Health-care Minister Zsolt Hegedűs commemorated the victims of the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in a social media post on Saturday, noting that official records put the number of fatalities in Hungary at 49,124. A memorial list compiled by the Hungarian Medical Chamber in 2023 includes 84 deceased health-care workers, the minister said, adding that the […]

A ceremonial session was held in the National Assembly, attended by Hungarian public officials, European Union leaders, and heads of state and representatives from several countries, to mark the 70th anniversary of the revolution of October 23, 1956. At the session, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, greeted the attendees in Hungarian, […]

On Saturday, on the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mohács, a memorial day was held in the town of Mohács, situated on the banks of the Danube, at the nearby national memorial site and in the vicinity of the presumed former battlefield to honor the memory of the heroes of the battle. The commemorative […]

A commemoration to mark the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes was held at the grave of Margit Slachta, a nun who worked to save Jews from persecution, in the Fiumei Road Cemetery in Budapest on Sunday. Zsolt Sári, the state secretary for public collections and heritage preservation, highlighted […]

The freedom of the United States also guarantees freedom in Europe, Caroline Savage, the Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Budapest, said at a commemoration marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. The ceremony was held at a monument to George Washington in the Hungarian capital's City Park on Wednesday, MTI […]

The March of the Living was held in Budapest this Sunday, with participants of the 21st annual walk commemorating the victims of the Holocaust marching from the Shoes on the Bank of the Danube monument to Várkert Bazaar via the Chain Bridge, MTI reported. Andor Grósz, President of the Association of Jewish Communities in Hungary […]

The annual March of the Living event was held in Budapest this Sunday. Participants in the 20th annual walk in memory of the victims of the Holocaust marched from the Dohány Street Synagogue to the square in front of Keleti Railway Station, where speakers commemorated the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 last year, […]

A commemoration ceremony was held at the stadium named after the world-famous Hungarian footballer Puskás Ferenc on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the naming ceremony of the Puskás Arena. At the event, Hungarian State Secretary for Sport, Ádám Schmidt, quoted Brazilian football star Pelé who had said that Puskás would have been the […]

A memorial service was held on the third anniversary of the tragedy of the Hableány (‘Mermaid’)  river cruise boat on Sunday in Budapest, at the memorial to the victims of the disaster at the Pest end of Margaret Bridge, where Péter András Sztáray, Minister of State for Security Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

We must not give in to the temptation to forget, as "common remembrance is the future of all of us," András Heisler, the President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz), said at a commemoration ceremony on Monday to mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto and the disappearance […]

In commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust, thousands of people walked across the river Danube and along the embankment of the river in the traditional 'March of the Living'. Speakers of the event talked about the importance of rememberance.

A memorial to the former Polish president Lech Kaczyñski and the other victims of the Smolensk (Russia) tragedy in 2010 was unveiled in Budapest this Friday in the presence of Jaroslaw Kaczyñski, the brother of Lech Kaczynski.

Thousands of people participated in the 'March of the Living', commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in Budapest this Sunday afternoon, remembering the 550,000 Hungarian Jews who died during the Holocaust.

Ten years after his death, and coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution, the figure of Ferenc Puskás was the object of an emotional tribute that took place on Monday at the stadium where he concluded his legend.

Thousands marched in the streets of the Hungarian capital Sunday to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. The march is the largest civic demonstration against racism, anti-Semitism and neo-Nazi and anti-democratic movements in Hungary.