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March 15 – Hungarian FM calls on Romanian authorities not to penalise Hungarians for commemorating national holiday
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Budapest, March 15 (MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on Romanian authorities not to penalise Hungarians for commemorating their national holiday.
“Such penalties are unworthy of a European Union member state and have nothing to do with mutual respect. Hungarians do no harm to Romania by commemorating their heroes and such acts of commemoration should not be disturbed,” the foreign minister said in a statement on Thursday. Szijjártó’s statement came after the mayors of Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) and Targu Secuiesc (Kézdivásárhely) were each fined 5,000 lei (EUR 1,070) on Wednesday for displaying the Hungarian symbols connected to the March 15 national holiday.
Both prefects levying the fines, of Harghita and Covasna counties, objected to the fact that no Romanian flag was displayed along with every Hungarian flag by the town halls concerned.