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• HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION RECEIVES GRANT SUPPORTING HORSE RIDING THERAPY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN HUNGARY

  December 27, 2004

  Washington, DC – On December 23, 2004 the Hungarian American Coalition received a $25,000 grant from the Charles Simonyi Fund for the Arts and Sciences to support hippo therapy for disabled children in Hungary. The grant’s beneficiary will be the Eilika Habsburg Foundation, located in Sóskút on the outskirts of Budapest. More...

• STATEMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION

  December 14, 2004

  Washington, DC - On December 14, 2004 More...

• HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING AND MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  December 6, 2004

  Imre Lendvai-Lintner, President of the Hungarian Scout Association Abroad succeeds László Hámos, President of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, as Chairman of the Board Washington, DC - On December 6, 2004 More...

• STATEMENT OF THE HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION ON THE NATIONAL REFERENDUM TO GRANT CITIZENSHIP TO HUNGARIANS OUTSIDE HUNGARY

  November 30, 2004

  We, members of the Hungarian American Coalition, have followed with interest and concern the passionate debate generated by the upcoming national referendum to be held in Hungary on December 5. On that day voters will be asked to decide whether Parliament should adopt legislation to grant citizenship with modified requirements to those Hungarians who live outside the borders of Hungary. More...

• HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN LEADERS MEET WITH PRESIDENT OF HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT

  September 24, 2004

  Katalin Szili Urged to Keep Voivodina Violence on International Agenda Washington, DC - On September 24, 2004 More...

• HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN SLOVAKIA

  September 17, 2004

  Edith Lauer Represents U.S. Organization at Opening Ceremony Washington, DC - On September 17, 2004 More...

• HUNGARIAN AMERICAN LEADERS VISIT SCENE OF ANTI-HUNGARIAN INCIDENTS IN SERBIA

  September 8, 2004

  Representatives of the Hungarian American Coalition (HAC) and the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) made a fact-finding trip last Wednesday to the Serbian province of Voivodina, due to continuing acts of violence against Hungarian and other minorities there. More...

• HUNGARIAN MAYORAL DELEGATION ENDS THREE-WEEK SEMINAR IN UNITED STATES

  July 28, 2004

  Eight mayors from Hungary completed their three-week seminar in the United States, departing New York on Saturday. The delegation’s Public Policy Seminar and Training Program was sponsored by the Hungarian American Coalition, together with the US Embassy in Budapest and the Voluntary Visitors program of the US Department of State. More...

• HUNGARIAN MAYORS END TWELVE-DAY STAY IN CLEVELAND PUBLIC POLICY TRAINING TO CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

  July 16, 2004

  Eight Hungarian Mayors arrived to Cleveland on July 2, just in time to celebrate a typical American Fourth of July with an outdoor picnic, and a late-evening boat ride to Lake Erie complete with fireworks. More...

• MANHATTAN HUNGARIAN NETWORK, WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION JOIN HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION

  July 7, 2004

  Washington, D.C. - On July 7, 2004 More...

• PRESIDENTIAL HONOR FOR HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION LEADER PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF MERIT FOR EDITH LAUER

  June 8, 2004

  Ferenc Mádl, President of the Republic of Hungary, bestowed the Presidential Medal of Merit today upon Edith Lauer at his Budapest office. Mrs. Lauer, a founder of the Hungarian American Coaliton and currently its Chairman of the Board Emerita, was one of last year’s awardees, but received the medal today along with this year’s honorees.  At the ceremony, Mrs. Lauer was lauded as an outstanding representative of the Hungarian emigre community, representing Hungarian interests through her consistent involvement in public affairs in the U.S. and in cultural and educational institutions and foundations. More...

• THREE OUTSTANDING HUNGARIAN RESEARCHERS RECEIVE THE CHARLES SIMONYI RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

  June 2, 2004

  Washington, D.C. - On June 2, 2004 More...

• HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION TO SPONSOR 10 HUNGARIAN MAYORS FOR A THREE-WEEK SEMINAR IN UNITED STATES

  May 28, 2004

  Washington, D.C. - On May 28, 2004 More...

• SEVEN NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED INTO NATO: HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION LEADERS PARTICIPATE IN OFFICIAL CELEBRATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC

  April 5, 2004

  Washington, DC - On March 29, 2004, the enlargement of NATO was marked by official ceremonies at the White House as the Alliance formally accepted Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia as new members, thereby increasing its size from 19 to 26 countries. In welcoming the new members at the South Lawn of the White House, President George W. Bush thanked all seven countries for their active engagement in assisting the U.S.-led military operations in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. "When NATO was founded, the people of these seven nations were captives to an empire," he reminded officials and audience present. The President also hinted at a future expansion of NATO, noting that the prime ministers of Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia had been invited to the Washington ceremonies. More...

• HUNGARIAN AMERICAN COALITION SUPPORTS AUTONOMY FOR HUNGARIANS IN TRANSYLVANIA

  March 31, 2004

  The Hungarian American Coalition has issued a statement in support of recently articulated autonomy proposals by representatives of the 1.5 million-member Hungarian national minority in Transylvania, Romania. More...

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