Blog PM Orbán on the anniversary of the 1956 Revolution: “If we lose our freedom, if we lose our national independence, we will be lost, too” Oct 23, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács October 23rd is a national holiday in Hungary, marking the anniversary of the beginning of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight when our compatriots defied the Communist regime and stood up to Soviet military might. For decades, we were forbidden to celebrate it, to even talk about it, but today it’s among our most important national holidays.
News in Brief Hungary's 1956 Revolution monument vandalized in Spain Mar 16, 2017 The far-left Yesca Libre Catilla group claimed responsibility for the attack. They smeared the plaque and the statue with red paint and wrote on its pedestal
News in Brief A memorial honoring Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution has been erected in New York Feb 28, 2017 The monument will be unveiled March 12, the Sunday before Hungary’s national day marking the start of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight