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 ...

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 ...

THE LANGUAGE they speak at home, at work, in public offices or in the pub is, as a tool of communication, just a part of everyday life that few people spend much time contemplating. This changes when ...

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 ...

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 ...

Petteri Laihonen (PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher (adjunct professor) at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. His doctoral dissertation (2009) dealt with ...

Although classrooms emptied months ago, Katarina Molnarova has been to school every day throughout the hot summer–not to learn but to teach Slovakia’s government a lesson. Molnarova, who is among the ...

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 ...

Slovakia has selected 'Tlmocnik' ('The Interpreter'), directed by Martin Sulik, as its submission for consideration in the foreign-language Oscar category. By Vladimir Kozlov Slovakia has selected ...

Slovakia and Montenegro are the latest countries to submit films for consideration for the foreign-language Oscar. Marko Skop’s “Eva Nova” (pictured) has been selected by the Slovak Television and ...