Hungarian Minority Leaders from Romania Meet with Decision-makers in Washington DC
Leaders representing the largest national minority in Romania, the 1.2 million-strong ethnic Hungarian community, visited Washington D.C. from November 27 to December 2 at the invitation of the New York-based Hungarian Human Rights Foundation. During their first post-COVID visit, Hunor Kelemen, President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) and Loránt Vincze, Member […]
Leaders of the Hungarian Minority in Romania to visit Washington D.C.
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE IN PDF Leaders representing the largest national minority in Romania, the 1.2 million-strong ethnic Hungarian community, will visit Washington D.C. from November 27 to December 1 at the invitation of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation. Hunor Kelemen, President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), former Deputy Prime Minister […]
HHRF presents latest on Romania’s failed religious property restitution at Washington DC conference
HHRF participated in a conference on „Preserving Identity in the Face of Oppression: Religious Freedom and National Identity in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia,” organized by Freedom and Identity in Central Europe (FICE) and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) on February 2, at the Meridian Center in Washington D.C. Executive Director, Emese Latkoczy, presented an overview of Romania’s dismal 33-year […]
Minority SafePack: the Citizens’ Committee is set to appeal the General Court’s decision
UPDATED: After a thorough analysis of the decision of the General Court of the European Union from 9 November 2022 in the case of the Minority SafePack Initiative vs the European Commission, the MSPI’s Citizens’ Committee and the FUEN Presidium took the decision to bring an appeal before the Court of Justice against the decision of […]
Romanian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Speak Regarding Ukrainian Law on Minorities
On January 11, Bogdan Aurescu spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmitro Kuleba, by telephone, to discuss the Ukrainian minority law adopted in December. There is a sizeable Romanian speaking minority in Ukraine. On Wednesday, Aurescu and Kuleba agreed that a „comprehensive” consultation process will begin between Bucharest and Kyiv on the issue. The Romanian Foreign […]
Romania Disapproves of the Ukrainian Minority Law’s Shortcomings
On Wednesday, January 4, President Klaus Iohannis spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky, expressing deep concern over the national minority law in Ukraine, which has caused worry and dissatisfaction among the Romanian authorities, and representatives of the Romanian community in Ukraine. The Romanian presidential office’s communiqué announced that Iohannis „spoke at length” about the issues surrounding the national minority law and asked the Ukrainian leader to „quickly find […]
Significant Advance for Linguistic Rights in Romania
Minority-related Public Art and Monuments Will Have Bilingual Inscriptions Henceforth, all commemorative plaques, public art, and installations or monuments connected to the Hungarian community in Romania must have an inscription in Hungarian as well as Romanian. Initiated by the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), on 14 November 2022, President Iohannis announced the amendment […]
Follow Marcus Kinney’s Journey in Transylvania
HHRF and Zsolt Szekeres Featured in Târgu Mureş/Marosvásárhely Radio Show
„Creating connections is one of the keys to success. Behind HHRF is a large network, which people who turn to us have access to to create meaningful relationships. We are always here to help in any capacity that we can.” – Zsolt Szekeres The Târgu Mureş/Marosvásárhely radio show recently interviewed Zsolt Szekeres, President of HHRF, […]
Excerpt from FUEN Report on Hungarian Roman Catholic School in Târgu Mureș
The following excerpt is from the Federal Union of European Nationalities report on the case of the Hungarian Roman Catholic School in Târgu Mureș. In May 2022, the Romanian Supreme Court upheld a decision to dissolve the Hungarian Roman Catholic High School in the city of Târgu Mureș /Marosvásárhely. Romanian extremist organizations had twice brought […]