71.   Among the signatories were Romania and Slovakia, which both have large ehtnic Hungarian minorities.

72.   Beyond its strong ethnic Hungarian minority, the town also has significant ethnic Serb and German communities.

73.   Beyond its strong Hungarian minority, the town also has significant ethnic Serb and German communities.

74.   But the State Department has in the past pointed to reports of discrimination against the large Hungarian minority in southern Slovakia, the Roma and Jews.

75.   Ethnic Hungarian groups welcomed Wednesday new legislation granting special rights to Hungarian minorities in neighbouring states, one week after the law took effect.

76.   The treaty between Hungary and Slovakia aims to seal recognition of the inviolability of the common border and set down guarantees for the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.

77.   The two parties also share platforms on the question of the Hungarian minorities in neighbouring Slovakia, Romania, ex-Yugoslavia and Ukraine.

78.   The UDMR is the main Hungarian minority party in Romania.

79.   The two countries have been unable to agree on Hungarian minority rights in Romania.

80.   It mandates use of Slovak in all government documents, including those dealing with the Hungarian minority.