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State Secretary: Disinformation published on ethnic community of Transcarpathia
Zoltán Kovács said the government is keeping tabs on the latest developments and will not allow Hungary to be drawn into the war.
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FM encourages Romanian-Hungarian citizens to vote on April 3
The foreign minister pledged the government’s continued support to Romania Hungarians if the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance won the election.
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FM: Policy for Hungarian communities abroad is “soul” of foreign policy
The government sought to build cooperation with neighboring countries with a view to improving the situation of ethnic Hungarian communities in those countries.
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PM Orbán urges ethnic Hungarians abroad to cast their vote in election
Over 1.1 million Hungarians abroad have taken the opportunity to become citizens with voting rights.
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Government restart program aids 1,464 ethnic Hungarian organizations
The Hungarian government is committed to providing assistance to ethnic kin in preserving their Hungarian identity.
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Gulyás: Government to ensure that belonging to Hungarian nation is an advantage
The government is committed to making sure that “being out as a Hungarian and contributing to the preservation of the Hungarian community’s values has advantages”.
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State Secretary asks Slovakia’s Hungarians to declare ethnicity in national census
Árpád János Potápi encouraged members of the local Hungarian community to participate in the census and put in “Hungarian” as an answer to the question concerning their ethnicity and mother tongue.
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FM: The situation of ethnic minorities in Ukraine is unacceptable and seriously unlawful
Péter Szijjártó said that the Ukrainian deputy prime minister’s visit to Hungary scheduled for March would hopefully bring the parties closer to an agreement on minority rights in Ukraine.
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Official slams “unacceptable” Ukrainian laws which discriminate against ethnic Hungarians in the country
“It’s time for Hungary and Ukraine to engage in high-level talks. The legitimate representatives of Hungary and the Transcarpathian Hungarian community are prepared to do so,” Zsolt Németh said.
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Government doubles support for ethnic Hungarians
Funds for the scheme that supports Hungarian education and culture in communities beyond the borders will be doubled to HUF 2 billion (EUR 6m) in 2020.
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President Áder receives religious leaders from ethnic Hungarian communities
President János Áder welcomed religious leaders from Hungarian communities in neighboring countries for a ceremonial lunch at the presidential palace on Tuesday.
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Romanian crowd storms Hungarian cemetery in Transylvania: an ugly incident and illegal
Yesterday afternoon, a Romanian crowd broke into an Austro-Hungarian military cemetery in Transylvania, despite heavy police presence and a human chain of ethnic Hungarians protesting peacefully. In Budapest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó summoned the Romanian ambassador, who refused to appear.
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Romanians break into Hungarian WWI graveyard
An angry, Romanian crowd broke into a WWI-era Austro-Hungarian military cemetery on Thursday, surging past a picket of praying, ethnic Hungarians and a massive police presence.