Ceremonies were held throughout the country on Sunday to commemorate all Hungarian soldiers who died for their homeland.
Addressing a commemorative event in Vámosújfalu in north-eastern Hungary, Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér said the Hungarian heroes who sacrificed their lives over the past millennium did it not just to defend Hungary but all of Europe.
Kövér said the best way Hungarians today can honour the heroes of the past is by working hard to strengthen everything they had fought so hard for: a free, democratic and sovereign Hungary and a self-conscious, united nation. The house speaker said it was also a duty of this generation to strengthen ties among Hungarians worldwide
