Nationalist Romanian organizations will come to celebrate in Saint George (Sfântu Gheorghe/Sepsiszentgyörgy) on the 1st of December and they are already agressively promoting their event. Mihai Tîrnoveanu, notorious for his extreme anti-Hungarian attitude, the leader of “Calea Neamului” (translated as the “Path of the Nation”, referring to the Romanian nation) is recruiting participants on his Facebook page for the above-mentioned event, which will be organized together with “Frăția Ortodoxă” (translated as the “Orthodox Brotherhood”), “Mișcarea Națională” (translated as the “National Movement”) and “Noua Dreaptă” (translated as “The New Right”).
Romanian nationalists aim to provoke Hungarian community by organizing their “celebration” in a Hungarian city
Incitement to hatred and discrimination again in the Úz Valley
On the occasion of the Day of the Romanian Army, the Romanian nationalist association “Calea Neamului” (translated as the “Path of the Nation”, referring to the Romanian nation), already famous for its drastic, xenophobic manifestations, together with “Frăția Ortodoxă” (translated as the “Orthodox Brotherhood”), a Romanian nationalist group, organized another anti-Hungarian march.
The provocative event had been initiated by Mihai Tîrnoveanu, the leader of Calea Neamului, notorious for his anti-Hungarian attitude, who promoted the event on his social media page, urging his followers to participate in the commemoration.
Romanian extremist group desecrates military cemetery, again
A notoriously xenophobic Romanian extremist group called “Calea Neamului” has invaded and desecrated a military cemetery in Hargita county, again, by illegally putting up crosses on the graves of first world war fallen soldiers This particular group has previously caused a violent incident, when aided by the local authorities of Dărmănești, when they have erected 50 crosses, an action that was deemed illegal by a Romanian court and the demolition of the crosses was ordered by it. We’d like to mention that the events during the two world wars that took part in the valley, where the cemetery is, are fully documented, and the identity of the soldiers buried in the cemetery is well known, as these records were kept in military archives. The claims of the extremist group that Romanian soldiers are buried in the cemetery has been proven wrong by military historians, and this fact was accepted by Romanian authorities also.
After more than three years long legal battles, the court irrevocably decided that the crosses were put up illegally and thus the local authorities of Dărmănești were ordered to demolish it. The mayor of Dărmănești enforced this, and the crosses were taken off and away from the cemetery. However the extremist group “Calea Neamului” has decided that this particular order of the court was null and void as far as they are concerned and decided to put up further crosses, this time not 50, but a 150 wooden crosses.
Governing parties in Romania intend to rise the parliamentary threshold to 7%, in order to shut out UDMR from the Parliament
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The Szekler Flag caused a diplomatic incident
The Szekler Flag caused a diplomatic incident, over which the Ambassador of Hungary was summoned in Bucharest. The Szekler flag is the regional symbol of the Hungarian-speaking Szekler ethnic group living in the centre of Romania, in a region where Hungarians comprise the majority of the population. The Romanian state has been trying to remove the Szekler flag from all public spaces using all means at its disposal. This caused tension between Romania and Hungary once more.
The Ambassador of Hungary was summoned after the chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian Parliament, Zsolt Németh, member of The Hungarian Civic Alliance (FIDESZ), in one of his Facebook posts wrote that the Szekler flag would be displayed on all the Hungarian public institutions until the Romanian state allows its use throughout the territory of Romania.