2009 Press Releases

Washington, DC – Five students were awarded the Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship Awards for the 2009-2010 academic year. The winners are: Mirjam Donath,

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement saluting Bishop László Tőkés: “I am

On December 5, 2009, the Hungarian American Coalition (Coalition) held its 18th Annual General and Board Meetings at the Kossuth House in Washington, DC.  Steven

On December 1, 2009, three noted Hungarian researchers received the Charles Simonyi Research Scholarship Award at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. The annual

The Hungarian American Coalition has received a grant from Dr. Charles Simonyi to extend the operation of the Károly Simonyi Prize until 2011 to support

On October 12, former NY Governor George E. Pataki delivered a lecture at the Selye Janos University, a Hungarian-language institution in the town of Komarno,

CLEVELAND, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 17-18, 2009 Thirty-five Hungarian American organizational leaders gathered on September 17-18, 2009, at the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum in downtown Cleveland

It is with sincere regret and sadness that we inform you of the death of our longtime friend, Paul (Pál) Fekete, who passed away of

On September 1, 2009 two board members of the Hungarian American Coalition (Coalition) Mrs. Edith K Lauer and Zsolt Szekeres, attended the “Mass protest” under

The Hungarian American Coalition (Coalition), together with the National Committee of Hungarians from Slovakia and the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, issued a statement denouncing the

The State Language Law amended by the Slovak Parliament on June 30, 2009, is of grave concern to the Hungarian-American community. This extraordinarily restrictive Law

In August 2008, the rumbling of Russian tanks into Georgia sent shock waves around the world and the vague dream of an independent and democratic

On June 16, Bishop László Tőkés, a leader of the Hungarian community in Romania and a member of the European Parliament, received the Truman-Reagan Freedom

Pozsony (Bratislava) – The number nine served as a refrain yesterday: on June 9, the Posonium Literary and Fine Art Awards were presented for the ninth time,

The Hungarian American Coalition co-signed a Grant Agreement in Budapest today, which will extend the Charles Simonyi Research Scholarships until 2011.  The grant agreement was

On April 16, 2009, the Hungarian American Coalition hosted its fifth annual gala dinner at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in honor

On March 9, 2009, the Hungarian American Coalition (HAC) participated in the event at the Hungarian Embassy to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hungary’s NATO

On March 24, under the sponsorship of Senator George Voinovich and Senator Robert Casey, the traveling exhibit “Carl Lutz and the Legendary Glass House in

Each year on the Hungarian national holidays of March 15th and October 23rd, the Republic of Hungary honors individuals whose years of effort and extraordinary

Following is a press release received from the Organizing Committee of the Inauguration 2009 reception. Blocks from the White House, over 100 guests gathered on