33 result(s) for szabadság square budapest in Current Affairs
Socialists Launch Local Referendum On Controversial WWII Memorial In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has launched a local referendum to decide on whether the local council of Budapest’s 5th district should stop construction of the controversial memorial to the victims of the 1944 German invasion. Pál Steiner, a Socialist lawmaker, told a press conference on Wednesday at the site of the construction in Szabadság Square that until the referendum is held, all building ...
Activists Protest Against German Occupation Victims Statue In Budapest
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Activists held a demonstration in Budapest at the weekend against the government’s plans for a statue to commemorate the victims of German occupation in the Second World War.
Xpat Opinion: Some Facts About A Monument To The “Memory Of All Victims” In Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
You may have heard the news. Plans are underway to erect a monument in downtown Budapest on Szabadság tér – or, Freedom Square – that would call to mind the date that the Nazi German occupation of Hungary began, March 19, 1944, and be dedicated “to the memory of all victims.”
Xpat Opinion: Culture Wars Over Holocaust Anniversary In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator welcomes a statement by the leaders of the Jewish religious communities who are threatening to withdraw from the state commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, unless the government changes its approach to history and stops implicitly whitewashing Hungarian wartime collaborators. A pro-government columnist accuses critics of denying Hungary’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Nazi Invasion Monument To Be Erected In Budapest
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators echo the misgivings expressed by opposition politicians about the government’s plan to erect a monument commemorating the invasion of Hungary by Nazi Germany in 1944. The statue is due to be unveiled on the 70th anniversary, i.e. March 19th, on Szabadság (Freedom) square, in front of the monument to Soviet soldiers.
US Embassy, Other Buildings Evacuated In Budapest After WWII Bomb Found At Construction Site
- 31 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"A spokesman says the U.S. Embassy in Budapest has been evacuated after a WWII bomb was found at a nearby construction site. Bradley Hurst says the building on Szabadsag Square in the city centre was evacuated around noon (1000 GMT) on Monday but that the embassy expects to reopen for business on Tuesday."
Socialists Launch Local Referendum On Controversial WWII Memorial In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has launched a local referendum to decide on whether the local council of Budapest’s 5th district should stop construction of the controversial memorial to the victims of the 1944 German invasion. Pál Steiner, a Socialist lawmaker, told a press conference on Wednesday at the site of the construction in Szabadság Square that until the referendum is held, all building ...
Activists Protest Against German Occupation Victims Statue In Budapest
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Activists held a demonstration in Budapest at the weekend against the government’s plans for a statue to commemorate the victims of German occupation in the Second World War.
Xpat Opinion: Some Facts About A Monument To The “Memory Of All Victims” In Budapest
- 31 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
You may have heard the news. Plans are underway to erect a monument in downtown Budapest on Szabadság tér – or, Freedom Square – that would call to mind the date that the Nazi German occupation of Hungary began, March 19, 1944, and be dedicated “to the memory of all victims.”
Xpat Opinion: Culture Wars Over Holocaust Anniversary In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator welcomes a statement by the leaders of the Jewish religious communities who are threatening to withdraw from the state commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, unless the government changes its approach to history and stops implicitly whitewashing Hungarian wartime collaborators. A pro-government columnist accuses critics of denying Hungary’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Nazi Invasion Monument To Be Erected In Budapest
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators echo the misgivings expressed by opposition politicians about the government’s plan to erect a monument commemorating the invasion of Hungary by Nazi Germany in 1944. The statue is due to be unveiled on the 70th anniversary, i.e. March 19th, on Szabadság (Freedom) square, in front of the monument to Soviet soldiers.
US Embassy, Other Buildings Evacuated In Budapest After WWII Bomb Found At Construction Site
- 31 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"A spokesman says the U.S. Embassy in Budapest has been evacuated after a WWII bomb was found at a nearby construction site. Bradley Hurst says the building on Szabadsag Square in the city centre was evacuated around noon (1000 GMT) on Monday but that the embassy expects to reopen for business on Tuesday."