According to the tradition, the Battle of Mohács is the real national disaster what can happen to a nation. And, of course, as a national disaster it is controversial and it has been sparking debates again and again. Briefly, there are two main versions. The first, along the lines of the tradition, says, that after the death of King (Hunyadi) I. Mátyás (Matthias Corvinus or Matthias I; reigned 1458-1490) the greedy and factious magnates, prelates and noblemen took advantage o

The German Occupation of Hungary The Hungarian Prime Minister, Miklós Kállay was greeted by Regent Miklós Horthy and others on March 9,...

The Birth of a Metropolis This year the 150th anniversary of the birth of Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is celebrated. The...

The Springtime of the Peoples When we are talking about 1848, it seems we are struggling a bit to decide where its place is in history,...

The bombing of Kassa (then Hungary, today Košice, Slovakia) on June 26, 1941, was an important moment of the Hungarian history. After the...