It is undoubtable that us, Catalans, have come a long way in the fight for our rights, even if we have not reached the end. Every Catalan is proud of their identity, and of the fact that they do not tolerate repression, deprivation of rights, and the systematic robbery of the minorities by the leading…
It is undoubtable that memberships of the European Union, the institutions of the EU as well as the harmonisation of laws have brought positive changes for the minorities of the member states in many areas. However, there is still a lot to achieve, especially in Sweden, where one of the most exciting and unique cultures…
It is undoubtable that memberships of the European Union, the institutions of the EU as well as the harmonisation of laws have brought positive changes for the minorities of the member states in many areas. However, there is still a lot to achieve, even in Sweden, where the Finnish fight every day to be able…
It is undoubtable that memberships of the European Union, the institutions of the EU as well as the harmonisation of laws have brought positive changes for the minorities of the member states in many areas. One of these changes is the autonomous region of South Tyrol which has become the role model across Europe for…
In 2019, a European Citizens’ Initiative was launched by the Seklers of Transylvania in order to help European national minorities to access EU funds directly. Although important EU documents were ratified to protect the rights of minorities, in some European countries these ethnic groups are still struggling for their survival. This initiative wants to help…
Rita Izsák-Ndiaye is a member & Rapporteur of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and a former UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues. She was a keynote speaker at a June Council of Europe conference ‘Minorities and Minority Languages in a Changing Europe.’ The conference marked the 20th anniversary of the…
The desirable way to implement the required “special attention” of EU, would be the establishment of a separate funding scheme within the regional development policy of the EU, that would be accessible directly and exclusively to national regions. hirdetés hirdetés We want the European Union to actively contribute to maintaining the rich cultural and linguistic…
Minister of Internal Affairs Marcel Vela announced on Wednesday that Romanian authorities had started an investigation at the Romanian-Hungarian border after more and more Romanian citizens were found to be entering the country on foot. hirdetés hirdetés According to Vela, pedestrian border crossings largely increased on Wednesday. Although such crossings are not strictly illegal, if…
Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister’s Office, has praised Hungary’s central bank for its “excellent” handling of a “strong speculative attack” against the forint, which he said had been the reason behind the weakening of the national currency to record low levels of 360-370 against the euro. “The shape of the Hungarian economy does…
Hungary’s government is set to approve Hungary’s biggest economic stimulus plan since the transition to democracy, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office said over the weekend. The package will be enough to finance the government’s coronavirus response measures and “the hundreds and thousands of billions needed to restart the economy”, Gergely Gulyás told a…