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Grand Exhibition for the Hungarian Millennium launched 125 years ago

On 2nd May 1896 the Grand Millennial Exhibition was opened in Budapest, Városliget aimed at featuring the cultural heritage and industrial achievements of 1000-year old Hungary. The exhibition and international fair arranged on 520,000 square metres and available for half a year was launched by Franz Joseph I of Austria, King of Hungary.

Published on - 2021-05-04 03:16:00
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From 3 May Library of Parliament reopens amid continuing COVID-19 prevention measures

Please note that our library’s on-site services will be resumed from 3 May 2021 while pandemic restrictions are to remain in effect.

Published on - 2021-04-30 12:39:00
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Index of the records of the 1939-44 Hungarian parliamentary session available at the library

For the effective research of parliamentary records, it is indispensable to have the index of the debates at hand. For the period between 1861 and 1939 all the index volumes for Hungarian parliamentary sessions are available, however from 1939 until 1947 the publication of index volumes had temporarily been suspended. Thus anyone interested in the history of Hungary during the Second World War could benefit from our brand new searchable database created by our librarians that makes it possible to browse and navigate the contents of the parliamentary records for the 1939-44 session.

Published on - 2021-04-26 03:47:00
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István Tisza, twice-serving Prime Minister of Dualism born 160 years ago

István Tisza, son of Dualism's outstanding Prime Minister, Kálmán Tisza was born on 22 April 1861. He studied law and economics in Budapest, Berlin and Heidelberg and in political science he even obtained a doctorate. He served twice as Prime Minister immediately before and during the Great War, and partly owing to this fact, he became one of the most ambiguous political figures in 20th-century Hungarian history.

Published on - 2021-04-21 03:43:00
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16 April – Memorial Day for the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust

Since 2001 on 16 April each year the Memorial Day for the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust has been held in the country remembering the unprecedented cruelty towards the Hungarian Jewry during the Second World War. The Memorial Day was initiated by Zoltán Pokorni, former Minister of Education on 18 January 2000 (55th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto), who declared that 16 April be remembered at schools all around Hungary, as in 1944 on that day Hungarian authorities (under German supervision) launched the mass ghettoization of the Jews.

Published on - 2021-04-16 11:15:00
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Online Hungarian Statutes by Grill

Hungarian Statutes by Grill Publishing Company was one of the most influential publications of the firm. Károly Grill's publishing house – established in 1841 – was one of the oldest company of its kind in Hungary. From 1890 onwards it specialised in releasing legal books, primarily statute collections and case law. They boasted the publication of the most popular legal book series in the country including the Grill Statute Collection, the Grill Legal Library or the Grill Collection of Administrative Statutes.

Published on - 2021-03-22 03:37:00
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