By Dace Kalniņa.
Every year in August, the Baltic people are remembering the so called “Baltic way”. Almost every family has some memories of this moving event, which took place on 23rd of August 1989. This year on a 23rd of August in…
Hungary - On August 20, Hungary is celebrating her first Christian king and her foundation as a Christian state. For this reason, August 20, Saint-Stephen's day, is celebrated as the main national holiday each year since 1083. Massive celebrations take place in…
By Olivier Bault.
Pope Francis took off from the Kraków airport on Sunday evening after a highly successful 2016 edition of the World Youth Day. Aside from the extremely naive remarks about Islam made by the Bishop of Rome from 10 km…
Slovakia - The AeroMobil company has been able to create a car with retractable wings, of which the third generation model spent seven-and-a-half hours in the air during test flights. It is now displayed in the entrance lobby of the European Commission…
Poland - A reenactment of the Battle of Vienna in 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow? By Olivier Bault.
During the World Youth Days (WYD) to be held with Pope Francis in Krakow from July 27 to 31, the Polish Ministry of…
The Magyars may continue to believe. Despite conceded a penalty and numerous missed opportunities, it's in the end of the match that the team of Hungary has retained a point against Iceland. Everything will be decided on the last day, next wednesday.…
Originially published in French, on Hongrie Actuelle.
France, Bordeaux - For her comeback after 44 years of absence in the Euro, Hungary has marked the occasion by winning 2-0 against Austria at her first match in the competition.
What millions of Magyars were…
France, Paris - Roland Garros's verdict fell, and the small world of the tennis passes from now on in the green for six weeks, with Wimbledon as the climax of the short tennis season on lawn. It's time to make an assessment.…
United-Kingdom, London - The Visegrád Post shares with you an article originally published in French on Hongrie Actuelle about the European Swimming Championships that took place in London last week.
A little more than two months before the Olympic Games which…
By Marie Fouque.
Ukraine - On the 26 of April, 1986, at the Lenin nuclear power plant, 15km away from Chernobyl, Ukraine, occurred the worst nuclear disaster ever. An increase in the reactor power lead to an explosion. It was the first…
Poland, Częstochowa - On Sunday, April 17, 30,000 bikers met for the 12th time at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra, an important place of pilgrimage in Poland.
Every year, bikers met before an open-air Holy Mass, to thank the Virgin Mary for…
Poland, Warsaw - Early April each year are the commemorations of the soviet's crimes on Polish prisoners of war.
First days of April in Poland are regarded as a significant period during which the nation commemorates its martyrs from the Second World War…