Nationalities

Nationalities in Hungary

Population in Hungary

90%

10%

Hungarians 90% Minorities 10%

Legitimate nationalities

have been living in Hungary for a minimum of one century

have their own language,

culture and traditions

The minority rights in Hungary have self-

government may use their

language study in their own

language celebrate their

festivals take part in politics have voting right

In Hungary there are 13 legitimate minorities:

GipsiesGermansSlovakiansRomaniansCroatiansSerbiansUkrainians

PolishBulgariansGreeksRysins

ArmeniansSlovenians

Percentage of minorities

Gipsies 49%Germans 29%Slovakians 0,5%Romanians 0,5%Croatians 0,4%Serbians 0,2%Ukrainians 0,1%Polish 0,01%Bulgarians 0,01%Greeks 0,01%Rysins 0,01%Armenians 0,01%Slovenians 0,001%Others (Jewes, Chineses) 20%

ROMANIAN

MINORITY IN HUNGARY

1.

Population 35 000 Romanian

people live in Hungary

They are the fourth biggest nationality in Hungary

Most of them live in Gyula and Budapest

Education

Romanians have ten nursery, eleven

primary and one grammar school in

Hungary where they can study in their own

language

Organisations

In March 2007 the Romanian Self-

government was founded in Budapest

Every year the Romanian Minority Cultural Day is organised in Budapest

Festivals

Famous Romanian person

Emanoil Gojdu, lawyer, politician, benefactor

He was the founder of the first Romanian newspaper in Hungary

POLISH MINORITY IN HUNGARY

2.

We are friends in trouble

During the II. World War thousands of Polish people escaped to Hungary

These days 7000 Polish people live in Hungary

The eighth biggest nationality in Hungary

One third of them live in Budapest

Polish and Hungarian history

• We have common history as the Polish and Hungarian Kingdom was neighbours for centuries

• I. Lajos was our first common King, and many times Polish king sat on the Hungarian throne (Jagellók) or a Hungarian was wreathed as Polish King for example István Báthory

• Lot of Polish soldiers fought side by side with Hungarians in the War of Independence of 1848-49 against the Habsburgs

Josef Bem I. Lajos King

March 15th

This day is one of our National Celebration, when we commemorate the War of Independence of 1848-1849

In 2012 thousands of Polish people travelled to Hungary on this day to celebrate with us

Organisations

National Polish Minority Self-government exists in Budapest since 1994

Besides this there are 24 Polish Self-governments in our country

Cultural life The Polish Minority has established

several institutions in Hungary for example

Museums of Hungarian Polans

Polish School Hungarian Polish Minority has

Junior folk dancers (Dwa Bratanki)

Monthly newspaper (Polonia Węgierska)

Radio programme since 1998

„Polish and Hungarian are two

good friends” These sentence

everybody knows in Hungary

In Balatonboglár there is a building named Polish and Hungarian Friendship House

The 23rd of March is the Day of Polish and Hungarian friendship in Hungary

Famous Polish person in Hungary

Danuta Kozák has won two Olympic golden medals in kayaking. Her mother is from Poland.

GREEK MINORITY IN HUNGARY

3.

Greek Minority

The Greek Minority is the 10th largest Nationality in Hungary

There are 5000 Greeks in our country

Their self-government was established in 1995

Cultural life

Every spring the Greek Festival is organised in Pécs

During this time we can learn the Greek people’s culture (music, dance, theatre, fine arts) who live in Hungary

The Greek Village

We have a Greek Minority village named Beloiannisz

Every year the Day of Greek and Hungarian Friendship is organised in this village

Famous Greek person in

Hungary is actress

Papadimitriu Athina

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