The Danish presidency of the European Union appealed to Slovakia to strengthen its fight against corruption, as well as to improve the position of the judiciary and continue with economic reforms.
Meanwhile, European Commissioner for Enlargement Gunter Verheugen called on Slovakia and Hungary to redouble efforts to find a deal on a 2001 Budapest law giving ethnic Hungarians advantages in neighbouring countries.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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