György Frunda

Beke Istvan Attila, an ethnic Hungarian citizen of Romania, was remanded in custody for 30 days on Tuesday after being accused of "attempted crimes against the constitutional order and the non-observance the of explosive materials regime".

Prime Minister Victor Ponta declared a collaboration with the Hungarian Democrat Union of Romania (UDMR) was not a current issue; upon leaving the UDMR Congress in Cluj-Napoca on Friday, he said the ethnic Hungarian party was entitled to any decision on its involvement in governing.

Romania's governing Social Democrats have said they will not back an initiative by the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, UDMR, to create an autonomous region in Transylvania.

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