ethnic

03/01/2016

One-fifth of Roma youth graduate from secondary school

Budapest (MTI) – Today 20 percent of Roma youth graduate from secondary school, twice as many as in the first year of operation of the Roma […]
02/01/2016

Deputy prime minister praises policy towards Hungarians abroad

Budapest (MTI) – Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen called 2015 “perhaps the most successful year” in terms of Hungary’s policy towards Hungarians abroad. All the related […]
25/12/2015

Slovakians are moving to Hungary in great numbers 

In the past 8 years since there’s an open border between Hungary and Slovakia, approximately 5000 people have moved from Bratislava, Slovakia, to Hungarian border cities. […]
14/12/2015

Ethnic Russians in Hungary plan to apply for minority status

The Coordination Council of Russian Compatriots plan to apply for minority status for ethnic Russians living in Hungary. “We will submit an application to the Hungarian […]
14/12/2015

Szekely flag became the flag of Harghita county

According to origo.hu, the official representative body of the county government adopted the Szekely/Szekler flag at the meeting held in Zetelaka on Friday. The Democratic Alliance […]
12/12/2015

Council of Europe requests information on discrimination of Roma children in Hungary

Budapest, December 11 (MTI) – The Council of Europe (CoE) has requested information from the Hungarian government concerning an “unrealistically” high number of Roma children sent […]
11/12/2015

President Ader meets religious leaders of ethnic Hungarian communities

Budapest (MTI) – If Europe or Hungarians around the world give up their spiritual heritage they would lose not only their identity but an extremely important […]
02/12/2015

Hungarian nationalist movement rejects Romanian charge it planned to set off bomb

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) has rejected the charge that it planned to set off a bomb in Kezdivasarhely (Targu Secuiesc), central […]
30/11/2015

Vocational training scheme for Hungarians beyond borders successful, says government official

Budapest, November 30 (MTI) – The government-supported vocational training scheme for ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring countries has proved successful this year, the state secretary state secretary […]
28/11/2015

They told her to go home from the emergency department, because she didn’t speak Romanian

It happened in the Transylvanian town of Hungarian majority, Sepsiszentgyörgy. Because she couldn’t speak Romanian, the doctor from the emergency department told her to go home […]
26/11/2015

Jobbik demands Roma leader’s removal over alleged corruption

Budapest, November 26 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the prime minister to “remove from politics” Florian Farkas, Viktor Orban’s commissioner for […]
03/11/2015

Hefty fine for the organizers of the Szekler autonomy watch-fires

The Romanian Anti-Fraud Office (ANAF) made a control visits at two associations that took part in organizing the Szekler autonomy watch-fires at more than 68 locations […]
02/11/2015

State award presented to Transylvanian-Hungarian politician Kiraly

Budapest, November 2 (MTI) – Deputy House Speaker Sandor Lezsak presented a state award to ethnic Hungarian politician Karoly Kiraly, founder of the Democratic Union of […]
01/11/2015

Egyutt calls for amending election rules for ethnic Hungarians

Budapest, November 1 (MTI) – The opposition Egyutt party has called for an amendment to the law pertaining to the voting rights of ethnic Hungarians without […]
28/10/2015

Mayors not wearing the tricolor strip will be demoted in Romania

Mircea Dușa, Minister of Defense initiated a bill, according to which mayors, who refuse to wear the tricolor strip at official occasions, will lose their mandate. […]
26/10/2015

Semjen hails success of ethnic Hungarians at Ukraine election

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – Zsolt Semjen, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, on Monday welcomed “the success of cooperation” within the Hungarian community of Transcarpathia, at Ukraine’s […]
25/10/2015

Hungarians commemorate 1944-45 massacre in Vojvodina village – Documentary

Budapest, October 25 (MTI) – The process of reconciliation between Hungarians and Serbians is drawing to an end, Istvan Pasztor, the head of the Alliance of […]
21/10/2015

Covasna consumer protection chief continues to discriminate Hungarians by abusing his authority

Mircea Diacon, the president of the Covasna County Consumer Protection Service is continuously abusing his position in order to discriminate and insult the ethnic Hungarian inhabitants […]
20/10/2015

Orban calls on Ukraine Hungarians to participate in local elections

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday called on ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine to vote for Hungarian lists in Ukraine’s local elections […]
14/10/2015

Hungary launches new program to support Transcarpathian Hungarians

Minister of State Responsible for National Policy János Árpád Potápi opened a modern physics laboratory at Ungvár National University Hungarian-language department. The Hungarian government will do […]