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Buda-Past: Do You Know Which Iconic Building Of Budapest Just Celebrated Its...
Do you know which iconic building of Budapest celebrated its 130th birthday last week? It is one of the oldest Vienna-style café-restaurants in Pest, and was a regular haunt of numerous famous...
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Hungary’s Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Kató Szőke Dies Aged 82
Hungarian swimming legend Katalin Szőke has passed away in her Los Angeles home on 27th of October 2017, news portal index.hu reported. Better known as “Kató Szőke”, she competed at the 1952 Olympics...
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Legendary Hungarian Rock Musician Lajos Som Dies Aged 70
Legendary rock musician, bass guitarist, founder of the popular Hungarian rock bands “Taurus” and “Piramis”, Lajos Som passed away at the age of 70 on Tuesday in Budapest, Hungarian news portals...
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BUDA-PAST: Do You Know Which Iconic Building Of Budapest Just Celebrated Its...
Do you know which iconic building of Budapest celebrates its 140th birthday this week? photo: Wikipedia Located at the intersection of the Grand Boulevard (Nagykörút) and Váci Avenue (Váci út), it is...
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Buda-Past: Do You Know Which Iconic Building of Budapest Opened 107 Years Ago?
Do you know which iconic building just celebrated the 107th anniversary of its opening? photo: kitervezte.hu Located at the highest point of Budapest, it stands at 526 meters on top of the János Hill....
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Legendary Hungarian Radio Free Europe Presenter Géza Ekecs Dies Aged 90
Legendary Hungarian journalist and radio presenter László Cseke, one-time editor of the Hungarian department of Radio Free Europe, passed away in Munich at the age of 90. Originally named “Géza Ekecs”,...
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Buda-Past: Happy 144th Birthday… Budapest!
This week’s Buda-Past is a special one as we celebrate the 144th birthday of the Hungarian capital. On 17th of November 1873, three neighbouring cities located on the banks of the Danube River in...
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“Slavery in the 20th Century”: Hungary Commemorates Gulag Prisoners
Forced labor in Soviet gulag labor camps after WWII was nothing else but “slavery in the 20th century”, Bence Rétvári, state secretary for the Ministry of Human Resources, said on Saturday, marking the...
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Buda-Past: 130th Anniversary of Budapest’s First Electric Tram Line
130 years ago today, on 28 November 1887, the first urban tramway of continental Europe entered into service in Budapest. For more than 20 years, trams were run by horsepower, and the city’s leadership...
View ArticleJobbik Politician Criticizes Romania’s Treatment of Ethnic Hungarians on...
Today is Great Union Day in Romania, the 99th anniversary of Transylvania’s official detachment from Hungary. Yesterday, István Szávay, a politician with the far-right Jobbik party (which has made...
View ArticleMaria Theresia Mini Series Coming Soon On Hungarian Television
The much-awaited history mini-series on the life and reign of legendary 18th-century Habsburg Empress-Queen Maria Theresia is set to be broadcast in Hungary as well as in Austria, Czech Republic and...
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Hungarian President János Áder Pays Official Visit To The Czech Republic
Heads of state of Hungary and the Czech Republic both praised bilateral relations as excellent in all areas, economic ties in particular, as János Áder paid a visit to his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman...
View ArticleSzaloncukor: The History of the Delicious Candy Hanging from Every Hungarian...
Starting in the middle of December, Christmas begins to descend on Hungary, as Christmas Markets open, and the country’s famous holiday candy, szaloncukor (‘parlor candy’) fills shelves in shops...
View Article254th Anniversary of the Massacre at Mádéfalva Commemorated
Commemorations were held in Bonyhád, southwest Hungary, to mark the 254th anniversary of the Massacre at Mádéfalva (in Latin: Siculicidium “murder of Szeklers”), in which more than 200 Szekler men,...
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Buda-Past: Do You Know Which Iconic Building of Budapest Celebrates its 148th...
Do you know which iconic building of Budapest celebrates its 148th birthday this month? The original, wooden bulding, which burnt down in 1874. photo: ilyenisvoltbudapest.hu The building serves a...
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Former US President Jimmy Carter Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Holy Crown’s...
In a letter to the leaders of Hungarian Baptist Aid in Washington, DC, former United States President Jimmy Carter marked the 40th anniversary of the return of the Holy Crown to Hungary. Writing to to...
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Artúr Görgey, General of the 1848-49 War of Independence, Was Born 200 Years...
Artúr Görgey, possibly the most skilled Hungarian commander in the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence, and undoubtedly the most controversial, was born 200 years ago this day, on 30 January,...
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Central European Part of the Roman Danube Limes Nominated for World Heritage...
Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany jointly submitted a nomination proposal to UNESCO, to declare a number of fortress ruins by the river Danube, which has served as a natural borderline of the...
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Buda-Past: Do You Know Which Iconic Building of Budapest Celebrates its 470th...
Do you know which iconic building of Budapest celebrates its 470th anniversary in 2018? photo: egykor.hu The building is the octagonal tomb, surrounded by rose gardens, of an Ottoman dervish, poet and...
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Hungarian Government to Finance Renovation of Castle of Borša, Hungarian Hero...
The Hungarian government will contribute with a total 1.6 billion forints (EUR 5.1m) to the renovation of the Castle of Borša (in Hungarian, Borsi) in southern Slovakia, where Ferenc Rákóczi II, leader...
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