The historical Hungarian churches continue to face discrimination regarding the restitution of their property previously confiscated during the communist regime. The most recent case involves the building that currently hosts the Faculty of Letters of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár, historically known as Marianum, which was founded as a school for girls by the Roman-Catholic Church at the beginning of the 20th century.
Bilingual street signs in Tîrgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely blocked once again
As our organisation has repeatedly signalled, there is an ongoing fight on the part of Romanian authorities against putting up bilingual (Romanian and Hungarian) street signs in Tîrgu Mureș/Marosvásárhely, one of the major Transylvanian cities, with a Hungarian population of 43%.
Minority-friendly legislative proposals under fire
Two legislative proposals containing minority-friendly provisions have recently been passed in the Romanian Parliament, both awaiting to be officially signed by President Klaus Iohannis.
Unjust evaluation of Hungarian pupils at the Baccalaureate exam
Recent events involving questionably low grades for Hungarian pupils at this year’s Baccalaureate exam once again raise the suspicion of ethnic discrimination, as well as the long overdue issue of separate teaching methodologies and evaluation mechanisms when it comes to teaching Romanian to students belonging to national minorities.
Developments with unfathomable consequences in the Romanian restitution process
Despite the numerous international commitments and the national legislation, as signaled several times by our organisation, Romania continues to be in debt regarding the restitution of property confiscated from the church during to communist regime. The restitution process in Romania has been stagnating for years and involves mostly the estates of Hungarian churches and numerous castles, mansions and estates formerly belonging to Hungarian landowners.