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"I must set the record straight concerning the rumours and misrepresentations circulated here on 5 September by Hungarian MEPs as part of an anti-Slovak campaign. They alleged that a woman had been mugged in Slovakia for speaking Hungarian while making a phone call. However, an inquiry has concluded that no such thing happened. The allegations about derogatory slogans being chanted at sports events were also built on shaky ground, as the slogan ‘Death to Hungarians’ had been put up as a provocation by an individual of ethnic Hungarian origin. The accusations about losses sustained by 800 000 Roma were not true either, and the number quoted was overstated tenfold.
I resolutely deny the allegations that the government of the Slovak Republic supports the suppression of ethnic minority rights, as the facts show the very opposite. To put it bluntly, this is a typical case of setting a thief to catch a thief. Sadly, the anti-Czechoslovak exhibition staged in Brussels by Hungarian MEPs also misrepresented the facts. This is a shame."@en1
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