Minorities, page 2

Slovakia is an ethnically diverse country. In the last census in 2021, 83.82 percent of the participants claimed allegiance to Slovak nationality. The biggest national minority is the Hungarian one followed by the Roma and Rusyns.

  • Hungarian minority: 422,065 (7.75 percent)

  • Roma minority: 67,179 (1.23 percent)

  • Rusyn minority: 23,746 (0.44 percent)

  • Czech minority: 28,996 (0.53 percent)

  • Ukrainian minority: 9,451 (0.17 percent)

  • German minority: 3,318 (0.06 percent)

  • Moravian minority: 1,098 (0.02 percent)

  • Polish minority: 3,771 (0.07 percent)

  • Russian minority: 3,245 (0.06 percent)

  • Bulgarian minority: 1,106 (0.02 percent)

  • Croatian minority: 967 (0.02 percent)

  • Serbian minority: 1,084 (0.02 percent)

  • Vietnamese minority: 2,793 (0.05 percent)

  • Jewish: 596 (0.01 percent)

Taras Shevchenko Primary and Grammar School in Prešov is the only school of its kind in Slovakia where the Ukrainian language is the language of instruction.

War is not on our minds, Ukrainian students in Prešov say

Prešov's Ukrainian primary and grammar school is one small family, with hassles and first loves.

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Slovak, Catholic, and ageing. But some of the 2021 census is a surprise (+graphs)

The data also revealed that almost 4 percent of inhabitants were not born in Slovakia.

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Death rate of Roma population double that of the majority during second wave

This is despite the fact that marginalised Roma communities are in general younger than the majority.

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Foreigners exposed to hate crimes can now seek help through new accredited service

The service is run by the Human Rights League organisation.

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First census results out: Slovakia has more women than men

More than 98 percent of Slovakia's permanent inhabitants have Slovak citizenship.

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Special schools for Roma children were illegal, court rules

Historic decision in favour of Roma children educated in Slovakia's special school system.

Jozef Klement is the chair of the Banská Bystrica-Zvolen Jewish religious community and the founder of the Klemo company.

Jozef Klement: Helping stamp an identity on central Slovakia's Jewish history

People must learn from Holocaust stories, says successful businessperson.

Spišská Nová Ves students are waiting for visitors to come to the Jewish cemetery in the town at the end of June 2021.

Cemetery continues telling the story of Spiš Jews

A history teacher and students saved the only Jewish monument in Spišská Nová Ves over a decade ago.

Rana Hashemi has lived in Slovakia for six years.

Elegant metalhead from Iran: People forget freedom when they moan about life in Slovakia

As a teenager, Rana Hashemi was arrested for going to a concert. While sitting in a cell, she decided to leave Iran.

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Radostina Doganova and her paintings

The water of the Danube connects me to my homeland, says Bulgarian painter living in Slovakia

Radostina Doganova recently opened a station gallery in Bratislava to connect Slovak and foreign artists.

Karailiev's grandfather at the market

Grown in Slovakia – How one man nurtured his Bulgarian vegetable-growing grandparents’ roots

Inherited passion for dance inspires foundation of local ensemble.

Oli Džupinková and her book

With her mom’s recipes, popular radio host taught Slovaks to cook Rusyn meals

Regional meals succeeded beyond community, beyond Slovakia’s borders.

Thumbelina and Ugly Duckling, soon to be read by Rusyns in their native language

An architect decided to make a book translation and collected money via crowdfunding.

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Moka pot and tomatoes. How to be an Italian in Slovakia

The most frequently asked question they have to answer is: Why on Earth would anyone choose Slovakia over Italy?

Patrizio Gravina

Being of Italian origin is like a hobby we share. It brings people together, says Slovak-Italian

I got the best of both worlds, said Patrizio who has both Slovak and Italian parents.

Ukrainian tattoo artist Olesia Paskarenko (centre) came to Slovakia when she was 17 years old.

Bratislava Castle as a tattoo is a cliché, a Ukrainian tattooist says

Many know her as Les, which means forest in Slovak. Olesia Paskarenko planned on becoming a landscape architect. Her plans changed a few years ago.

Parliament

MPs reject resolution condemning discrimination against minorities

The resolution failed to win votes even from some Sme Rodina and OĽaNO coalition MPs .

The latest Focus poll has found that 57.7 percent of Slovaks think the government should not be lenient when it comes to taking refugees in.

Show us you belong and we will accept you. Poll shows Slovaks' attitudes to foreigners

The latest Focus poll unveils how an ideal foreigner looks to Slovaks, and if Slovakia can ever become a home to foreigners.

Iranian comedian Nastaran "Nasi" Alaghmandan Motlagh is one of the faces of the fjúžn festival, which will kick off in Bratislava on September 16, 2021.
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Iranian comedian: I tried to be Slovak. It was a move in the wrong direction

In addition to reciting Sohrab Sepehri, stand-up comedian Nastaran "Nasi" Alaghmandan Motlagh speaks about the fjúžn festival and the period in her life when her family left Iran and moved to Slovakia.

Deportations were just one of the consequences of the Jewish Code.

How the Code eliminated Jews from public life

Slovakia marks 80 years since adopting the legislation that eliminated Jews from public life.

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