Extreme-Right politics in Romania
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Far-right party gains
In the general elections held at the end of November, the far-right Romania Mare (Greater Romania) party polled well and now has forty-eight seats in the lower house of deputies (total 332) and twenty-one senate seats (total 137).
5 December 2004 (86 words)
Reports reveal continued discrimination and prejudice against Roma
A report by the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Programme and the Open Society Institute says that many of Romania's efforts to improve conditions for its Roma minority lack the necessary resources and authority.
8 October 2004 (185 words)
Private security firm involved in two Roma deaths
The organisation Romani CRISS is investigating the circumstances under which two Roma have recently died at the hands of security guards employed by S.C. Protector International SRL.
1 April 2004 (167 words)
Law outlaws memorials to war criminals
In the Spring of 2003, the government issued a decree outlawing the display of symbols of a racist, fascist, xenophobic or extremist character.
7 November 2002 (278 words)
Security guards involved in anti-Roma attacks
Cuiciulatra - security guards open fire
1 January 2002 (216 words)
Anti-Semitic attack at Bucharest's Jewish History Museum
Two men who said they were looking for 'soap made of human fat' punched and tried to strangle a guard, smashed windows and hurled objects in the Bucharest Jewish History Museum.
1 April 2001 (67 words)
General election sees gains for Greater Romanian Party
Following the general election of 25 November, the far-Right Greater Romanian Party (GRP), led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor, has emerged as the second strongest party and will now take up key parliamentary posts.
1 April 2001 (78 words)
Official endorsement for anti-Roma views
Head of Bucharest police made inflammatory remarks
1 August 2000 (176 words)
Fifa call for investigation into soccer personality accused of anti-Semitism
Fifa, the world football authority has asked the Romanian football federation to hold an investigation into Dumitru Dragomir, a leading figure in the soccer world.
1 November 1999 (156 words)
Police and military accused of failure to protect Rom lives and property
AI has accused the Romanian government of failing to take action against police officers and soldiers who failed to protect Roma and their property during a period of extreme anti-Roma violence in the early 1990s.
1 October 1998 (149 words)
Travel materials perpetuate racist myths
Romnews has called for action to be taken against travel books and brochures that perpetuate racist myths against the Romany.
1 August 1996 (74 words)
New extreme-right nationalist parliamentary party formed
A new right-wing group has been launched to compete with the already-existing extremist Greater Romania Party and Romanian National Unity Party.
1 January 1996 (109 words)
Extreme right seek to harness anti-Hungarian sentiment
Nationalists in the Romanian government have suggested that the party of the Hungarian minority, the HDUR, should be banned as 'unconstitutional' for establishing a regional council to push for more autonomy for the Hungarian community in ethnically mixed Transylvania.
1 April 1995 (112 words)
Romania relives nationalist past
The refusal to allow the 72-year-old exiled former King of Romania to return to the country has become the latest event in the battle to come to terms with Romania's pro-nazi past.
1 December 1994 (181 words)
Nationalists gain cabinet posts
For the first time, the Romanian National Unity Party has been given cabinet posts in the government, prompting fears that Romania's government is becoming increasingly dependent on nationalist parties.
1 December 1994 (54 words)
Gypsy homes set on fire
The Romanian government has refused to either confirm or deny that villagers in the county of Satu Mare, in northwestern Romania, set fire to nine Roma homes, forcing dozens of Gypsy families to abandon their homes and seek refuge in neighbouring villagers.
1 September 1994 (75 words)
Anti-Semitic campaign in the media
Chief rabbi Dr Moses Rosen, the leader of Romania's Jewish community, has called for legal action to protect Jews against growing anti-Semitism, particularly in the media.
1 July 1994 (81 words)
Coalition government brings nationalists in
Two ultra-nationalist parties, the Party of Romanian National Unity (PRNU) and the Greater Romania Party (GRP), are to be represented in Romania's new coalition government formed on 1 March.
1 May 1994 (151 words)
Nostalgia for war-time dictator grows
Nostalgia for Romania's pro-nazi wartime dictator, Marshal Ion Antonescu, is growing.
1 May 1994 (111 words)
No ban on Mein Kampf
The Romanian state prosecutor has resisted a request from the Romanian government to ban Mein Kampf.
1 March 1994 (49 words)
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