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Europe | Language rows between Slovakia and Hungary

Slovakia criminalises the use of Hungarian

Illustration by David Simonds

Jul 30th 2009|BRATISLAVA

Illustration by David Simonds

This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Hovorte po slovensky!*”

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