Friends of Hungary

Americans for Hungarians Foundation Celebrates its 15th Anniversary

The Americans for Hungarians Foundation, and the American-Hungarian Club celebrated the 15th Anniversary of their foundation during a gala night and conference held on October 5 in Budapest. The event was hosted by the founders-directors, Zsuzsanna Dreisziger-Stricz and Jules (Gyula) E. Balogh.
2024-10-08 More
Dr. István Stumpf received an award from the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy

Prof. Dr. István Stumpf was awarded the Order of Merit of Brazilian Thought for his outstanding achievements in the field of social sciences.
2024-09-17 More
Sir George Charles Radda, founding member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, passes away

Sir George Charles Radda, recipient of the Hungarian Corvin Chain, the Royal Society Buchanan Medal, the Order of the British Empire, and the Semmelweis Budapest Award, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, founding member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, and member of the Board of the Hungarian Corvin Chain passed away on 13 September 2024 at the age of 88. Prof. Dr. Szilveszter E Vizi, President of the Board of the Hungarian Corvin Chain, former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and former President of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, reflecting on his memory, said, "He leaves behind an immensely rich legacy; his tireless efforts serve as both an inspiration and a guide for future generations.” Rest in peace, Sir Radda.
2024-09-16 More
Change in the Board of the Friends of Hungary Foundation

Thirteen years after the birth of our foundation, with innumerable successes behind him, Vizi E. Szilveszter resigned from his position as President of the Board of Trustees.
2024-07-15 More
Ábel Lajtha, member of the Founding Board of the Friends of Hungary Foundation passed away

Ábel Lajtha, renowned neurochemist, brain research professor, academic, founding member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, died at the age of 102 in New York.
2024-05-27 More
Friend of Hungary Awards 2024

In 2016, the Friends of Hungary Foundation established the Friends of Hungary Award, for which members of the Friends of Hungary can nominate candidates every year: any of the Hungarians living in the diaspora and Hungarian organizations who provide support for a more positive international perception of Hungary. This year, we held this ceremony for the eighth time in order to personally thank the awardees for their tireless work in the cause of Hungarians. 2024 awardees: Katalin C. Szabó, Zoltán Fodor-Lengyel, and Cleveland's Bocskai Rádió.
2024-05-22 More
Marika Radda, a member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, was honored

The Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit was awarded to Marika Radda, the honorary president of Club Pannonia in Vienna.
2024-04-22 More
Árpád Somogyi, member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation passed away

Árpád Somogyi, a member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation died at the age of 87. We send our sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.
2024-03-25 More
Balázs Gulyás, founding member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, and András Guttman member of our community received a state award

We congratulate the awardees and thank them for their dedicated service to Hungary!
2024-03-19 More
„Mit Ungarn über Ungarn reden“/ "Hungarians about Hungary”

On Friday, March 1, 2024, the Friends of Hungary Foundation and the Embassy of Hungary in Vienna held a joint event entitled "Mit Ungarn über Ungarn reden" in the Austrian capital. At the highly successful event, more than a hundred guests were able to listen to the welcome words of Ambassador Edit Szilágyiné Bátorfi and the introduction of Vizi E. Szilveszter, the President of the Foundation, and the podium discussion by Sámuel Ágoston Mráz, the head of the Nézőpont Institute, with Dr. Bence Bauer, the Director of the MCC Hungarian-German Institute, about current political issues related to Hungary.
2024-03-12 More