On 16 May, 2012 President Barack Obama presented the country’s highest military decoration to the family of Army Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., who was killed protecting fellow soldiers from an ambush in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, whose courage and complete disregard for his own safety saved the lives of many of his platoon members.
The Foreign Ministry of Romania summoned Oszkár Füzes, Hungary’s Ambassador to Bucharest on 16 May 2012. In the absence of the Ambassador, Ádám Balázs fulfilled the request as chargé d’affaires ad interim.
During his official visit to Argentina, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs János Martonyi met representatives of Hungarian communities. On 13 May the Minister attended a Mass to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Cardinal József Mindszenty (1892-1975) in the Mindszentynum Centre, which was established in 1979, and is one of the oldest institutions of the 30,000-40,000-strong Argentinian Hungarian community.
A commemoration service was held in remembrance of Mihály Kováts, a Hungarian born hussar colonel who was killed in action during the American War of Independence, in the city of his birth, Karcag.
Many a shared value that we profess, including democracy, freedom and human rights, creates a bond between Hungary and the United States; however, we do not necessarily always choose the same path in conquering the challenges we face, Minister for Foreign Affairs János Martonyi said at the Budapest conference held on 10 May on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the inauguration of diplomatic relations between Hungary and the US. The beginning of Hungarian-US diplomatic relations dates back to 17 December 1921.
Hungarian member of the European Parliament took the floor against the first steps and the programme of the recently formed Romanian Government at the plenary session of the EP in Brussels, speaking out of the agenda.
The programme series entitled 2012: the year of Hungarian kindergartens beyond the borders announced by the Hungarian State Secretariat for Hungarian Communities Abroad has started in Kopács, Croatia. The Hungarian Government has set aside 100 million forints for the programme.
Parliament elected János Áder as President of the Republic on Wednesday. The politician received 262 votes in the secret ballot. 307 Members of Parliament collected their ballot papers.
Granting Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians outside Hungary under the government's fast-track procedure has been a success story, the government commissioner in charge of implementation said.
Hungary will host this year’s Day of Remembrance of the victims of totalitarian regimes to be held with the participation of EU Member States on 23 August. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Administration and Justice Dr Tibor Navracsics will inform the justice ministers of Member States at the Friday justice session of the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting to be held on 26-27 April.
In Vienna, the annual general assembly of the Central Committee of Hungarian Associations and Organizations in Austria has partly renewed its leadership and broadened its membership with new organisations on Saturday, 21 April 2012 – said speaker of the press Kata Fetes-Tószegi.
Hungary will work together with the Hungarian National Council in Serbia and higher education institutions to help finance Hungarians' studies with scholarships, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén said during a visit to Szabadka (Subotica) on Monday.
Under current rules, Slovakian citizens applying for citizenship of another country must renounce their Slovak citizenship – dual citizenship is not possible, even though this prohibition is in conflict with the Slovakian constitution. Robert Fico’s government has said that it plans to amend its Act on citizenship to legalise dual citizenship, but not for those applying for Hungarian citizenship.
The ‘Die Welt’ conservative German daily published a guest comment by Rupert Scholz, constitutional lawyer, former German Minister of Defence on the new Hungarian Fundamental Law. According to Scholz the ‘critical fault-finding’ the new Hungarian Fundamental Law has received is ‘surprising and groundless’.
The year of Hungarian kindergartens beyond the borders – Kopács the first station of the roundtrip in the Carpathian Basin
March 15 in Calgary
Hungarian Ball in Boston
March 15 at the United Hungarian House
Hungarian Diaspora Council
Téglás Zoli
Pigniczky Réka
Elisabeth Mérő Santucci
