Slovakia

On Thursday, September 19, the congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) met in Husum, Germany, home to the North Frisian ethnic minority. This year, the umbrella organization representing the interests of Europe’s 50 million autochthonous minorities and linguistic communities … Tovább olvasom

The Office of the Minority Commissioner in Slovakia has launched a new, user-friendly reporting platform, marking a significant step forward in the enforcement of the Minority Language Use Law. The new system allows citizens to easily submit complaints directly from the homepage of … Tovább olvasom

Tomáš Taraba, Environmental Minister nominated by the SNS, has proposed that Slovakia’s “strategic” heritage sites, including  Devín/Dévény Castle near Bratislava/Pozsony, be brought under state ownership. The castle is historically and culturally significant for Slovakia’s Hungarian minority. Taraba’s reasoning is that the central government would … Tovább olvasom

Minority rights protection was a central topic at the annual Hungarian Gombaszög Summer Youth Camp in Slovakia, where Ákos Horony, Slovakia’s Commissioner for Minority Affairs, and Erzsébet Sándor Szalayné, Ombudsman for the Rights of National Minorities in Hungary and expert of the Council of Europe spoke.  Szalayné … Tovább olvasom

Parliament has approved amendments to the competency jurisdictionallaw, giving new momentum to minority rights within the state administration,” stated Ákos Horony, Commissioner for Minority Affairs, on Facebook. Starting September, the National Minority Commission will cease to exist, replaced by a more empowered … Tovább olvasom

Several important decisions were made in Slovakia concerning national minorities, which increase the weight of issues related to national minorities within government policy, improve the conditions for the activities of the government commissioner for minorities and the effectiveness of the … Tovább olvasom

The process of putting up bilingual directional traffic signs began in Trvna/Nagyszombat County in fall 2023 after the Slovak Parliament modified the Law on Traffic Signs. In the foreground are members of the Nyitra county faction of the Hungarian Alliance … Tovább olvasom

At its December 20, 2023 meeting, the Slovak government appointed Ákos Horony as the new Government Commissioner for Minorities. Hailing from Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely), Horony sees his appointment as a significant challenge and aims to build upon the work initiated … Tovább olvasom

Legal expert Dr. Janos Fiala-Butora’s extensive 80-page report with annexes documenting Slovakia’s ongoing ethnic-based discrimination has been issued by FICE (Freedom and identity in Central Europe). Ever since 2009, Slovak authorities have been applying the discredited WWII-era Benes Decree (Regulation) 104/1945 toconfiscate private property – without … Tovább olvasom