8 result(s) for soviet labour camps in Current Affairs
Western Ambassadors Put Pressure on Hungary to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Membership
- 15 Feb 2024 5:30 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator compares the US ambassador to erstwhile Soviet oppressors because of his presence at Mondays’ extraordinary session of Parliament which was convened at the initiative of the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO but boycotted by the governing majority. A liberal author dismisses such comparison as absurd.
Opinion: EU Pressure Mounting on Hungary, Bureaucrats Accused of Blackmail
- 10 Feb 2024 9:14 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator rejects as ‘worse than a mafia hit’ the alleged plans to punish Hungary if it doesn’t agree to commit to a 50 billion Euro aid package to Ukraine for the forthcoming four years.
Victims Of Communism Remembered At Monument Of National Martyrs In Budapest
- 26 Feb 2020 7:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér and Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler laid wreaths of commemoration at the monument of the martyrs of the nation in Budapest, marking the day of victims of communism.
Memory Of Hungarians Deported To Soviet Labour Camps Honoured
- 14 Jan 2019 8:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commemorations were held in Nagymaros, north of Budapest, on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the deportation of some 500 Hungarians to forced labour camps in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII.
Gulag Must Always Be Remembered, Says State Secretary
- 21 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
One must never forget the fate of those deported to Soviet forced labour camps of the Gulag during and after WWII, the state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad said on Monday. János Árpád Potápi launched a series of programmes before the official ending of the Gulag memorial year on February 25, a memorial day of martyrs of communism, in the House of Hungarians in the Buda Castle.
23 October Holiday: Hungary Remembers Revolution
- 20 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
2012 marks the 56th anniversary of the '56 Revolution, a key event in the history of Hungary. On the national holiday this year, PM Orbán will give a speech in front of Parliament, and there will be events throughout the day for those wishing to peacefully commemorate the Revolution. This year the Terror House Museum is joining in the commemorative events and will stage special history ...
Memory Of 1989 Must Be Kept Alive, Hungary’s President Says In Sofia
- 13 Nov 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Eastern Europe’s democratic transition 25 years ago and “what we sought to transcend in 1989/90” must be kept alive in the minds of our children, Hungary’s president told an international conference in Sofia.
Hungary Remembers The Victims Of Communism On 25 February
- 24 Feb 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
"On Saturday 25 February across the country there will be commemoration events for the victims of communism. On this day in 1947 Béla Kovács, the Secretary General of the Independent Smallholders’ Party, was unlawfully arrested and deported to the Soviet Union. Following a decision adopted by the first Orbán government in 2000, all secondary education institutions mark this anniversary.
Western Ambassadors Put Pressure on Hungary to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Membership
- 15 Feb 2024 5:30 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator compares the US ambassador to erstwhile Soviet oppressors because of his presence at Mondays’ extraordinary session of Parliament which was convened at the initiative of the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO but boycotted by the governing majority. A liberal author dismisses such comparison as absurd.
Opinion: EU Pressure Mounting on Hungary, Bureaucrats Accused of Blackmail
- 10 Feb 2024 9:14 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator rejects as ‘worse than a mafia hit’ the alleged plans to punish Hungary if it doesn’t agree to commit to a 50 billion Euro aid package to Ukraine for the forthcoming four years.
Victims Of Communism Remembered At Monument Of National Martyrs In Budapest
- 26 Feb 2020 7:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
House Speaker László Kövér and Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler laid wreaths of commemoration at the monument of the martyrs of the nation in Budapest, marking the day of victims of communism.
Memory Of Hungarians Deported To Soviet Labour Camps Honoured
- 14 Jan 2019 8:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commemorations were held in Nagymaros, north of Budapest, on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the deportation of some 500 Hungarians to forced labour camps in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII.
Gulag Must Always Be Remembered, Says State Secretary
- 21 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
One must never forget the fate of those deported to Soviet forced labour camps of the Gulag during and after WWII, the state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad said on Monday. János Árpád Potápi launched a series of programmes before the official ending of the Gulag memorial year on February 25, a memorial day of martyrs of communism, in the House of Hungarians in the Buda Castle.
23 October Holiday: Hungary Remembers Revolution
- 20 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- current affairs
2012 marks the 56th anniversary of the '56 Revolution, a key event in the history of Hungary. On the national holiday this year, PM Orbán will give a speech in front of Parliament, and there will be events throughout the day for those wishing to peacefully commemorate the Revolution. This year the Terror House Museum is joining in the commemorative events and will stage special history ...
Memory Of 1989 Must Be Kept Alive, Hungary’s President Says In Sofia
- 13 Nov 2014 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Eastern Europe’s democratic transition 25 years ago and “what we sought to transcend in 1989/90” must be kept alive in the minds of our children, Hungary’s president told an international conference in Sofia.
Hungary Remembers The Victims Of Communism On 25 February
- 24 Feb 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
"On Saturday 25 February across the country there will be commemoration events for the victims of communism. On this day in 1947 Béla Kovács, the Secretary General of the Independent Smallholders’ Party, was unlawfully arrested and deported to the Soviet Union. Following a decision adopted by the first Orbán government in 2000, all secondary education institutions mark this anniversary.