Gulyas: Saint Stephen's work 'success story'

Hungary's August 20 national holiday is the celebration of a "success story" because the work of Saint Stephen, the founder of Hungarian statehood, "is a living entity even after a thousand years", the head of the Prime Minister's Office said on Friday. Gergely Gulyas, presenting awards on the occasion of the holiday, said a thousand years' history "teaches us how to prepare for the future, as the country has managed to survive occupations by Mongols, Turks, and Soviets, the Trianon treaty, as well as those times when the fate of the country was determined elsewhere". At the ceremony, Gulyas handed over the Order of Merit of Hungary on behalf of President Katalin Novak.