Ambassador Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in his opening speech reminded the guests of the national day reception that the first sizeable Hungarian community was formed in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the failed 1848 revolution. The Ambassador underlined that 2017 brought upon us historical times once again and amongst these challenges the Hungarian government feels responsible to enable the Hungarian community living in the United Kingdom to safeguard their national culture and to feel secure about their future in their chosen country.
The responsibility of the representatives of the Hungarian community to keep the Hungarian culture alive in their new home was emphasized through the poem of János Arany: The Heritage, recited by Attila Farkas, a former actor of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, which served as a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of our national poet.
