On Hungary’s national holiday marking the outbreak of the 1848 revolution, Viktor Orbán referred to the “youth of March,” who said at that time that “let here be peace, liberty and concord.” Addressing a crowd on Kossuth Square in front of the building of Hungarian Parliament, the prime minister added that “we need the same […]

Due to the new coronavirus epidemic, the flag-raising ceremony in front of Parliament was the only on-the-spot event on today's national holiday, the Day of Remembrance of the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-49. That was followed by President János Áder's ceremonial speech broadcast by the public media. In his speech, referring to the […]

The building of the Hungarian National Museum was lit with decorative lights of the colors of the Hungarian flag in honor of the national holiday om March 15. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the ceremonies on March 15, celebrating the start, in 1848, of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence against the Habsburgs will […]