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Should the Hitler balcony in Vienna be open to the public? The House of Austrian History wants to open a balcony on Viennas Hofburg palace to museum visitors. A very different person once stepped onto it: Adolf Hitler. Giant crowds gathered on Heldeplatz to cheer Hitler as he delivered his Anschluss speech on March 15, 1938 A visitor to the House of Austrian History, the countrys contemporary history museum, located in the curved colonnaded Neue Burg wing of Viennas imperial Hofburg Palace, can...

Heated Speeches at Anti-Lockdown Protests of March 15 Hundreds of people protested Hungary’s lockdown restrictions on Monday at various locations. While the far-right Mi Hazánk party began its demonstrations in front of the Tropicana Casino on Vigadó Street, coronavirus skeptic vlogger György Gődény and libertarian politician Áron Ecsenyi’s followers protested in front of the parliament. Due to the unlawful gatherings, Budapest police charged 300 people with various offenses. Speaking...

by Bajan Reporter / March 13th, 2021 With the recent location of the Lord Nelson statue to the museum, there is now a need for us to look to the future. Barbados has an illustrious history that boasts of our 96% education achievement along with our prowess in sports, especially cricket. I would like to recommend a replacement who fits the bill BUT to place his statue in “ Heroes’ Square“, would first mean that he must be formally recognised as a HERO. In my eyes, that person should be S...

The ‘Mi Hazánk’ movement announced that they would organize a protest against “excessive closures” on March 15th. However, the decision received criticism arguing that the demonstration is clearly not appropriate when the epidemiological situation is continuously deteriorating. “We the yoke of slavery/No more shall wear”- the motto of Mi Hazánk’s protest was taken from one of the most popular Hungarian poems, Sándor Petőfi’s National Song, and therefore is a reference to the...

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference en route from Rome to Iraq March 8, 2021. Caption: Colm Flynn/CNA. Aboard the papal plane, Mar 8, 2021 / 08:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Monday confirmed that he planned to visit Hungary for the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place Sept. 12 in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square. Aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Iraq, Pope Francis spoke about possible destinations for future papal visits. ...

Hungarian-born Austrian journalist Paul Lendvai was sat in a television studio in Vienna on June 16, 1989, commentating live on the funeral of Imre Nagy, executed by Hungary’s Soviet-backed government after the failure of the 1956 revolution and buried in an unmarked grave. Like 180,000 other Hungarians, Lendvai had fled his country for Austria after the failed revolution and was working as a journalist and author in Vienna, writing and giving analysis on the epochal changes taking place in h...

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It is well known at this point that Hungary’s catering businesses have been struggling ever since dining in was forbidden three months ago in accordance with lockdown restrictions. Since then, companies have laid off many employees and shifted to a focus on delivery and take-out. Some have simply gone out of business after the depletion of their reserves. Many business owners and employees are sharing their struggles with the media, while opposition politicians are challenging the government ...

Opposition Unsatisfied With Restrictions in Hungary, Suggests Reopening Hungary’s opposition parties have various plans and suggestions for the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions. They are all unsatisfied with the governing Fidesz party’s approach to the pandemic, and think it is time to gradually lift restrictions in a controlled manner. Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, announced last Friday that a two-step reopening can be expected to begin first in March, the...

In Hungary, everyone over the age of 60 who has registered for vaccination will be inoculated by March 15, PM Orbán said.