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Komarno in Slovakia: several anti-Hungarian incidents have sparked tensions across the Slovak-Hungarian border (Photo: European Commission)

Pressure mounts on Slovakia over anti-Hungarian incidents

Slovakia is facing harsh criticism from its southern neighbour, as the country shows new signs of anti-Hungarian sentiment.

The criticism has been triggered by Friday's (25 August) attack on a 23-year-old ethnic-Hungarian woman, who was robbed, beaten up and whose T-shirt was marked with the nationalist slogan "Hungarians, return to behind the Danube."

The next day, police arrested three men bringing an 11-metre long banner with "death to the Hungarians!" written on it to a socc...

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Komarno in Slovakia: several anti-Hungarian incidents have sparked tensions across the Slovak-Hungarian border (Photo: European Commission)

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