The Unitarian congregation from Vlahita, with more than 350 congregation members, desires to build a new church because the current prayer room that is available is situated in the basement of the parish and proves not to be spacious enough.

Csíkszereda will give home between 26th and 28th November 2010 to the ninth edition of the Transylvanian Student’s Scientific Conference (TUDEK). After a request by the National Association of Researcher Students, the Kós Károly School of Construction undertook the organization of the event. The patron of the conference was MEP Csaba Sógor.

The presentation entitled “What will we eat tomorrow? – between GMOs and food preservation” held by Fidesz’ MEP Béla Glattfelder on November 26th, 2010 in the Reményik Sándor Gallery in Cluj-Napoca was the first in the series of presentation organized under the name European evenings by DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor.

MEP Csaba Sógor held a presentation entitled „Autonomy in Tibet and Szeklerland” on November 13th, 2010 in the House of Culture in Covasna at the invitation of the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Cultural Association and the Fábián Ernő Adult Education Center.

Cluj gave home to this year’s edition of the Conference of the Young Political Scientists from the Carpathian Basin (FIPOLI) between 11 and 14th of November with the central issue of Hungarian interests in Central Europe with regard to strategic partnerships and Hungarians living outside the borders of Hungary. It is the first time the conference is held outside of Hungary.

MEP Csaba Sógor made a presentation entitled The Future of Transylvania and Europe in the EU at the first edition of the Youth Forum of Kézdiszék held at Oituz between 13 and 14 of November, 2010.

DAHR’s MEP Csaba Sógor presented the soon to be published volume about the Csángós entitled „We like to live here” at the 9th Csángó Day organized by the Council of Harghita County and the Harghita County Cultural Center on the 14th of november 2010.

The new building of the Báthory István Elementary School in Mediaş was inaugurated on October 29th, 2010 after three years of restoration works. MEP Csaba Sógor was present at the inauguration ceremony that was an important moment in the life of the Hungarian community in Mediaş.

Csaba Sógor: „ While today we don’t need to fight for our personal freedom, we must do so for our own dignity and the freedom of others”

The situation and problems of Transylvanian sparse Hungarians was the subject of the two-day conference organized by the Harghita County Council and the Unitarian Church in Turda on 8-9 October.