FM: UN should ensure protection of identity of national minorities
Protecting national identity should be recognized as a fundamental human right at the international level.
Protecting national identity should be recognized as a fundamental human right at the international level.
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, Katalin Szili has called for legislation to be drafted by the European Commission on national minorities.
Hungary concluded a deal with Russia’s Gazprom that ensures gas supplies to the country from the west and the south.
The issue of national minorities had got stuck in the Council of Europe, which gave far more political attention to non-national minorities.
The Hungarian constitution recognized Hungary’s 13 ethnic minorities as constituents of the state, and indigenous minorities were entitled to form self-governments.
Gergely Gulyás said many people in Europe belonged to an indigenous minority rather than to mainstream society, so guaranteeing their rights was essential.
The National Election Committee (NVB) confirmed that a total of 2,715 national minority votes will be held around the country.
Fidesz-KDNP MEP Andrea Bocskor drafted the open letter to the Ukrainian president which was signed by 37 MEPs from Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia
Hungary's foreign minister said it is important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state. It is equally important that none of the member states should “be held hostage” in a dispute that purely concerns inter-state relations