Romania accused of discriminating against Hungarian festival
BUCHAREST, Romania — The Romanian culture ministry has discriminated against Hungarians in the country by failing to win international recognition for a religious festival, an ethnic Hungarian politician said Tuesday.
Csilla Hegedus, deputy head of the Union of Democratic Hungarians in Romania, said 100 Hungarian experts had worked six years to secure UNESCO protection for a Catholic pilgrimage in northwest Romania where most of Romania’s 1.4 million Hungarians live.
Hegedus claimed a Romanian culture ministry official failed to provide UNESCO with documentation it requested about the festival.