Former Romanian president Traian Băsescu has recently posted a text on his Facebook page in which he mentioned that on the 29th of July, the Day of the Romanian National Anthem, a black flag was raised on the town hall building of Sfântu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgyörgy, next to the national flag. Moreover, he added that “also in Szeklerland, mayors frequently hoist the Szekler flag on town halls and county council buildings instead of the national flag”.
Traian Băsescu is once again disseminating hateful messages on his social media account
President Klaus Iohannis launches an open attack against the linguistic rights of national minorities
After opposition parties attacked the new Administrative Code, this week President Klaus Iohannis also sent the said law back for review to the Constitutional Court, a law that included several provisions meant to guarantee linguistic rights for national minorities.
Another restitution claim denied by Romanian courts
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.