Hungary marked the memorial day of those deported to the Soviet Union on Monday. On November 25, 1953, about 1,500 political prisoners returned from the Gulag to Hungary while as many as 800,000 Hungarians are estimated to have been sent to Soviet forced labour camps after the Second World War and half of them perished there.
The renewed reformed church in Vedresábrány, Romania was opened on Sunday. The celebration was attended by Deputy State Secretary for National Policy Zsuzsanna Répás, who said that the church, which dates back to the Arpad-age, was saved from collapsing.
Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics talked about the value of European and national identity at a conference on Hungarian-Croatian-Italian history hosted by the Hungarian Academy of Rome on Friday.
Some 260 thousand people have benefited from reduced rate holiday opportunities thanks to the Erzsébet programme since it was launched two years ago, programme spokesperson Anna Nagy told a press conference on Thursday.
Hungary's government is waiting for the Curia, the country's supreme court, to take a legal uniformity decision on foreign currency-denominated loans, the Minister of Public Administration and Justice told journalists on Tuesday following a roundtable discussion with representatives of the National Bank of Hungary, the National Judicial Office, the Office of the Commissioner of Fundamental Rights, the Hungarian Bar Association, the Hungarian National Chamber of Notaries and the Chief Prosecutor’s Office.
Hungary's relations with Ukraine are now better than at any time over the past 20 years, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Wednesday.
Hungary must pursue the goal of drawing young people who have been staying in Europe back to their homeland, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said on Friday.
Anti-Semitism exists all over Europe but there are only a few governments, such as the Hungarian Government, that take resolute steps against it, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs Bence Rétvári from the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice said on Wednesday.
The future of Europe will be built on cooperation between independent nations, Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics said in Brussels.
The Government has decided to open a Hungarian Institute in Turkey, Hungary’s political and economic partner of strategic importance. The institute to be established in Istanbul will ensure the continued presence of Hungarian culture in Turkey; create a ground for presenting our achievements to a wide audience; broaden awareness of our country; positively influence Hungary’s image; and contribute to intensifying relations between the two countries.