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In an attack on ethnic and religious minorities, Prime Minister Robert Fico has lashed out at Slovakia’s Hungarian community and also homosexuals claiming they are holding the country to ransom over human rights. Fico reminded those who do not share his opinions that “the state was established for Slovaks, not for minorities.”
His remarks have come at a time when a fresh controversy has erupted over the issue of dual-language signs at railway stations close to the Hungarian border.
“The prime minister is so used to having a majority (in parliament) that he has decided to flaunt his intolerance of minorities in the hope that it will mask his inability to manage the economic crisis and rising unemployment,” remarks the Bratislava daily.
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