Romania denies railway permit for Hungarian writer Nyiro's re-burial

The Romanian government has denied permission for the remains of ethnic Hungarian Jozsef Nyiro to be taken from Hungary to Romania on a special train of pilgrimage, organisers told MTI on Tuesday, referring to information from Romanian state railways headquarters in Bucharest. Organiser Oliver Frater said that all events surrounding the late author's planned re-burial in his native Odorheiu Secuiesc in central Romania involving railway services in the country would be cancelled.