The Serbian Embassy in
Budapest
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( sr, Амбасада Србије у Будимпешти) is
Serbia
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's diplomatic mission to
Hungary
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. It is located at 1068, Dózsa György út 92/b,
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Hungary.
The current Serbian
ambassador to Hungary is Barbara Avdalović.
History
The building used to be a seat of
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
n Embassy and later Embassy of
Serbia and Montenegro.
In 1956, Prime Minister
Imre Nagy asked for asylum and secured sanctuary in the embassy after the
anti-Soviet revolution was crushed. However he was later arrested, deported to
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
and executed in 1958. The embassy overlooks
Andrássy Avenue
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and
Heroes' Square, where the 1989 memorial service for the reburial of Nagy and others took place in front of a crowd of 250,000 people.
In 2002
Goran Svilanović
Goran Svilanović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Свилановић; born 22 October 1963) is a Serbian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2018, followin ...
, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Serbia and Montenegro, proposed opening of Consulate in
Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...
but this was never realised.
During the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 in October 2006, the President of Serbia,
Boris Tadić
Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012.
Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psycholo ...
, and the Prime Minister of Hungary
Ferenc Gyurcsány, revealed a
commemorative plaque placed at the entrance, dedicated to Imre Nagy.
Gallery
Budapešť, Hösök tére, pamětní deska 1956.jpg, Memorial plaque at the Embassy in memory of Imre Nagy, who found sanctuary there during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
See also
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Hungary–Serbia relations
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List of Ambassadors from Serbia
The following is the list of ambassadors from Serbia. The list is in alphabetical order by country. In brackets are the countries for which the embassy is responsible on non-residential basis.
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Foreign relations of Serbia
Foreign relations of Serbia are accomplished by efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Serbia has inherited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with all of its holdings, after the dissolution of the previous state union with Montenegro. ...
External links
Serbian Embassy in Budapest
{{Foreign relations of Serbia
Budapest
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Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
Hungary–Serbia relations