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.
Absurd jail sentences for two Hungarians on terrorism charges
Romania’s High Court sentenced two Hungarians from Târgu Secuiesc/Kézdivásárhely to 5 years in jail each on terrorism charges. István BEKE and Zoltán SZŐCS have been accused of attempting to detonate homemade, improvised explosives during the 1st of December 2015 celebrations in their hometown.
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Trumped-up accusations of theft at an international conference on the use of languages
The overzealous Romanian activist, Dan Tanasă, called the police at an international conference organised by the Covasna County Council and the Council of Europe, stating that his promotional materials and brochures, meant to be handed out, were stolen.