Szeklerland

01/12/2016

Foreign minister ordered members of the Hungarian diplomatic corps to stay away from Romania National Holiday celebrations

Romania celebrates its national holiday on December 1, which is the anniversary of the annexation of Erdély (in English: Transylvania) in 1918 that was part of […]
29/11/2016

Christian Democrats voice concern over shrinking Hungarian communities

  Budapest, November 29 (MTI) – Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, has expressed concern over the declining number of ethnic Hungarians in […]
29/11/2016

House speaker calls for autonomous decision-making by ethnic Hungarians on Transylvania education

Csíkszereda (in Romanian: Miercurea Ciuc), Romania, November 28 (MTI) – Transylvanian politicians with mandates in the Bucharest parliament should make every effort to enable ethnic Hungarians […]
12/11/2016

Deputy Prime Minister Semjén expresses support for persecuted Hungarian leaders in Szelkerland

Csíkszererda (Miercurea Ciuc), Romania, November 11 (MTI) – Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén has declared support for leaders of any Hungarian community abroad who are […]
22/09/2016

A unique commercial from Szeklerland – VIDEO

According to mno.hu, the plot is about two German tourists who are on their way to Csíksomlyó but got lost on their way. They don’t speak […]
15/09/2016

The American ambassador to Romania visited Szeklerland

Index.hu writes that Hans Klemm, the ambassador of the United States to Romania visited Háromszék on Tuesday, September 12. A photo was also taken after the […]
25/08/2016

Hungary ally rather than enemy to Romania, says Hungarian house speaker

Bucharest (MTI) – Romania may in the future realise that ethnic Hungarians are an asset rather than a hazard, while Hungary is an ally sharing values […]
14/08/2016

Vona: If Jobbik wins power, Hungary will be a more democratic and free country

Bucharest, August 13 (MTI) – The leader of Hungary’s Jobbik has urged voters to participate in the upcoming referendum and vote against the European Union’s migrant […]
23/07/2016

Orbán in Romania: Time to give nation states primacy

Baile Tusnad, Romania, July 23 (MTI) – All types of political initiative and action that take power away from the nation state must be stopped, Prime […]
23/07/2016

Fidesz: Decisions on immigration affect sovereignty

Baile Tusnad, Romania, July 22 (MTI) – It is a key issue of national sovereignty whether Hungary is allowed to determine the scope of its citizens […]
15/07/2016

Hungarian tears at the Romanian courts – VIDEO

MEP Krisztina Morvai released her second documentary on the oppression of ethnic Hungarians in Romania (Hungarian with English subtitles). The documentary video was made during the National […]
05/07/2016

Documentary video – Szekler activists accused with terrorism in Romania

It is important to inform international audiences about the violations of basic human rights of ethnic Hungarians in Romania. We release this video (Hungarian with English […]
04/07/2016

Preview: Bálványos Summer University to focus on Hungary’s place in Europe

Budapest, July 4 (MTI) – The 27th annual Bálványos Summer University will be held on July 19-24 in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in central Romania and will […]
02/07/2016

HVIM activists released from Romanian prison and placed under house arrest

Zoltán Szőcs and István Beke were released from a prison in Bucharest at midnight today. A legal expert told alfahir.hu that the Romanian court knew all […]
06/06/2016

Semjén congratulates ethnic Hungarian winners in Romania local elections

Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, has congratulated ethnic Hungarian winners in Romania’s recent municipal elections. Speaking at the closing event […]
02/06/2016

Britain’s Prince Charles visits Szeklerland

Charles, Prince of Wales has a beautiful property in Zalánpatak (in Romanian: Valea Zalanului), which is a small village in Szeklerland. Prince Charles arrived to Romania […]
24/05/2016

Jobbik: Romanian Americans better support imprisoned Szeklers than Hungarian Government

After his question addressed to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó in March, Jobbik’s vice president Tamás Sneider contacted the head of Hungarian diplomacy […]
21/05/2016

Is the Hungarian language going to disappear completely?

Within the next few decades the Hungarian language will become much less present in the Carpathian Basin and most of the trans-border Hungarian communities will disappear, […]
21/05/2016

Young Szekler men are accused of committing terrorist acts

Two Transylvanian leaders of the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement (HVIM) might be sentenced to life, nol.hu writes. The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism […]
15/05/2016

Bishop Márton’s statue unveiled in Áder’s presence in Romania – Photos

Csíkszereda, Romania, May 15 (MTI) – The statue of Áron Márton, the ethnic Hungarian bishop of Alba Iulia (Gyulafehérvár) from 1939 to 1980, was inaugurated on […]