Fresh news about the situation of Hungarian high school students in Romania!
Parents of Hungarian students in Cluj/Kolozs County have appealed to the Romanian Ministry of Education to remedy the discriminatory treatment of their children in the Romanian written exam. Parents of Hungarian students in Cluj county claim that their children were discriminated against in the Romanian language and literature exam held on July 1, 2024 because […]
Hunor Kelemen supports holding presidential elections at the end of the year
Kelemen Hunor Advocates for Presidential Elections at Year’s End Kelemen Hunor, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), has expressed his support for holding the first round of presidential elections on November 30, followed by a runoff on December 8. He made these remarks in an interview with RFI following an […]
Hungarian and German-Language Signs Defaced in Sibiu/Szeben County
Unknown perpetrators defaced the Hungarian and German language inscriptions on the town signs in Mediaș /Medgyes, Copșa Mică /Kiskapus, and Târnava /Nagyekemező with red paint. Csaba Orosz, president of the RMDSZ Sibiu/Szeben County organization, confirmed that the vandalism occurred on Wednesday, May 29 and that the competent town services had promptly removed the paint from […]
AUR Extremist Romanian Campaign Promises Include Closing Hungarian-Language Schools in Cluj/Kolozsvár
On May 29, 2024, Alin Coleșa, the parliamentary representative for Cluj County from the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) political party, announced plans to shut down Hungarian schools in the Transylvanian capital city of Cluj should the party gain power. Disregarding the law and Romania’s international commitments to the right to native-language education, […]
After a 22 Year Delay the Romanian State Returns the Oradea Philharmonic Building to the Catholic Church
After twenty-two years, the official committee responsible for the restitution of properties confiscated during communism finally decided to return the Oradea/Nagyárad city philharmonic’s building to its rightful owner, the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Oradea. In a rare decision, the Special Restitution Committee decided for in-kind restitution as opposed to compensation. The decision was brought on […]
After a 22 Year Delay the Romanian State Returns the Oradea Philharmonic Building to the Catholic Church
After twenty-two years, the official committee responsible for the restitution of properties confiscated during communism finally decided to return the Oradea/Nagyárad city philharmonic’s building to its rightful owner, the Roman Catholic Bishopric of Oradea. In a rare decision, the Special Restitution Committee decided for in-kind restitution as opposed to compensation. The decision was brought on […]
Promoting Mutual Bilingualism for Both Hungarians and Romanians in Transylvanian Town
The Sfintu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgyörgy municipality is again organizing a Romanian-Hungarian language learning program. Any resident over the age of 18 who wants to learn Romanian or Hungarian can apply for the course by February 22. The language-learning program is run by the Sepsiszentgyörgy branch of the Babeș-Bolyai University on behalf of the city. While there is […]
Romanian Religious Property Restitution and the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit
The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, represented by HHRF Fellow and volunteer at the Summit, Imola Vass, actively participated in the International Religious Freedom Summit held in Washington, D.C. January 29-31, 2024, in order to raise awareness about the most egregious religious rights violation affecting Hungarians: Romania’s failure to restitute thousands of properties confiscated from religious denominations under communism. This outstanding event provided […]
Romanian Supreme Court Decision Obstructs Justice for Religious Property Restitution
OPEN FULL DOCUMENT IN PDF The Romanian Supreme Court Decision 21/2023 of November 13, 2023 has dealt the rule of law a significant blow and further dimmed prospects for religious denominations to get back properties illegally confiscated from them under communism. The ruling (in the case of the Hungarian Reformed Church Transylvanian Diocese on behalf […]
Workshop on Ethnic and Religious Minority Rights in Central Europe
In December, HHRF Fellow Imola Vass presented on the “The Forgotten Religious Injustice in Romania: 33 Years of Failed Property Restitution” with a special focus on Romania’s ethnic- based religious restitution practices at the workshop entitled “Ethnic and Religious Minority Rights in Central Europe: Political Bargain Chip or Genuine Human Rights Concerns?” The workshop, organized by Freedom and Identity […]