Modern history of Hungary
Trianon Centenary Stirs Mixed Emotions Across Central Europe
One historic event that reflects how much, and perhaps also how little, the world has changed in the last century, is the peace treaty signed in the Grand Trianon Palace in Versailles on June 4, 1920.
Orban’s ‘Greater Hungary’ Map Creates Waves in Neighbourhood
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic responded artfully on Thursday to a provocative Facebook post by the Hungarian leader that depicted a map of Greater Hungary - i.e. with the much bigger borders of the old Hungarian kingdom before the end of World War I, which included much of modern Croatia.
Democracy Digest: Hungary’s Curriculum Crusade
The official line was that it was time to modernise the copious and often dull material that Hungarian students have to plough through during 12 years of studies. But the government was also clear that it wanted to make the curriculum "more patriotic".
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MAE on declaration regarding Trianon adopted in the Hungarian Parliament: Any attempt to rewrite history is unacceptable
The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) announced that it took note of the decision of Parliament in Budapest to declare 2020 as Year of National Cohesion and, thus, to mark 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Trianon, but rejects as unfounded, the justifications invoked to promote this declaration.