The Budapest Times - Hungary‘s leading English Language source for daily news

The Budapest Times - Hungary‘s leading English Language source for daily news: "The foundation had already held an event in Sopron in August to mark the 20th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic. Foundation director Hans Kaiser emphatically denied that the foundation was the only German political body with such an active part in the anniversary celebrations due to the role played by CDU politicians at the time. “No, our involvement is, above all, connected to the fact that these are major events of German history,” Kaiser told The Budapest Times. 'The events of 20 years ago are a good example of what courageous people can achieve if they take action,' he said. Kaiser also rejected 'the creeping tendency' of putting the border opening in Hungary, which brought freedom for tens of thousands of GDR citizens, on the same level as the emigration of the Prague embassy occupiers a few weeks later."