Hungarian political leaders, parties to mark March 15 national holiday

Budapest, March 14 (MTI) – Hungary’s political parties and leaders will organise and attend commemorative events marking the anniversary of Hungary’s anti-Habsburg revolution of 1848-49 on Wednesday.

Commemorations will begin with the hoisting of the national flag in front of Parliament with military honours at 9am.

Following the ceremony, a state celebration will begin at 10.30am in the garden of the National Museum where Prime Minister Viktor Orban will deliver a speech.

Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén will attend commemorations organised by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians in Vojvodina, northern Serbia.

The opposition Socialist Party is set to begin their commemorations on Tuesday in Miskolc, in northern Hungary. The party’s national board will hold a meeting, which will be followed by a commemorative gathering. The event will close with a torch-lit march. On Wednesday, the party’s Free Press Foundation award will be presented.