Hungarian medical education in Transylvania debated in Strasbourg
The minority intergroup chaired by Kinga Gál MEP welcomed one of the Professors of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures to Strasbourg.
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Minority Intergroup
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2011. 11. 17.
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2011. 10. 27.
The Hungarian National Council of Serbia and Sámi Youth met the Intergroup
The guests of October's Minorty Intergroup meeting were the representatives of the Hungarian Naional Council of Serbia and the organisation of Sámi Youth.
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2011. 09. 29.
Intergroup discusses the ECRML, an EU language directive, and support for minority language newspapers
September’s second Intergroup meeting focused on language issues with presentations from Professor Stefan Oeter, Committee of Experts chief for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Luciano Caveri (Committee of the Regions, Val d’Aosta), and Toni Ebner, President of the minority newspaper association MIDAS.
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2011. 09. 15.
‘Schizophrenic situation’ in the EU over abuses of national minority rights - says József Berényi (MKP, Slovakia)
An incisive speech from József Berényi, President of the Hungarian Coalition Party (MKP –Slovakia), to the Intergroup (15/9) summed up many of the frustrations felt by national and linguistic minorities across Europe over the failure by States and the EU to implement benchmark protection standards such as the Copenhagen criteria and Council of Europe treaties.
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2011. 07. 13.
Minority Intergroup: linguistic discrimination against regional languages in France
The Intergroup welcomed the Breton NGO Kevre Breizh and EBLUL France for its July meeting. Discussion focused on the appalling level of discrimination faced by regional language speakers in a state that is, the last in western Europe not to give any recognition or support to its regional languages.
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2011. 06. 15.
UNESCO on the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Catalan in Valencia and the Balearic Islands
June’s Intergroup meeting featured Mr Frank Proschan from the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH); Professor Ferran Suay from the Catalan NGO Acció Cultural del País Valencià (ACPV) discussing the controversial closure of the booster station which has cut Catalan language TV (TV3) from Valencia and the subsequent fine of 800,000 euro faced by ACPV over the issue; and Júlia López-Seguí from the NGO Obra Cultural Balear (OCB) on issues facing Catalan in the Balearic Islands.
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