romania
February 25, 2010, 11:50 CET
Countries step up cooperation, sign joint declaration at Budapest energy summit
Participants of an energy summit held in Budapest on Wednesday signed a joint declaration on stepping up cooperation and making energy security a priority. Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said the signing of a joint declaration was a milestone in... [read complete entry]
November 25, 2009, 08:41 CET
Magyar Gárda plans to hold commemorative event in Romania
The radical nationalist organization Hungarian Guard is planning to hold an event in Transylvania to mark the 91st anniversary of the formation of The Székely Regiment (Székely Hadosztály), Transylvanian daily Krónika reports. The Székely Regiment was established in Kolozsvár (today's... [read complete entry]
November 23, 2009, 02:37 CET
Orbán apparently not a threat to Romanian national security
While the Slovaks see Viktor Orbán as their personal bogeyman, attitudes to the east in Romania are somewhat more relaxed, as proved by this campaign poster for center-right Romanian President Traian Băsescu, fn.hu reports. Although obviously aimed at the large... [read complete entry]
November 13, 2009, 09:00 CET
Parliamentary foreign affairs chief meets Romanian counterpart
Zsolt Nemeth, head of the Hungarian Parliament's foreign affairs committee, met his Romanian counterpart Laszlo Borbely in Budapest on Thursday, for talks on energy security, the situation of the Hungarian and Romanian minorities in Ukraine as well as Romania's upcoming... [read complete entry]
November 12, 2009, 09:15 CET
Budapest to host "Danube summit" in February 2010
Hungary will organise a summit on the Danube strategy in February 2010, Foreign Minister Peter Balazs announced after a Wednesday meeting of a working group making preparations for Hungary's EU presidency in 2011. The Danube strategy is a plan for... [read complete entry]
August 28, 2009, 09:45 CET
Hungary and Romania to hold fifth joint government session
Hungary and Romania are to hold their fifth joint government session in Bucharest on October 10, Mediafax news agency said on Thursday, citing the Romanian government spokesman. Ioana Muntean said the Romanian government set the date for the session on... [read complete entry]
August 04, 2009, 10:21 CET
Agreement in Romania leads to reinstatement of ethnic Hungarians
Several ethnic Hungarian institution chief executives have been reinstated to their posts following an agreement reached by the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) and Romanian governing parties. Former Szatmár county deputy prefect István Gáti has been appointed director... [read complete entry]
July 24, 2009, 11:11 CET
Socialist mull bill on "Hungarians beyond the borders"
The ruling Socialist Party (MSZP) is considering putting forward a bill on the "status of Hungarians living beyond the border", Jozsef Kozma, deputy chairman of Parliament's foreign affairs committee, told MTI on Thursday. "This status would symbolise affiliation to, and... [read complete entry]
July 23, 2009, 08:39 CET
Parliamentary foreign affairs head sees autonomy for Romania's Szekler minority
Head of the foreign affairs committee in Hungary's parliament Zsolt Nemeth told news portal FigyeloNet on Wednesday that he saw a chance for Szekler Land, a region inhabited by many ethnic Hungarians in eastern Transylvania, to achieve autonomy. Nemeth, of... [read complete entry]
July 15, 2009, 08:20 CET
Hungary, Romania sign agreement on minority rights
Hungary and Romania signed a protocol on cooperation concerning ethnic Hungarians in Romania and ethnic Romanians in Hungary in Bucharest on Tuesday. The document, signed by state secretaries Ferenc Gemesi for Hungary and Bogdan Aurescu for Romania, summed up achievements... [read complete entry]
June 18, 2009, 10:27 CET
Fidesz MEPs snub Bokros, but say willing to work with Jobbik
Hungary's main conservative opposition Fidesz will not invite Lajos Bokros, a former Socialist-liberal finance minister who is now an MEP representing the junior conservative Democratic Forum, to its Europe-related policy strategy meetings, a senior Fidesz official told MTI on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
May 29, 2009, 11:33 CET
Bajnai says Hungary to maintain support for ethnic kin despite crisis
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, speaking at a meeting with representatives of ethnic Hungarian organisations on Thursday, pledged to continue to support ethnic Hungarians beyond the borders despite the economic downturn. The government has duties and moral obligations to Hungarians living... [read complete entry]
May 27, 2009, 09:46 CET
Hungarian official decries mass layoffs of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Mass lay-offs of ethnic Hungarian officials in Romania runs contrary to European Union law and also breaks the law in Romania, head of the Hungarian parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Tuesday. Zsolt Nemeth (opposition Fidesz) said his party was... [read complete entry]
May 27, 2009, 09:37 CET
President meets ethnic Hungarian MEPs from Slovakia, Romania
President Laszlo Solyom on Tuesday met in his office ethnic Hungarian MEPs Edit Bauer from Slovakia and Laszlo Tokes from Romania, the President's Office said. Bauer leads the European Parliamentary election list of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP)... [read complete entry]
May 21, 2009, 09:47 CET
Orbán campaigns in Transylvania, says minorities to gain power
The future standing of the Hungarian nation is at stake at the upcoming European Parliament elections, Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán said in a 20-minute speech at Kézdivásárhely, Transylvania on Tuesday. Orbán is in the region to accompany Transylvanian-Hungarian National Council... [read complete entry]
May 14, 2009, 10:53 CET
Németh pushes autonomy for Hungarian minority in Romania
Zsolt Nemeth, head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, said on Wednesday that Hungary's ethnic minority will only have long-term rights guarantees if it is granted autonomy. Hungarians in Transylvania should be granted the power to make decisions on their own... [read complete entry]
March 19, 2009, 08:04 CET
War of words continues between Hungarian and Romanian presidents
Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom on Wednesday rejected a charge by his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu that he had not respected Romania's constitution.... [read complete entry]
March 18, 2009, 08:39 CET
Foreign ministry slams Romania over Hungarian president's visit
Romania's response to the Hungarian president's visit to attend commemorations of the 1848/49 revolution by ethnic Hungarians in Romania did not help advance mutually flourishing relations, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
March 17, 2009, 08:49 CET
Fidesz calls Romanian move against Sólyom "outrageous provocation"
The main opposition Fidesz party called an "outrageous provocation" Romania's refusal of a landing permit for the Hungarian President's plane, MP Zsolt Nemeth told reporters on Monday.... [read complete entry]
March 16, 2009, 09:26 CET
Romania denies landing permit for Hungarian president's plane
President László Sólyom and his entourage drove from Budapest to the Székely region of Transylvania on Sunday after Romanian authorities failed to issue a permit for his plane to land at Tirgu Mures on Sunday.... [read complete entry]
March 04, 2009, 09:53 CET
Budapest mayor says domestic politics fueling extremism abroad
Hungarian domestic political conflicts present a danger to the stability of ethnic Hungarian communities in neighbouring countries if they seep beyond the borders, Budapest's mayor said, commenting on an assault he experienced in Oradea, W Romania, last Friday.... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2009, 11:11 CET
President says Hungarian-Romanian ties good despite split on minority rights
Relations between Hungary and Romania are strong, Hungary's President Laszlo Solyom said after meeting his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu on Monday.... [read complete entry]
January 29, 2009, 12:46 CET
Romanian President to visit Hungary next week
Romanian President Traian Basescu is scheduled to visit Hungary on February 2 and 3, Bucharest daily Uj Magyar Szo said on Thursday, quoting the Hungarian Presidential Office.... [read complete entry]
December 17, 2008, 09:59 CET
FM says relations with Romania not dependent on ethnic Hungarian party's role
Hungary is determined to maintain good bilateral relations with Romania even if the ethnic Hungarian party Democratic Union of Hungarians (RMDSZ) in Romania ends up in opposition rather than government, Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz said on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
December 02, 2008, 01:12 CET
Gyurcsány congratulates ethnic Hungarian party in Romania on election
Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Tuesday phoned leader of Romania's ethnic Hungarian party RMDSZ Bela Marko to congratulate him on RMDSZ's result in the weekend parliamentary election, the Hungarian government spokesman's office told MTI.... [read complete entry]
October 27, 2008, 08:12 CET
Hungarian president rejects criticisms of Romania visit
Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom, touring in Szekler Land -- a region inhabited by many ethnic Hungarians in central Romania -- rejected allegations making the rounds in Bucharest that his visit served political goals.... [read complete entry]
September 26, 2008, 01:01 CET
Hungarian ambassador to Romania slammed for criticizing slow roadbuilding
Romanian Transport Minister Ludovic Orban attacked the comments of Hungarian ambassador in Bucharest Oszkár Füzes on Thursday. Füzes had earlier criticised the slowness of the construction of the motorway in north Transylvania, saying the Hungarian end has made more progress... [read complete entry]
September 01, 2008, 10:20 CET
RMDSZ to go it alone in Romanian ballot
László Tőkés' Transylvanian Hungarian National Council refused to sign an election co-operation agreement [read complete entry]
July 29, 2008, 02:38 CET
No deal between ethnic Hungarian parties in Romania
Rival groups fail to agree on joint effort in advance of November parliamentary elections. [read complete entry]
July 28, 2008, 10:11 CET
Romanian paper accuses Hungarian parliament of international power grab
Citing a decision made by parliament in March, the paper claims that ethnic Hungarian politicians outside of Hungary will now answer to Budapest. [read complete entry]
July 24, 2008, 10:57 CET
Orbán pushes for political reconciliation between ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Calls for agreement between two rival parties in advance of autumn elections. [read complete entry]
March 03, 2008, 11:53 CET
Romanian politician spreads rumors of a planned Székely Republic
Following in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, Gheorghe Funar of the Greater Romania Party has announced that on March 15, the Hungarian minority living in eastern Transylvania, known as the Székelyföld or "Székely Land" will announce their own... [read complete entry]
January 31, 2008, 10:15 CET
New Hungarian party founded in Transylvania
A new political party called the Hungarian Civic Party will be included in the official list of Romanian parties following a decision by the Bucharest Court on Monday, reports daily Magyar Hírlap. The decision is not yet final, as the... [read complete entry]
January 24, 2008, 09:49 CET
Tőkés asks Szili to compensate Transyvanian Hungarians for reduced subsidies
Transylvanian Calvinist Bishop László Tőkés sought the support of Parliamentary Speaker Katalin Szili to supplement the reduced subsidies earmarked by the Hungarian government for ethnic Hungarians beyond the border, during a meeting in Oradea on Wednesday.... [read complete entry]
November 26, 2007, 01:37 CET
Tőkés and RMDSZ both make it into European Parliament
László Tőkes and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) both make it into the European Parliament during Romania's EP elections over the weekend. [read complete entry]
November 23, 2007, 04:23 CET
Big Hungary still big hit with local nationalists
As one might expect, there is a reason opposition leader Viktor Orbán spent part of this week electioneering in a country other than Hungary: A significant minority of voters inside Hungary remain deeply attached to the large numbers of ethnic... [read complete entry]
November 22, 2007, 03:40 CET
"Small Hungary" eyes European parliamentary elections in Romania
Attention turns to Sunday's European parliamentary elections in Romania as Viktor Orbán tours Transylvania in support of independent candidate László Tőkés and controversy brews around a parallel referendum that could damage ethnic Hungarian parties.
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