Word: slovakia
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...home - among non-Roma - has been tepid at best. Indeed, it has been a difficult time for the Roma across Eastern and Central Europe. The end of generous state subsidies for this music eliminated a key source of support, and discrimination is still depressingly common from Romania to Slovakia, where Roma children are routinely sent to schools for the mentally handicapped. During the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, Roma were targeted by both sides. As a people they have suffered discrimination for centuries, and that suffering forms an important part of their music. More than a decade after...
...Germans cannot be justified under any circumstances." In Austria, Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel said the Czech government should voluntarily compensate the Sudeten Germans. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban also joined the fray. Noting that tens of thousands of ethnic Hungarians had also been expelled, from what is now Slovakia, he said: "This was another shameful event in the 20th century where Hungarians were on the painful, losing side...
...controversy over the Sudeten Germans comes at a critical time. Germany is in pre-election mode, and the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary all face extremely close elections this year, in all likelihood the last national polls before accession to the E.U. Candidates are looking for an edge as campaigning heats up, and good old-fashioned populism is back in style. "There hasn't been this degree of populist rhetoric since 1989," says Jonathan Stein, an independent political analyst based in Prague. "Politicians are trying to show they are capable of defending national identity, but E.U. integration limits the scope...
...accession might help resolve the dispute. Once the Czech Republic and Slovakia join, all E.U. citizens - including former refugees in neighboring countries - will have the right to live in their former homelands. The emotional wounds may take longer to heal...
...shall realize the reunification of the Hungarian nation across borders," said right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban when he introduced the measure last year. This month he declared that the law will succeed despite those "who want to sprinkle salt on the wound torn open 80 years ago." Slovakia, not surprisingly, bridled at such talk. Earlier this month, its parliament overwhelmingly approved a motion protesting the law's implementation...