The building used to be a seat of
Yugoslavian Embassy and later Embassy of
Serbia and Montenegro. In 1956, Prime Minister
Imre Nagy asked for asylum and secured sanctuary in the embassy after the
anti-Soviet revolution was crushed. However, he was later arrested, deported to
Romania and executed in 1958. The embassy overlooks
Andrássy Avenue and
Heroes' Square, where the 1989 memorial service for the reburial of Nagy and others took place in front of a crowd of 250,000 people. During the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in 2006, the President of Serbia,
Boris Tadić, and the Prime Minister of Hungary
Ferenc Gyurcsány, revealed a
commemorative plaque placed at the entrance, dedicated to Imre Nagy. On 2 February 2025, a group of people gathered in front of the embassy building to protest in solidarity with the
2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests. An unknown man inside the embassy
gave middle finger to the protesters from the open window. Ambassador Aleksandra Đurović declined to either apologize or reveal the identity of the man. ==Gallery==