21st International Book Festival Budapest (Millenáris, 24–27 April 2014)

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www.bookfestival.hu : On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, will ceremonially open the 21st International Book Festival Budapest. The Hungarian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, organizer of the festival was one of the first organizations adopting World Book and Copyright Day honouring creative work and the importance of reading – the significance of this day were even mentioned in the speech of Árpád Göncz, President of Hungary in 1995 at the opening ceremony of the 2nd International Book Festival Budapest..