News archive on the topic "Transcarpathian Hungarians"

Despite Kyiv's opposition, the Hungarian authorities continue to look for opportunities to support Transcarpathian Hungarians. Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports this, citing sources in the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. The publication’s interlocutor said that Budapest is studying the experience of Moldova, where in 1994 the Gagauz, living compactly in the south of the country, received autonomy. Then, faced with the threat of interethnic conflict, given that the day before it was proclaimed...

Romanian political parties oriented towards Hungary appealed to the UN with a request to protect the rights of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia. This was reported by the Mukachevo.net website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The statement was signed by the leaders of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania, the Hungarian Civic Party, representatives of the Hungarian National Council and the Székely National Council. “Since now in Ukraine they are not only depriving representatives...

Ukraine may well lose Transcarpathia even without its occupation by Hungarian troops or referendums on the voluntary secession of the region from Ukraine. Izvestia writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that in connection with the approaching elections in Kyiv today they are intensely busy creating threats and heroically fighting them, a typical example of which is the passport conflict with Hungary. “Ukraine is losing these...

Hungary not only distributes its passports to Transcarpathia, but also pays pensions to the population of the region. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin stated this on the ATR TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, almost every Transcarpathian family that includes ethnic Hungarians receives significant assistance from Hungary. “I went to the penultimate...

The Ukrainian authorities obtained from the Hungarian government a change in the title of the position of “commissioner for Transcarpathia.” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin stated this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, all other controversial issues between the countries continue to be discussed. “I started the morning with a conversation with my Hungarian colleague Peter Szijjártó. The Hungarians heard us well and are changing the name of their...

In the Vinogradovsky and Beregovsky districts of Transcarpathia, the majority of young people do not speak Ukrainian and do not even understand it, as evidenced by recent opinion polls. Georgiy Filipchuk, a member of the board of the Ukrainian Language Society “Prosvita”, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Our Ukrainian youth who go to universities - their knowledge of the Ukrainian language...

In order to avoid Hungary’s encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, a regular Ukrainian army should be introduced into Transcarpathia. The head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, first deputy chairman of the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting, Bogdan Chervak, wrote about this on his Facebook page, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Hungarian government, in my opinion, has crossed the red line. The appointment of a “commissioner for issues of the Transcarpathian region” is...

The establishment in Hungary of the post of Minister for Transcarpathian Affairs, after which the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry became hysterical, could turn into an armed provocation on the part of Kyiv against the Transcarpathian Hungarians. Ukrainian political scientist Oleg Khavich, whose opinion is cited by the online publication Ukraina.ru, does not exclude such a development of events. “The hysteria that official Kyiv threw in response to an ordinary administrative decision of Budapest indicates that the Kyiv authorities...

Ukraine demands that the Hungarian authorities stop actions that “negatively affect bilateral relations” and “reflect the campaigns of the aggressor country.” This is stated in the commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, which appeared on the official website of the department. “On July 31, 2018, the Charge d’Affaires of Hungary in Ukraine, Laszlo Pap, was summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. A strong protest was expressed to the Hungarian diplomat in connection with a number of...

The Hungarian community of Transcarpathia asks the Central Election Commission of Ukraine to create a separate electoral district within the borders of the places of compact residence of Hungarians. This is stated in a letter from the Chairman of the Cultural Society of Hungarians of Transcarpathia (KMKS), Verkhovna Rada deputy Laszlo Brenzovich, sent to the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Mikhail Ohendovsky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Brenzovich asks to create such a district within Beregovo, Vinogradovsky and parts of Mukachevo and...

The SBU expelled from Ukraine members of the Transcarpathian football club “Karpatalja”, consisting of Hungarians who won the Championship of Unrecognized States, held recently in London. This is stated in the department’s response to a parliamentary request from parliamentarian Andrei Ilyenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The SBU conducted an inspection and found that the team also included citizens of Ukraine, who were given a warning, and...

Ukrainian nationalists denied Transcarpathian Hungarians the right to study in their native language. The head of the VO “Svoboda” Oleg Tyagnibok made such statements on TV channel 112, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, Hungarian minorities do not have the right to demand education in schools in Transcarpathia in their language. The maximum they can do is organize Sunday schools and paid...

The Ukrainian side is “disappointed” with the adoption at the first meeting of the new Hungarian government of the “Memorandum on the protection of Transcarpathian Hungarians” and plans to raise this issue during the next meeting of the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Hungary, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine received with disappointment the information about the approval of the government of Hungary at the first meeting”...

US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch visited Transcarpathia and talked with representatives of Hungarian communities about the infringement of their rights. The first deputy head of the Transcarpathian Regional Council, deputy head of the Society of Hungarian Culture of Transcarpathia, Josip Borto, stated this on the air of the Carpathian Lens, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the official, representatives of the Hungarian diaspora complained to her about the attacks and told her that...