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Hungary in war of words with Slovaks
By Nick Thorpe BBC News, Budapest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8248097.stm
 Ethnic Hungarians have staged demonstrations against the new law
The prime ministers of Hungary and Slovakia, Gordon Bajnai and Robert Fico, have agreed on measures to defuse a row which is poisoning relations between the two countries. War of words escalates between EU countries Hungary and Slovakia
Eastern Europe | 22.08.2009 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4590798,00.html
 Hungarian President Solyom is not welcome in Slovakia
A bitter war of words between EU members Hungary and Slovakia intensified Friday as Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom cancelled a private visit after Bratislava said it would bar him from entering. Slovak first law sparks war of words with Hungary
by Tatiana Bednarikova Tatiana Bednarikova – Thu Sep 10, 3:09 am ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090910/lf_afp/slovakiahungarypoliticsmin orities_20090910071315
"The law harms the Hungarian minority more than other minorities," Pal Csaky, chairman of the ethnic-Hungarian SMK party, told AFP.
Hungarians, mostly in communities near the Slovak-Hungarian border, make up 10 percent of Slovakia's population of 5.4 million people.
"They have their own institutions and, as the only minority, they use their language in public life," Csaky noted.
The law allows an ethnic minority making up at least 20 percent of citizens in a municipality to use their native language in public life. It allows bilingual street names and geographical names -- but always puts Slovak first.
The Slovak Culture Ministry insists says law does not discriminate but aims to "protect Slovak citizens from discrimination in their own country."
"Slovak citizens living in ethnically mixed regions are often denied their right to information in the state language, especially in municipalities where they represent a minority," the ministry said on its website.
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