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Hungary to pay language fines

Mon, Feb 08 2010 16:29 CET

byMichaela Stanková - The Slovak Spectator

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Hungary to pay language fines

Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai

The Hungarian government is still highly concerned about Slovakia’s amended State Language Act and its consequences for the Hungarian minority living in Slovakia. At least this is what one could assume from its recent decision to devote a chunk of its state resources to a fund to protect the linguistic rights of ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia and, ultimately, to pay any fines levied for violation of the State Language Act.

The Hungarian and Slovak newswires reported on January 28 that the Hungarian government has assigned HUF50 million (184 000 euro) to a fund that will mainly be used to cover penalties against ethnic Hungarians for being in breach of the State Language Act.

"We would like to raise awareness that there is help available to those who may be harassed for using their mother tongue," Hungarian PM Gordon Bajnai said as quoted by the Új Szó daily.

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