From Détente to the Wall’s Downfall
Witnesses of historic times reminisced about the transformation of East-Central Europe 35 years ago at the Ludovika University of Public Service.
1989
From Debrecen to Sopronpuszta
Our Foundation, in collaboration with the Hungarian-German Institute of the MCC, organised a conference to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Otto von Habsburg’s lecture in Debrecen.
Otto von Habsburg’s first official visit to Hungary
Otto von Habsburg attracted great public attention in the spring of 1989, during his first official appearance in Hungary for seventy years.
Nomination of Otto von Habsburg for the post of president of the Republic of Hungary in 1989
Thirty years ago, on 30 September 1989, the name of Otto von Habsburg appeared in the domestic press as a candidate for the post of president of the Independent Smallholders, Farmers and Civic Party. In an interview with Radio Free Europe on the same day, Otto von Habsburg said he did not know about this idea, but later received a letter of nomination dated 29 September 1989.
