Today is Hungary's national holiday commemorating the 1848 revolution against the Habsburg empire. Politically speaking, it is always a busy day and this year will be no different, Budapest will be full of speeches, protests and other events all throughout the day, here they are in order:
- 9:00 AM: Hoisting of the flag on Kossuth square
- 9:30 AM: March of the Hussars starting from Kossuth square. The hussars will ride from the Parliament to the National Museum through Bajcsy-Zsilinszky road, Deák Ferenc square, and Astoria.
- 10:30 AM: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is scheduled to speak in the garden of the National Museum. His Polish colleague, Mateusz Morawiecki is set to appear as well.
- 1:00 PM: Democratic Coalition's (DK) event at Egyetem Square where DK's president and former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány will talk.
- 3:00 PM: Two events are set to take place at this time rather close to each other. A protest where all opposition parties will be representing themselves will be held on Szabad Sajtó road, which is basically the Pest side of Erzsébet bridge.
Right next to the bridge, on Március 15-e Square, sympathisers of Mi Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Country Movement), the party formed by the radicals leaving Jobbik will meet to listen to party leader László Toroczkai speak at the same time.
- 4:00 PM: LMP will hold its 15 March commemoration at the Buda side of Liberty bridge, where provocative media personality, and lately LMP's candidate to be mayor of Budapest Róbert Puzsér is on the list of speakers.
There will be non-political events too: The Buda Castle is having family programs all throughout the day with live music, folk dancing, an artisan fair, and even a "dog market" where visitors get a chance to adopt dogs from Hungarian breeds. The National Museum's Garden will be taken over by families as well after Orbán finishes his speech: there will be live music and an artisan fair as well, dance classes and arts and crafts for children.
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