Ethnic groups in Romania

Kelemen Hunor: Autonomy is the path to community prosperity

Presidential candidate of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor told an Orban Balasz gala awards on Monday evening in Targu Mures that institutional guarantees, such as autonomy, are the path to the prosperity of the community made up of Hungarians, Romanians and other ethnics.

Szilagyi Zsolt: Regionalism idea is sign of normality for which I call on minorities' partnership

The idea of regionalism is a sign of normality for which 'I call on the partnership of all minorities', the candidate of the People's Party of the Hungarians in Transylvania (PPMT) in this November's presidential elections, Szilagyi Zsolt said in this western Romanian city late on Thursday.

PM Ponta: Romania's image in Britain, Italy also depends on Romanians there

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said in opening remarks to the Diaspora Estival (The Summer of the Diaspora) Programme in the Black Sea resort of Eforie Nord on Monday that the image of Romania in countries like Britain and Italy also depends on the Romanians who go there and on what they say about their country.

MEP Macovei: Minorities' rights are respected in Romania; rights of Romanians in Covasna, Harghita violated

Romanian MEP Monica Macovei (of the Democratic Liberal Party, PDL) said on Thursday that the minorities' rights, of the Hungarian minority included, are respected in Romania, but an unknown problem is the fact that the Romanians' rights are not respected in Covasna and Harghita counties (central Romania).

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