In connection with the national holiday of March 15, 1848, the Government of Hungary grants state awards every year. In 2024, Tamás Sulyok, the President of the Republic of Hungary, awarded several Hungarians and Austrian citizens living in Austria.

The awards of the Hungarian Order of Merit are awarded by the President of the Republic of Hungary for exceptionally high-quality professional work, exemplary activity and extraordinary performance or outstanding results...

The Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit was awarded to Marika Radda, the honorary president of Club Pannonia in Vienna, in recognition of her decades-long activity committed to nurturing the memory of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle and deepening Hungarian-Austrian relations.