Unique manuscripts in the Hungarian Parliamentary Collection – Antal Deák's parliamentary correspondence

For nearly 130 years, the Library of Parliament has possessed a unique manuscript: the parliamentary correspondence of Antal Deák (brother of renowned statesman, Ferenc Deák). What do we know about these letters and what makes their author that significant in Hungarian history? These are the questions this article is trying to answer.

What our readers are interested in – Questions answered on the European Union

Information provision and research support have always been one of the library's key activities. As we have been running the EU Depository Library for nearly 20 years, it is clearly a priority for our reference librarians that they be able to answer any simple or complex enquiries in the field of European studies either in person or by other means. In our article we try and give and overview of the most frequently occurring questions with regard to the European Union.

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Az állami tisztviselők első nyugdíjtörvénye

135 years ago, on May 13 1885, Franz Josef I of Austria, King of Hungary signed Act XI of 1885 on the Retirement Pension Paid to Civil Servants, which was promulgated on May 17 in the Hungarian statute-book. The act was the first attempt in the country to comprehensively regulate state pensions to be paid to Hungarian public employees.

Freely available online resources to research UN Specialized Agencies

The library's UN Depository Collection was established in 1956 and started functioning in 1960. There are nearly 20 autonomous organizations closely cooperating with the UN, these are the so called UN Specialized Agencies (the WHO, the IMF or the FAO among others), the documents of which are available in designated libraries all over Hungary. The Library of Parliament collects the documents and related literature of the UNESCO, the ILO and in smaller numbers the WTO and IAEA.

Schuman Declaration announced 70 years ago

Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman had laid the foundations of the European Community when on 9 May 1950 in his famous declaration he announced the guiding principles of the establishment of a new post-war supranational institution that became known as the European Coal and Steel Community, the predecessor of today's European Union. Remembering this important date in the EU's history, we celebrate Europe Day on 9 May each year. The Schuman Declaration was presented to the public 70 years ago.