The presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Hungary meet this Friday in Pecs, Hungary. Boris Tadić, Ivo Josipović and Laszlo Solyom addressed journalists afterwards.
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Tadić to meet with Croat, Hungarian counterparts
March 30th, 2010 |
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Presidents of Serbia, Hungary and Croatia, Boris Tadić, Laszlo Solyom and Ivo Josipović respectively, will meet in Pecs, Hungary, on April 16. This was announced in Budapest today by the office of the Hungarian president.
Cooperation between Belgrade, Budapest
March 14th, 2010 |
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Serbian and Hungarian Presidents Boris Tadić and Laszlo Solyom confirmed high level bilateral cooperation. They said that there will be a high level of economic cooperation during the economic crisis.
Hungarian president commends minority rights in Serbia
March 13th, 2010 |
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Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom said that Serbia’s treatment of minorities is “exemplary.†“We are happy with the fact that in Serbia, minorities enjoy cultural autonomy and that unlike other countries where Hungarians live, Serbia does not have laws against minorities using their native languages and schooling their kids in their mother tongue,†he said.
Tadić starts two-day visit to Hungary
October 12th, 2009 |
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President Boris Tadić started his two-day visit to neighboring Hungary this Monday with a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Solyom. Tadić and Solyom agreed that Serbia joining the EU is a prerequisite for stable economic development of the region and lasting solutions for the issues related to ethnic minorities.
Protests over Slovak language law
September 1st, 2009 |
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Thousands of ethnic Hungarians have demonstrated in Slovakia, to protest against a new law that limits the use of minority languages there.
Only Slovak can now be used in public offices, and in institutions like schools and hospitals.
Slovakia says the move is in accord with European standards, but protestors argue it breaks international laws.
The Hungarian government says it has turned to international human rights organisations for help.
The Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers are due to meet next week, to try to defuse worsening relations.
More than half a million ethnic Hungarians live in Slovakia, who regard the new law as the latest in a series of crackdowns by the Slovak government against their culture.
Peter Pazmany, of the opposition ethnic Hungarian Coalition Party in Slovakia, said the law: "makes no sense… [it] only creates tension between people who have lived peacefully side by side".
Fines
Anyone found to be regularly misusing the Slovak language in public office now faces a fine of up to $7,000 (£4,300), the equivalent of nearly a year’s average pay in Slovakia, reports say.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said the new law respects the rights of minorities, but has noted the concerns and risks related to its enforcement.
Ties between Slovakia and Hungary have long been strained over Bratislava’s treatment of its ethnic Hungarians, who make up about 10% of the population.
For its part, Slovakia has previously voiced its distaste over what it sees as efforts by Budapest to promote Hungarian culture within its own borders.
The protests over the new law follow a row last week, when Slovakia barred the Hungarian president from making a controversial visit.
President Laszlo Solyom had planned to visit a part of Slovakia with a large ethnic Hungarian population, to unveil a statue of the first Hungarian king, Saint Stephen.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said the plans were a provocation to his nation.
The BBC’s Nick Thorpe in southern Slovakia says relations between the two countries are at the lowest point for many years.
Hungary once ruled Slovakia, within the then Austro-Hungarian empire, until the end of the First World War and the eventual break-up of those territories.
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