News tagged with: Soviet Union

Memory of Hungarians Deported to Soviet Labour Camps Honoured

Commemorations were held in Nagymaros, north of Budapest, on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the deportation of Hungarians to forced...

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Orbán-Le Pen Meeting: ‘There is a pressing need for the renewal of the European right wing’

Ideological pressure within the European Union has become unprecedented, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday, after meeting Marine Le...

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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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Slovakian Hungarians’ Martyr János Esterhazy Commemorated in Czechia

Ethnic Hungarians and Poles held a commemoration in Mirov, in the Czech Republic, to pay tribute to János Esterházy, a...

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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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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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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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Russia: Friend or Foe?

The last Soviet Russian soldiers left Hungary in 1991 after a 47-year long occupation that has left a long-lasting, less...

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Monument to Former PM Pál Teleki Erected in Krakow

A new memorial to Count Pál Teleki has been erected in Krakow. Teleki, as the Prime Minister of Hungary, gave...

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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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Newly Inaugurated Russian Cathedral Depicts Historical Victories, Including Crushing of 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which opened its doors in June to the public, is dedicated to...

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House Speaker Kövér: Fight against Godless and Inhumane Authoritarian Aspirations

The organisation of former Hungarian prisoners and forced labourers in the Soviet Union (Szorakész) keeps national remembrance alive and sets...

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What Should We Be Proud of on August 20th?

When you look at “national day” celebrations held in other countries, the best example of which is probably Independence Day...

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Hungarian Press Roundup: Siege of Budapest 75th Anniversary

75 years after an attempted breakout by over twenty thousand German and Hungarian troops besieged in Buda Castle only two...

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Siege of Budapest Ended 75 Years Ago

The Siege of Budapest ended exactly 75 years ago as the Soviet Red Army ousted the Nazi troops, while resulting...

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Far-right Commemorates WW2 Event ‘Day of Honour’ in Budapest

Some 500 supporters of far-right organisations gathered in central Buda on Saturday to commemorate an attempt by German and Hungarian...

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Memory of Hungarians Deported to Soviet Labour Camps Honoured

Hungarians have a duty to honour the memories of the roughly 100 million victims of communist dictatorships worldwide, a human...

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Historic Don Disaster Offers Lesson, says Defence Ministry Official

Szilárd Németh, state secretary at the defence ministry, on Friday attended a commemoration marking the anniversary of the Hungarian Army's...

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President Áder on János Horváth: Moral Beacon, Committed to Free and Independent Hungary

President János Áder on Thursday addressed the funeral of the one-time oldest member of parliament, János Horváth, who died aged...

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“I Opposed Bolsheviks from The First Moment I Had the Chance,” Interview with Former US Air Force Doctor László Varjú

Well before the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, László Varjú, as a high school student, was jailed for anti-communist activities. Then, in...

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Remembering the Doyen of Hungarian Politics, János Horváth – Witness of Dramatic and Promising Times

János Horváth, the veteran politician who was the oldest member of Parliament for a long time and who lived through...

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