Minorities, page 4
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)
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Ethnic Hungarians should not be divided into good and bad
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Slovakia’s ethnic Hungarian minority has a reputation for political moderation. As an election looms and Viktor Orbán ramps up his influence from across the border, is that about to change?
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Otherness can be smaller than we think, the photo project of Tomáš Halász and the Milan Šimečka Foundation shows.
Slovak teenagers would reject political extremist neighbours, says survey
One fifth of Slovak teenagers think Roma are doing better than majority.
Family from Trnava deserves a deep apology
Church and State silently tolerate the separation of Roma children from the majority in schools and churches.
The ban on singing national anthems may be cancelled
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Vietnamese bistros in Slovakia. What are they all about?
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People representing old and new minorities shared their experiences with their changing identities and life with the majority.
More reasons to stay
Excluding people doesn’t just affect those who choose to leave.
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The traditional week offers exhibitions, theatre, music, ballet, gastronomy, a Visegrad Four symposium, and more.
The biggest survey showed the lives of LGBT people
They are mostly liberals but a third of them consider themselves to be Catholics.
Festival aims to build trust between foreigners and natives
After having shifted the attention to new minorities appearing in Slovakia, the 13th year of the “multicultural festival focusing on minorities”, fjúžn, aims to boost mutual trust.
The fight against discrimination of minorities fails
A recent survey confirms the intolerance towards various groups across the EU.
Rainbow flags flew in Bratislava last weekend
The LGBTI Pride march took place in the capital along with the “Proud about Family” event that opposed it.
LGBTI people in the regions: We change people’s minds
Bratislava will dress up in rainbow colours this August again, for the seventh time. This will be for the Bratislava Dúhový Pride diversity festival. But the colours of the rainbow are less bright in the regions, far away from the anonymous environment of the capital.
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