Minority issues continue to pervade all aspects of Romanian life and are often to be found just beneath the surface of what seem to be normal everyday happenings - such as football. Supporters of Transylvanian teams such as Resita are demanding to play in the Hungarian league. Whether this call has more to do with Resita's position at the foot of the Romanian league is debatable. However, there are much more worrying calls from football fans . Jews and Roma have become targets of racial attacks not only on the grounds but in the media and on websites ostensibly linked to football clubs.
Racism is by no means confined to the fans.
It is alleged that the tabloid often contains anti-Semitic sentiments. Such organisations were made illegal in 1991 under the Romanian Constitution. He was referring to the fact that Roman's father was a Jew and yet Roman considered himself a member of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Romanian media reported on 24 August that Mitreu had written to Roman to apologise for his anti-Semitic remark but suggested that it had been taken out of context. Deputy Dorel Dorian of the Federation of Jewish Communities is reported in Cronica romana as saying that Roman, whose mother was a gentile, is not a Jew.