Topic: Israel-Hungary relations

September 12, 2014
11:56 pm

Thousands participate in march commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary in April. (photo credit: AFP/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)

Jewish leaders, Hungarian government meet for first time in a year

The sides suspended contacts over disagreements on rise of anti-Semitism, memorial statue commemorating Hungarian victims of World War II

By JTA

February 17, 2014
2:00 am

Thousands of people attend a protest called Mass Demonstration Against Nazism, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Dec. 2 (photo credit: AP/MTI, Laszlo Beliczay)

Israeli official: Hungary not ready to face Holocaust role

Budapest’s ambassador tells media that foreign ministry said country was unwilling to confront past

By JTA

December 10, 2012
4:56 am

A model for Israeli designer label Frau Blau struts the runway on a Wizz Air flight from Tel Aviv to Budapest this week (photo credit: screenshot from Jewish News One)

Ministry sponsors mile-high runway

Israeli label Frau Blau provides the entertainment on Wizz Air’s first TLV to Budapest flight

By Times of Israel staff

July 17, 2012
3:36 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Hungarian President Janos Ader in Jerusalem on Tuesday (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Hungarian president assures Netanyahu of his opposition to anti-Semitism

Visit marks a warming of relations following strife over a memorial service for a Nazi sympathizer

By Stuart Winer