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The University Students' Camp will see the participation of some 150 young people from Hungary and Felvidék, representing the Association's university organizations, between 17 and 21 August.Serving the purpose of providing a venue to meet leading personalities in the field of political, business and cultural life as well as offering an opportunity to build relationships and engage in recreational activities annually since 1989, the University Students' Camp looks back on the longest history among the Association's events.Beginning at 10 a.m. on 18 August, a lecture will be delivered at the camp by Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. Following the address, the keys to the Rákóczi Camp and Events Centre will...

Between 10 and 15 August, the Rákóczi Association held a Mother Tongue Camp for 150 junior school pupuls from the Felvidék region at the Rákóczi Camp and Events Centre. Parallel to this, a Carpathian Basin Yachting Camp took place in close cooperation with the Hungarian Yachting Association.   Mother Tongue Camp   Yachting Camp  
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Between 10 and  August, the Rákóczi Association is organizing a Mother Tongue Camp for 150 junior school children from Felvidék at the Rákóczi Camp and Events Centre in Sátoraljaújhely. Parallel to the event, the Carpathian Basin Yachting Camp began at Lake Orfű in close cooleration with the Hungarian Yachting Association.The Mother Tongue Camp welcomes junior school children primarily from scattered Hungarian communities ranging from Pozsony to Nagykapos with the aim of developing their knowledge of the Hungarian language and culture, building interpersonal relations and gaining life-long experiences, while enjoying a light-hearted and pleasant atmosphere. The event's schedule includes cultural programmes, activities aimed...

Starting from 3 August, over 150 secondary school pupils will gather at the Rákóczi Camp and Events Centre in Sátoraljaújhely. Secondary School Students' Camp Invitations to the camp were extended to Rákóczi Association's over 300 secondary school organizations throughout the Carpathian Basin. Due to the current pandemic situation and the resulting border restrictions, we are unable to welcome students from a great number of high schools outside the country's borders.The event's programme includes cultural activities appealing to the age group, lectures, a concert, traditional and sports activities, as well as excursions. Take a look at activities in the...

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Between 27 July and 1 August, the Rákóczi Association planned to host over 400 primary school-age children from Subcarpathia, Transylvania and Vojvodina in its Hungarian mother tongue camp. However, due to the current situation and resulting constraints on international travel, children from outside Hungary were unable to attend the camp.In the period above, therefore, the Association extended this invitation to primary school pupils from within Hungary. The carefully prepared camp saw children of many different backgrounds arriving from several regions of the country ranging from Sopron to Berettyóújfalu under the auspices of churches, municipalities and the Ministry of Human Capacities’ State Secretariat for Social...

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At the commemoration, festive speeches were delivered by Gergely Gulyás, Minister for the Prime Minister’s Office, Roman Catholic Bishop János Székely and Csongor Csáky, Chairman of the Rákóczi Association.According to Mr. Gulyás, “Trianon’s lesson is that the nation is even more important than the country”.  We held up to the test of the first hundred years and it is the task of the century ahead of us to endure and gain strength, the Minister said.Catholic Bishop János Székely said that the unjust decision made a hundred years ago continues to cause distress. Determining fair borders would have been much easier, he pointed out, adding that it causes pain that the faith of this small people was not of interest to the victorious...

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The Rákóczi Association has launched a virtual time capsule under the name “I’m Hungarian 2020” – “Magyar vagyok 2020”.We appeal to all Hungarians to leave a video, audio or text message beginning with “I’m Hungarian…” on the site www.magyarvagyok.hu until 4th June 2020.Doing so is simple – look up the site, follow instructions and leave a message for the future. Anyone can submit any message beginning with the phrase “I’m Hungarian”.The virtual capsule will close on 4th June 2020 and reopen twenty years from now, on 4th June 2040.2020 is the Year of National Unity. A hundred years have passed since the Trianon decision, and we have endured. While we mourn our losses and being separated from each other, we have reason for joy; in...

Unity transcending borders and an unconventional commemoration to mark the anniversary of the birth of Ferenc II Rákóczi This year, the Rákóczi Association is to commemorate the Grand Prince unconventionally, on its online surfaces, and seeks to reinforce Hungarian unity adhering to his spirit.The Rákóczi Association boasts close to 30 000 members in the Carpathian Basin and maintains relations with thousands of students of Hungarian heritage in other regions of the world, from the United States to Australia.Let us not feel alone even when our room for movement is limited and state borders temporarily shut around us. In the days and weeks to come, we wish to continue our work online, reaching out to all members of our...

Beginning at 10 a.m., Wednesday, 8th March 2020, the Rákóczi Association held a commemorative ceremony in honour of the inter-war ethnic Hungarian politician János Esterházy in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly.Each year since 1991, the Rákóczi Association has presented the Esterházy Award in honour of the lifetime achievement and personality of János Esterházy to individuals and institutions that have done outstanding service to Hungarian communities in the historical Upper Hungary and carried out exemplary work in order to present and popularize the legacy of the martyr politician. At this year’s commemoration, the Esterházy Award was presented to Roman Catholic Bishop László Bíró and the Czech Jesuit monk František...

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The general meeting of the Rákóczi Association’s Felvidék partners in the spring season took place on Saturday, 8th March 2020, following the Esterházy Award ceremony in the House of the Hungarians, central Budapest.Starting from 13:00 p.m., a presentation on the Rákóczi Association’s work plan for the running year, with special regard to the Association’s activity in encouraging Hungarian-language school choice, was delivered by Director responsible for Hungarian school choice programmes László Petrovay. He emphasized that in the future, the Association’s various partners will receive remuneration proportionately to their performance in implementing the various elements of the Hungarian School Choice Programme. This was accepted...

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