavours' will open at noon between the Buda side of the Erzsébet híd and Bem tér. Awards will be presented for Hungary’s best cake, sugar-free cake and ice cream. Pop music will play on Clark Ádám tér and on Bem tér from 8pm. Formal events start on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. on August 20. The national flag will be hoisted with ...
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 11:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, a commemorative event takes place in Budapest today organized by the Holocaust Memorial Centre and the Tom Lantos Institute. During the event among others speeches are delivered by State Secretary György Hölvényi of the Human Resources Ministry, Rita Izsák, the Director of the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute, as well as by representatives of ...
International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony In Budapest, 2 August 2012
- 2 Aug 2012 10:00 AM
- community & culture
At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, an International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will be held in Budapest at the Roma Holocaust Memorial statue at Nehru part in the 9th District. Video of the event last year (in Hungarian):
Hungary To Commemorate Nándorfehérvár Victory This Sunday
- 19 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- current affairs
It will be 556 years on Sunday that the Christian Hungarian troops defending Nándorfehérvár, led by János Hunyadi, inflicted a crushing defeat on the army of Turkish Sultan Mehmet II on 22 July 1456 after a battle that ensued for more than two weeks, and thereby stopped the continued expansion of the Turks in Europe for some 70 years. Parliament declared this prominent day of Hungarian and ...
Hungary's Sziget Festival Blues Bar Line-Up Confirmed
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the right place to enjoy a huge selection of music styles… all at once. Now it’s time to give an insight to the blues program of the event, available at the Blues Bar venue from early afternoon till daybreak on each festival day.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán In His Own Words: An interview With Die Presse
- 19 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The English-speaking world, mostly because of the language barrier, doesn’t normally follow the German-language media, which is a pity especially for those who are interested in Hungarian affairs. The German and Austrian press spend a great deal more time on Hungary than do the English-language publications although lately, thanks to the Orbán government’s unorthodox economic and political ...
U.S. Ambassador Attends Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony
- 29 May 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis attended a memorial ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 11, 2012 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, left Hungary to fight in the American Revolutionary War. He wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin offering his services and then recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle. He died on May 11, 1779, when he led a cavalry charge against the ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...