News tagged with: communism

Professor E. Sylvester Vizi: “The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was the most European moment in recent history”

"All historical deeds motivated by the pursuit of freedom and justice become universal after a while, just like scientific efforts...

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“I do not hold hatred toward anyone over the fact that I was wrongfully imprisoned in 1956”

Aerospace engineer, military officer. The Deputy Head of Service for the Rákoscsaba National Guard. Sentenced to life in prison over...

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Press Roundup: Opposition Protests against Fudan University

Commentators express strongly opposing views about the planned Chinese university campus in Budapest, and its implications. Hungarian press roundup by budapost.eu...

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Pictures of Hungary’s Post-WW2 May Day Captures Spread of Communism Throughout Society

May Day has been an official holiday in Hungary since 1946. At that time the country had a democratically-elected coalition...

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35 Years of Chernobyl: How the Communist State Power Covered Up a Nuclear Catastrophe

Exactly 35 years ago today, the reactor block of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union exploded. The...

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Ideology and Competition Key Issues Around Fudan University Budapest

The ideological impact of Fudan University's Budapest campus, as well as its potential to overpower Hungarian universities, are both key...

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Martyred Ethnic Hungarian Politician János Esterházy Commemorated on Birth Anniversary

János Esterházy, a leader of Slovakia's ethnic Hungarian community between the two world wars, was "a martyr who fought against...

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Puskás, Lángosh, Communism, Brexit, and Climate Change – Interview with Paul Fox, the New UK Ambassador to Hungary

Paul Fox, the United Kingdom’s new ambassador to Hungary, introduced himself to Hungarians in a video back in September, in...

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Béla Kovács’s Date of Arrest Marks ‘Victims of Communism Memorial Day’ in Hungary

Today Hungarians across the country and around the world remember the victims of communism, a day of symbolic importance. 74...

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Fidesz MEP Deutsch Apologises to EPP for Harsh Criticism

Tamás Deutsch, an MEP of ruling Fidesz, has sent a letter to members of the European People's Party apologising for...

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Signature Drive in EPP for Fidesz MEP Deutsch’s Expulsion After Gestapo Comparison

After Tamás Deutsch compared the EPP's insistence on the rule of law criteria to communist and Nazi-like methods, certain EPP...

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Hungarian Press Roundup: EU Measures Seen as Reminiscent of the Soviet Union?

Pro-government columnists agree with Fidesz MEP Tamás Deutsch, that the EU’s attempts to make financial disbursements conditional on resect for...

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State Secy to Zakharova: Hungary Freed Itself from Nazi, Communist Dictatorships

Nazi and Communist dictatorships were horrid and inhumane regimes, and "we are glad that Hungary freed itself from both", Tamás...

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George H.W. Bush, “a great blessing” to Hungary

A statue of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, on Budapest’s Szabadság tér (Liberty Square)...

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Orbán Unveils George Bush Monument: ‘He Shared Central Europe’s Dream of Freedom and Independence’

On Tuesday, a new statue of the 41st President of the Unites States of America, George Herbert Walker Bush was...

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The 1956 Uprising in Color – Photo Gallery!

On the 23rd of October in 1956, Hungarian students and young workers staged a peaceful demonstration in Budapest to protest...

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October 23 – PMO Head Gulyás: ‘We Now Have Our Freedom but Need to Preserve It’

"We must not allow the ideas of communism regain control over our everyday life," Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime...

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Faces of the 1956 Revolution – with Archived Photos!

There are a couple of 1956 freedom fighters and groups of fighters who became well-known, either by their acts, their...

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Why did Beethoven’s Egmont Overture Become the “Hymn of the Revolution”?

The Egmont overture by Ludwig van Beethoven was played so often in the October days of 1956 that it quickly...

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George Bush Sr Statue to Be Unveiled in Budapest to Mark 30th Anniversary of Fall of Communist Rule

The Hungarian government is to unveil a statue of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States,...

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Hungarian Press Roundup: No Compromise in Sight over Theatre and Film University

As the controversy over the restructuring of the University of Theatre and Film rages on, the political debate has escalated...

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