International Visegrád Day commemorates the anniversary of the meeting of the presidents of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

and

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

and the prime minister of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

at Visegrád Castle on 15 February 1991. It is celebrated on 15 February every year. It was initiated by the International Visegrad Fund along with public service media from

Visegrád Group The Visegrád Group (also known as the Visegrád Four or the V4) is a cultural and political alliance of four Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. The alliance aims to advance co-operation in military, e ...

countries (

Telewizja Polska Telewizja Polska S.A. (; TVP), also known in English as Polish Television, is a Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster in Poland, founded in 1952. It is the oldest and largest Polish television network. After 2015, when the right-wing po ...

Polskie Radio The Polish Radio (PR; Polish: ''Polskie Radio'', PR) is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925. It is owned by the State Treasury of Poland. On 27 December 2023, the Minister of Culture and Nationa ...

Česká televize Czech Television ( ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953. H ...

Český rozhlas Czech Radio (, ČRo) is the Public broadcasting, public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest national radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second-oldest in Europe after the BBC. ...

, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska,

Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) (') is a Hungarian fund company owned and financed by the Hungarian state, through the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (, NMHH). MTVA was established on 1 January 2011 ...

) and established by memorandum of understanding between public service media form Visegrád Group countries on 18 June 2015. The aim of establishing the day is to underline historical and social ties binding the people and institutions of Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, and to promote their cooperation. Public service media of Visegrád Group countries celebrate this day by broadcasting content that supports cooperation between the four states and underlines common issues and problems. The first Visegrád Day was celebrated on 15 February 2016, on the 25th anniversary of the original meeting, in 1991.

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