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The EU to regulate demographic statistics from Europe
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regulation regarding European demographic statistics was signed on 20 November in
Csaba Sógor’s speech in the EP regarding the Great March of the Szeklers
At the European Parliament’s plenary session from Strasbourg, RMDSZ MEP Csaba Sógor, besides other topics, also talked about the Great March of the Szeklers. The MEP expressed his hope that many understood the message of the movement - that in Romania the situation of minorities cannot be considered solved and that the Hungarians from Romania are prepared to draw the attention on unresolved issues through such actions.
Continued financial support for the Erasmus programme, demanded by Csaba Sógor in the EP
The issue of Hungarian university education in Transylvania debated in Brussels
On 13 November, to celebrate its creation in 1908, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland (www.kulturfonden.fi) organised in Brussels its fifth high-level conference on linguistic, education and cultural rights of traditional national minorities from Europe. The theme of this year’s conference was “Education – a practice that defines our whole life”.
Exhibition in Brussels from the works of the Baia Mare art colony
Through the support of MEP Csaba Sógor on Tuesday, 12 November, within a series of festive events a new exhibition of the Baia Mare art school’s works was inaugurated at the Balassi Institute from Brussels.
Lecture held by Csaba Sógor at the Selye János University from Slovakia
Gábor Bethlen elected Prince of Transylvania four hundred years ago
Gábor Bethlen was elected Prince of Transylvania four hundred years ago. To commemorate the occasion, two-day festivities were held on the 25th and 26th of October in Aiud and Baia Mare. The ecumenical church service held at the cathedral in Alba-Iulia, followed by the official opening of the event was attended by members of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), president Hunor Kelemen, MEP Csaba Sógor, Deputy Secretary General Csilla Hegedüs, senator Attila László and president of the RMDSZ’s territorial organization, Krisztián Kováts.
RMDSZ MEPs’ common press release regarding the Hungarian revolution of 1956
The revolution of 1956 demonstrates the Hungarian nation’s love for freedom and opposition to foreign oppression. For us, Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin, it is also represents a day of solidarity and of standing up for our rights. The 23rd of October 1956 kindled hope in the Hungarians from Hungary and from abroad that communism can be defeated. Nevertheless, the following days were dark ones for the revolutionaries and for those who sympathised with them.
Unitary demographic statistics for the member states of the EU
On 22 October at first lecture and with a decisive majority (616 for, 48 against and 8 abstentions) the plenary of the European Parliament adopted the report of MEP Csaba Sógor regarding European demographic statistics.
