Ukraine

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

DOWNLOAD THE PDF REPORT On June 12, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe issued its opinion on the Law on national minorities (communities) adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament in December 2022. As previously reported,  as a result of a joint Hungarian-Romanian … Read More

DOWNLOAD IN PDF As Ukraine faces ongoing conflict and strives for EU and NATO accession, the government in Kyiv has drawn criticism from international organizations for its restrictions on the rights of ethnic minorities, including those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the … Read More

The party representing the 150,000-strong Hungarian minority in Ukraine has protested official action against the display of minority symbols and Hungarian-language inscriptions, all protected by law. In Mukachevo (Munkács) and some villages of the surrounding sub-region, where the majority of … Read More

UPDATED: After a thorough analysis of the decision of the General Court of the European Union from 9 November 2022 in the case of the Minority SafePack Initiative vs the European Commission, the MSPI’s Citizens’ Committee and the FUEN Presidium took … Read More