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Concert held in honor of 1956 martyr
The concert was held in Veszprem to mark the hundredth anniversary of Árpád Brusznyai’s birth.
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PM Orbán calls 1956 revolution and freedom fight a “spark of Hungarian genius”
The prime minister said 1956 had been the last chance for a European Hungary “to tear itself away from the world of Bolshevik socialism” which had banished “European culture, Christian...
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s commemoration speech on the 67th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight
24 October 2023, Veszprém
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Hungarians up and down the country mark anniversary of anti-Soviet revolt
Hungary marks the anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt which started on October 23, 1956.
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House Speaker opens photo exhibition about anti-Soviet uprising of 1956
László Kövér said 1956 was the tragedy of a country wanting to break out of communism but being let down by the key players of world politics.
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Gulyás: Cooperation with German government “is of prime importance”
As well as talks with Wolfgang Schmidt, Gergely Gulyás attended a commemoration of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolt, held at the Hungarian embassy in Berlin.
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Gulyás: Hungarians fulfilled goals of 1956 anti-Soviet uprising three decades later
Gergely Gulyás said 1956 was a milestone in Hungary’s national development which strongly determined what people thought about important values.
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Justice Minister: Communist crimes should be treated in same way as Nazi crimes
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in the United States has a vital role in keeping the events of many decades ago in the minds of younger generations.
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Speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the opening ceremony of the Mindszentyneum
Speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the opening ceremony of the Mindszentyneum
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Hungary marks anniversary of anti-Soviet revolt
The national flag of Hungary was hoisted with military honors in front of Parliament on Sunday morning.
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PM Orbán: Hungary protects its interests at home and abroad
In his address marking the 66th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, the prime minister said "we're able to protect Hungary's interests both at home and abroad".
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PM Orbán: Only Hungarians can show the world the truth of the Hungarians, and only we can defend our own truth against the threats that loom over us
Drawing on the events of Hungary’s 1,000-year history, Prime Minister Orbán said that “whoever wants to sit on our shoulders is doomed to fail. We were here when the first conquering empire attacked us, and we will be here when the last one collapses.”
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Minister Gulyás: The nation of 1956 can only say that he who fights for freedom and national independence is a friend of Hungary
”On the 66th anniversary of our national holiday this year, we can say for the first time that we have been free to remember '56 for as long as the communist dictatorship tried to erase, paint over and silence the memory of the revolution.”