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Budapest, May 29 (MTI) – Ceremonies were held throughout the country on Sunday to commemorate all Hungarian soldiers who died for their homeland.
Addressing a commemorative event in Vámosújfalu in northeastern Hungary, Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér said the Hungarian heroes who sacrificed their lives over the past millennium did it not just to defend Hungary but all of Europe.
Kövér said the best way Hungarians today can honour the heroes of the past is by working hard to strengthen everything they had fought so hard for: a free, democratic and sovereign Hungary and a self-conscious, united nation.
The house speaker said it was also a duty of this generation to strengthen ties among Hungarians worldwide.
He said Hungarians today must face “forces which envision a future for Hungary and Europe that is not governed by democracy, but … by bureaucrats who were not elected by anyone”.
He said that unlike the heroes of the past, Hungarians today will not be alone in their struggles, as many European nations are now realising the dangers that lie ahead for Europe.
Speaking at a ceremony in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, Defence Minister István Simicskó said few out of the 200 states in existence today can say that they have been standing for a thousand years.
