Hungary
Population
9,930,000 peopleCapital
BudapestCurrency
ForintMap of Hungary
Area in square kilometers
93,030 km2 Location of Hungary (dark green)– on the European continent (green & dark grey)– in the European Union (green) —
Location of Hungary (dark green)
– on the European continent (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green) —
Hungary is a
member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and
is a Schengen state.
period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by
the Hungarian ruler Árpád, whose great-grandson Saint Stephen I was
crowned with a crown sent from Rome by the pope in 1000 AD.
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The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international
football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.
Hungary has won gold at the Olympic Games three times, in 1952, 1964,
and 1968. The under-23 team, which was the age limit for Olympic
teams, won the UEFA U-23 Championship in 1974 and finished runners-up
in 1976.
The match between Austria and Hungary in Vienna in 1902 was the first
international match played between two non-British European countries.
Hungary has long been an integral part of
Europe. It converted to Western Christianity before AD 1000.
at the end of World War I, Hungary lost two-thirds of its territory
and one-third of its population. It experienced a brief but bloody
communist dictatorship and counterrevolution in 1919, followed by a
25-year regency under Admiral Miklos Horthy.
on Hungary on November 3. Some 200,000 Hungarians fled to the West.
Nagy and his colleagues took refuge in the Yugoslav Embassy. Party
First Secretary Janos Kadar defected from the Nagy cabinet, fleeing to
the Soviet Union.
Hungary, who invested him with the government of the Principality
of Halych. However, the boyars of Halych rebelled against his rule
and expelled the Hungarian troops.
Hungary who had to grant him the government of Croatia and
Dalmatia.
born 27 April 1968 in Sárvár, Hungary) is a retired
Hungarian football player who has spent most of his career playing
for MTK Hungária FC. He is considered to be the greatest Hungarian
footballer of the 1990s.
BUDAPEST, Hungary Ronald Reagan never visited Hungary, but his
efforts to end communism endeared him to many Hungarians - and now
have earned him his second statue in Budapest.
Mate has more than 140 works on display around Hungary - many of them
done in collaboration with his wife, Gyorgyi Lantos - but the Reagan
statue will be his first in Budapest.
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Hungary,
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Hungary.Country,
central Europe.
Area: 35,919 sq mi (93,030 sq km). Population: (2010 est.) 10,005,000.
Capital: Budapest. The people are an amalgam of Magyars and various
Slavic, Turkish, and Germanic peoples.
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Wednesday in Hungary's capital, where he was honored for his
leadership in helping to end communism.
in a park, Hungary's capital is honoring Reagan with a full statue in
Freedom Square, just a couple blocks from parliament and home to the
U.S. Embassy.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Ronald Reagan never visited Hungary, but his
efforts to end communism endeared him to many Hungarians — and now
have earned him his second statue in Budapest. (Scroll down...
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RONALD Reagan never visited Hungary but his efforts to end communism
endeared him to many Hungarians - and now have earned him his second
statue in Budapest.
Hungary's capital, where he was honoured for his leadership in helping
to end communism.
The bronze 2-meter (7-foot) likeness of the 40th president was erected
in Budapest at Freedom Square, near both the U.S.
Hungary, one of the countries in Eastern Europe hardest hit by the
economic crisis, shifted to the right in parliamentary elections held
in April 2010.
Hungary's economy, a star performer in the 1990s, has weakened, andn
it now trails many others in Eastern Europe. The financial crisis has
brought high unemployment and poverty, particularly in rural areas.
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When the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Hungary was particularly
vulnerable, largely because it had taken on far too much debt but also
because it was not under the sheltering umbrella of the euro. During
its boom, more than 1.
* US Air Force and Army officers, serving in Hungary, pose with the new statue of late US President Ronald Reagan after a centennial commemoration in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. The 180 kilograms (400 pounds) and 2.
The new statue honors Reagan to mark his efforts to free the people of Hungary from the yoke of communism. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech after
unveiling the new statue …
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A statue of former U.S.
Reagan was unveiled Wednesday in Hungary's capital, where he was
honored for his leadership in helping to end communism.
The bronze 2-meter (7-foot) likeness of the 40th president was erected
in Budapest at Freedom Square, near both the U.S.
Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe. Member of
the European Union and the Schengen Border-less Europe Agreement.
with Hungary's great accessibility in the middle of Europe, a vivid
culture and economy, and you get a destination absolutely not worth
missing if you're in the region.
In terms of buildings, Hungary is home to the
largest synagogue in Europe (Great Synagogue), the largest medicinal
bath in Europe (Széchenyi Medicinal Bath), the third largest church in
Europe (Esztergom Basilica), the second largest territorial abbey in
the world (Pannonhalma Archabbey), the second
Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries
served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in Europe. The
kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian
Empire, which collapsed during World War I.
" Hungary held its first multiparty elections in
1990 and initiated a free market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and
the EU five years later. In 2011, Hungary assumed the six-month
rotating presidency of the EU for the first time.
the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy
efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements
will require large investments
Environment - international agreements:
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Ronald Reagan never visited Hungary, but his efforts to end communism have endeared him to many Hungarians and this statue will be inaugurated in Budapest to mark 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth. The 180 kilograms (400 pounds) and 2.
in Freedom Square, central Budapest, to mark his efforts to free the people of Hungary from the yoke of communism. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Hungarian sculptor Istvan Mate finishes up work on his statue of late
US President Ronald Reagan in his workshop in the town of Csongrad,
Hungary, Sunday, June 26, 2011.
Hungary's Development Minister Tamas Fellegi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Budapest June 29, 2011. China's commitment to buy Hungarian sovereign debt could include both forint and foreign currency bonds and such purchases will be made under...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary - A statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan
was unveiled Wednesday in Hungary's capital, where he was honored for
his leadership in helping to end communism.
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three months of Hungary's participation in World War II. During
his brief rule, Szálasi's men murdered 10-15,000 Jews. After the
war, he was executed for crimes against the state.
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August 3, 1863 – Eger, Hungary, October 30, 1922) was a Hungarian
writer and journalist.
of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions.