Mayor calls for calm over illegal, anti-Hungarian act of erecting wooden crosses in military cemetery

The political and legal representatives of Hungarians in Transylvanian will continue to seek answers to the problem "through law and justice".

Borítókép: Elkezdték az újabb román keresztek kihelyezését az úzvölgyi katonatemetőben a Nemzet Útja (Calea Neamului) szervezet hívei, 2023. július 8-án (Fotó: Maszol/Beliczay László)

Last Saturday, 8 July, activists of the Romanian organisation Calea Neamului (Path of the Nation) erected one hundred and fifty wooden crosses at the international military cemetery to replace the concrete crosses that had been removed on 29 June in line with a court ruling. In addition to the smaller crosses, with ribbons in Romanian national colours around them,  a larger cross was also erected, as well as a flagpole with the Romanian flag on it. The organisation's leader, Mihai Tirnoveanu, announced that he would be in talks this week with the Romanian defence ministry about how to officially instate the "Romanian plot".

Cover photo: Activists of Calea Neamului (Path of the Nation) start to erect Romanian crosses anew at the military cemetery in Uz Valley on 8 July 2023.