Hungary Sheds Holiday Honoring Red Army
<i> Reuters </i>
BUDAPEST, Hungary —
Hungarians today scrapped a traditional holiday marking Soviet military intervention to free the country from the Nazis.
For the first time in 45 years, Hungary spent April 4 at work. In previous years, the date was a holiday marking Hungary’s liberation by the Red Army toward the end of World War II.
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