An Ethnic Hungarian arranges a banner ahead of celebrations marking the Magyars Day in Romania
An Ethnic Hungarian arranges a banner ahead of celebrations marking the Magyars Day in the Transylvanian town of Odorheiu Secuiesc, 270km (168 miles) north of Bucharest March 15, 2006. Several thousand ethnic Hungarians held a rally on Wednesday to demand autonomy in Romania just months before its planned European Union entry. The Szeklers, a large Hungarian minority with uncertain ethnic origins living in Transylvania, called on the EU to make their vaguely defined autonomy a condition for Romania's entry to the bloc. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel