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Are the Szeklers Responsible for Index’s Fate?

The Editorial Board July 30, 2020

Hungary – On July 22, the editor-in-chief of Index, the most-read Hungarian news portal, was fired by its management board. This happened a month after Index’s board, well-known for its anti-government positions and liberal activism, started voicing their concerns about losing their…

Society

Six more months for signing the petition in favor of the national regions

The Editorial Board May 21, 2020

European Union – The Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga announced yesterday, May 20, that the European petition launched on the initiative of the Szeklers in favour of European national regions – one of whose spokespersons, Attila Dabis, we recently interviewed – obtained…

Interviews

Attila Dabis: “We want the EU to actively contribute in maintaining the cultural and linguistic diversity of Europe”

The Editorial Board May 3, 2020

Interview with Attila Dabis, Foreign Affairs Commissioner of the Szekler National Council: “We want the EU to actively contribute in maintaining the cultural and linguistic diversity of Europe”. While European politics and economies are stagnating in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis,…

Politics

Romania’s Deep State Will Stop at Nothing to Separate Bucharest from Budapest

Modeste Schwartz July 5, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Yesterday, July 4 2018, the Romanian Supreme Court – having the final word after a long series of appeals – sentenced two Szekler activists (István Beke and Zoltán Szőcs) to 5 years in prison, causing national outrage…

Politics

For corruption money, would you rather have 1200 Romanian lei or 18b. $?

Modeste Schwartz February 4, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On the 22th of January, Mrs. Cecilia Chirvăsuţă, a cardiologist working at the state hospital in the town of Tulcea (Eastern Romania) was sentenced to 4 years in jail for “accepting” from a patient an illegal extra…

Politics

When the V4 Frightens, Tudose Crosses the Szekler Rubicon

Modeste Schwartz January 13, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Let’s set the scene first: Apart from speculations (some more or less scientific, others frankly zany) surrounding their distant origin, the Szeklers have for centuries been a small Hungarian-speaking mountain-dwelling population, nestled in the centre of the…

Society

Massive pilgrimage of Hungarians and Szeklers to Csíksomlyó

The Editorial Board May 13, 2016

Romania, Şumuleu Ciuc - Csíksomlyó in Hungarian, is an important place of annula pilgrimage for Hungarians and Szeklers (Hungarian-speaking people of Transylvania, assimilated to the Hungarians). Each year thousands of people go there to celebrate Pentecost. Wednesday, May 11,…