Slovakia was once part of Hungary and is home to a population of 520,000 ethnic Hungarians who complain of discrimination by the Slovak government. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said the law ...

In a borderless European Union that boasts 23 official languages, one member, Slovakia, has enacted a law that limits the use of the languages of some fellow EU members. The extraordinary step has ...

NOVE ZAMKY, Slovakia — In a borderless European Union that boasts 23 official languages, one member, Slovakia, has enacted a law that limits the use of the languages of some fellow EU members. The ...

A proposed amendment to Slovakia's language legislation could prove a fresh setback to diplomatic relations between Bratislava and Budapest. A draft Slovak law that would crack down on the use of ...

IN NEGOTIATIONS at the European Union, Slovakia will support use of the French language, which along with English is one of the EU’s languages of discussion. On June 4, the Slovak government signed a ...

"Due to Slovakia and Hungary's diverging interests and positions, as well as the internal social and political conditions in the two countries, it appears unlikely that the [language] conflict will be ...

Minority languages are protected, but further measures are needed to favour their use in education, administration, media, ...

Slovakia will not abolish the recently passed amendment to the language law, Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a statement in which he rejected Monday's appeal by the Hungarian parliament to do so.

NOVE ZAMKY, SlovakiaNOVE ZAMKY, Slovakia — In a borderless European Union that boasts 23 official languages, one member, Slovakia, has enacted a law that limits the use of the languages of some fellow ...

A draft Slovak law that would crack down on the use of minority languages in public has raised concerns about the rights of the country's Hungarian population. The proposed amendment to Slovakia's ...