On August 20th, the feast of St Stephen, Hungarians commemorate the founding of the Christian Hungarian state, its thousand-year continuity, and Hungary’s first king, Saint Stephen. 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/p5z6lQNE8J
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
Day: August 20, 2024
View of St.Stephen’s Basilica, Buda Castle, Chain Bridge, Matthias Church at sunset.
Today, the Hungarians celebrate Saint Stephen, the First King of Hungary! 🇭🇺 pic.twitter.com/nbLJ0Po2oB
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
A young Palestinian man speaks to his grandmother a week after the October 7th Massacre.
The tells her about an operation in which “the resistance” captured 200 Jewish “soldiers.”
Via @Osint613 pic.twitter.com/CMP6HrFj7p
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
BREAKING:
Another Israeli airstrike hits a large Hezbollah weapons depot in Lebanon.
Large secondary explosions on the site
Via @Osint613 pic.twitter.com/d050XFYN4E
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
Community notes strike again. pic.twitter.com/GGScd6oJ7T
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 19, 2024
MAP BREAK:
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania at its greatest extent in 1420 pic.twitter.com/SjmCjI7sJU
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
Hungary is celebrating its State Foundation Day today.
King St. Stephen ruled Hungary between 1000-1038, establishing the institutions of the kingdom & the church.
He was canonized on 20 August 1083. Celebrating Hungarians could spot a large drone cross over the Danube tonight pic.twitter.com/Vw7kzqNWRL
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024
The Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani cancelled his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken because he was feeling unwell.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2024