Nominee US Ambassador Sets Stage for Open Confrontation With Hungarian Government On June 23 the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations heard nominee ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman’s testimony. Chairman of... 2022.06.25.
What Remains of the Polish-Hungarian Friendship? – Conversation Between Polish and Hungarian Politicians "The past 100 years will not disappear without a trace from the history of Polish-Hungarian relations." Leading Polish politicians spoke... 2022.06.16.
Kádár’s May 1 Speech in 1957: A Grim Reminder of Soviet Terror 65 years ago from today, János Kádár held his notorious May 1 Labor Day speech, celebrating the "freedom" provided by... 2022.05.01.
Labor Day: A Celebration by Communists Adopted from the West Almost all of Europe (and many other nations outside the continent) celebrates Labor Day, the origin of which goes back... 2022.05.01.
Pro-Russian Demonstration to Take Place on Heroes’ Square A pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian demonstration is set to take place in Budapest on Saturday, April 30, intending to show solidarity with... 2022.04.29.
Aachen Pilgrimage: A Thousand-Year European Tradition with Hungarian Participation Aachen Cathedral, with its millennia-old pilgrimage, is history made of stone and a living story. One part of this multifaceted... 2022.04.17.
Hungary Can Now Purchase Most Modern German Rifle HX-3 In a post published Tuesday on High-Tech-Force, the official Facebook page of Gáspár Maróth, government commissioner for defense sector development,... 2022.04.14.
Day of Hungarian Poetry – What Is Its Relation to German Literature? Hungarian Poetry Day is traditionally celebrated every year on April 11, the birthday of one of our greatest Hungarian poets,... 2022.04.11.
Winners of the Friend of Hungary Award 2022 Announced The Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of our website, as well as our sister site, Ungarn Heute, awards the Friend... 2022.04.05.
Photo Exhibition of Refugees Surviving Ukrainian War Vandalized A photo exhibition in Budapest of survivors of the Ukrainian war was smashed on the night of the elections. As... 2022.04.05.
Márki-Zay: ‘Our Mission Is to Bring about a Country of Love’ The most important mission of the united opposition and its voters is to "bring about democracy, the rule of law,... 2022.03.31.
US President Biden in Fiery Speech Likens Ukraine War to Hungarian Revolution of 1956 In a major address delivered in Warsaw on Saturday, US president Joe Biden drew parallels between the Hungarian Revolution of... 2022.03.28.
Record of Highest Daily Temperature Variation in Hungary Broken According to data from the National Meteorological Service (OMSZ), the record for the highest daily temperature variation was broken in... 2022.03.25.
Karácsony: “Russian military aggression deeply imprinted in the historical memory of Hungarians and Poles” Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony and Rafal Trzaskowski, his Warsaw counterpart, marked the Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship in a joint video... 2022.03.23.
Fidesz MP Németh: PM Orbán Agrees with ”Russians Go Home!” Statement Fidesz representative Zsolt Németh recently shared a Facebook post regarding the Ukrainian war, which stated: “Russians go home! Let there... 2022.03.22.
Opposition PM Candidate Márki-Zay Meets Ukraine’s Ambassador: Putin War Criminal Whoever kills pregnant mothers and children, whoever bombs a Red Cross refugee column, whoever shoots up a nuclear power plant,... 2022.03.21.
LMP MP Ungár: Fidesz MP Németh’s Russia-Criticism Brought Out Hatred in Party’s Camp The statement "Russians go home! Let there be peace!" by Zsolt Németh brought out the hateful, pro-Russian sentiment of many... 2022.03.19.
President-Elect Katalin Novák Publicly Denounces Russian Aggression The “…war launched by Russia (…) cannot be defended, or explained, at all,” reads Katalin Novák's Facebook post. The President-elect... 2022.03.18.
Russians Go Home! Fidesz MP Posts 1956 Slogan Denouncing Russian Aggression Many of Zsolt Németh's Facebook followers were surprised by the anti-Soviet slogan of Hungarian freedom fighters shared by the Fidesz... 2022.03.18.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister: FM Szijjártó May Have Forgotten about 1956 and 1848/49 On the occasion of the National Holiday of Hungary, both Ukraine's ambassador to Hungary and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister drew... 2022.03.16.
Márki-Zay: Choose Europe, Freedom and Growth Instead of East, Slavery and Deprivation In his speech on 15 March, Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition's candidate for prime minister, promised a Hungary that is committed... 2022.03.15.
