New Beginnings and Continuity

The University of Public Service, the Deutsch-Ungarisches Jugendwerk (Hungarian-German Youth Society) and the Andrássy Universität Budapest celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Hungarian-(West)German diplomatic relations with an international conference on 4 December 2023 at the former Festetics Palace.

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.