Representatives of the Hungarian minority had long warned that confiscations were restarting, but their concerns were dismissed as efforts to “reopen history.” When the opposition recently highlighted the issue, the government responded with aggressive rhetoric and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Cabinet declared the decrees “untouchable,” framing criticism as an attack on Slovak sovereignty.
Letter to the editor: Slovakia's using wartime decrees to take land
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The collision was likely caused by human error, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday, as he rejected the resignation of Transport Minister Jozef Raz over the second such incident in a month.
Train collision in Slovakia leaves 13 hospitalized as prime minister says human error likely cause
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