Embassy of Serbia in Budapest
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Serbian Embassy in Budapest is Serbia's diplomatic mission to Hungary. It is located at Dozsa Gyorgy ut 92/b, H-1068, in Budapest, Hungary. The current Serbian ambassador to Hungary is Predrag Čudić. In 2002 Goran Svilanović, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro, proposed opening of Consulate in Szeged but this was never realised.
[edit] History
The building used to be a seat of Yugoslavian Embassy and later Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro.
In 1956, Imre Nagy secured sanctuary in the embassy after his anti-Soviet revolution was crushed. However he was later arrested and executed in 1958. The embassy overlooks Andrássy Avenue and Heroes' Square, where Imre Nagy was reburied in 1989 in front of a crowd of 250,000 people.
During the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 in October 2006, the president of Serbia, Boris Tadić, and the prime minister of Hungary Ferenc Gyurcsány, revealed a memorial plaque placed at the entrance, dedicated to Imre Nagy.
