Hungarian organizations in Transcarpathia have two proposals Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, was in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. He held consultations with, among others, Speaker of the House Ruslan Stefanchuk, as … Read More

DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE IN PDF Leaders representing the largest national minority in Romania, the 1.2 million-strong ethnic Hungarian community, will visit Washington D.C. from November 27 to December 1 at the invitation of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation.  Hunor … Read More

DOWNLOAD PDF On September 30, 2023, Slovakia held snap parliamentary elections. The Hungarian minority party, Alliance (Szövetség, in Hungarian) fell just 0.62 percent short of the five percent threshold needed to obtain representation in the Slovak Parliament. This is the … Read More

The September 12, Financial Times article  “Ukraine open to minority rights concessions in quest to join EU” addresses one of Ukraine’s major hurdles to EU membership. Read the full text below with HHRF commentary, fact checks and context. SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Ben HallUKRAINE OPEN TO MINORITY … Read More

Download PDF here The newly-appointed head of the II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian Language High School in Mukachevo (Munkács), Marija Pauk, denied the use of Hungarian national symbols, as well as singing of the national anthem, during the school year’s opening … Read More

The August 15 appointment of Marija Pauk as head of the II. Ferenc Rákóczi Hungarian Language High School in Mukachevo (Munkács) has elicited strong disapproval on the part of the Hungarian minority community in Ukraine. The statement issued by the … Read More

Download PDF here Introduction In December 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the “Law on National Minorities (Communities).” On June 12, 2023, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe[i] issued an Opinion on this Law.[ii] In addition to … Read More

On August 10, the Cultural Alliance of Hungarians in Sub-Carpathia (KMKSZ) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Ukraine (UMDSZ) released a joint statement expressing “support for efforts to amend the Law on National Minorities (Communities) in Ukraine and to … Read More

On August 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy briefly visited Berehovo (Beregszász), where he met with representatives of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, including Ildikó Orosz, president of the Hungarian language II Ferenc Rákóczi Transcarpathian Hungarian College. During the brief … Read More