With Clockwork Precision from Switzerland – The Degenfeld heritage has been added to our collection
On 30 April, Jean-Francois Paroz, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Hungary and his colleague, Zsuzsanna Tormássy, visited our Foundation.
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“Whoever is not a good Hungarian cannot be a good European.”
On 1 May 2004, twenty years ago, Hungary became a member state of the European Union. Otto von Habsburg, who had fought throughout the years of the Cold War to reunite the continent divided by the consequences of the Second World War, saw the enlargement as a significant opportunity, offering a wealth of new prospects.
Farewell to Dr Pál Huszár
Pál Huszár, fomer legendary professor of the University of Pannonia in Veszprém and the Reformed Theological Academy of Pápa, a prominent member of the Hungarian Pan-European Union, was called back to God at the age of 83. With the following lines, Bence Kocsev and Gergely Prőhle commemorate the outstanding personality of the Reformed Church in Transdanubia, who also had a close relationship with our namesake.
Central Europe is our past and our future
Our exhibition on Otto von Habsburg opened on 19 April at the Regional Museum of Celje. In the 1980s, our namesake was an important supporter of Slovenia’s independence and later its accession to the European Union. His dynastic legacy gave him a responsibility to create a Central European community at the heart of Europe, and remains a message that we must build Central Europe together: by finding the points that connect us.
