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Hungary and Romania Face Off Over an Ethnic Dispute

Feb 21, 2013 | 11:15 GMT

Hungarians hold Transylvanian flags as they take part in a demonstration for the autonomy of Transylvanian territory from Romania in Budapest, Hungary on October 27, 2013.
The resourceful region of Transylvania has been dominated by different authorities throughout its history. In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon established a new border between Romania and Hungary, leaving the whole of Transylvania within the Romanian state.

( FERENC ISZA/AFP/Getty Images)

Both countries use demands for more autonomy by ethnic Hungarians in Romania as a political issue....

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