On Thursday afternoon 16 March, the Embassy of Hungary in the Netherlands presented the short documentary ‘The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 – 60 years later.
In honour of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight an event series including wreath laying, round table discussions and an exhibition was held in Kruševo.
The 1956 Revolution was commemorated with a four-day exhibition by Hungarian Trade Office in Taipei. The guests in Taiwan were introduced to the events of the 1956 Revolution in a temporary banner exhibition.
In 2016, several events dedicated to the commemoration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight 60th Anniversary took place in Hungary. To commemorate events of 1956, the House of Terror Museum of Budapest created the exhibition "For Freedom and Independence" which is now displayed in the windows of the National Archives of Latvia, Šķūņu street 11.
The Budapest Business Journal published a supplement today on the 1956 Uprising. The aim is to tell expat businesspeople working and living in Hungary, as well as their families and tourists arriving here, more about the background to, and events of, the revolution.
Mary Kok and Willem Honneiber, members of the Dutch Olympic team at the time of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight, and their fellow athletes boycotted the 1956 Melbourne Olympics out of solidarity with Hungary.