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 Hungarian national flag was hoisted with military honor and then lowered to half-mast in Kossuth Lajos Square in front of the Parliament this Thursday on the 64th anniversary of the suppression by Soviet troops of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Hungarian Minister of Defense, Tibor Benkő. […]