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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9978
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/multilingualism

Commissioner Orban deplores linguistic tensions between Hungary and Slovakia

Brussels, 16/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 14 September, European Multilingualism Commissioner Leonard Orban held separate talks with the foreign ministers of Hungary Péter Balázs and Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak against a background of linguistic conflict between the two countries. In the meetings, the commissioner restated the European Union's commitment to fundamental rights, including those of national minorities and, therefore, the languages spoken by these minorities. Noting the...

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