ONCE you fasten one button on your vest incorrectly, then your whole vest is obviously buttoned-up wrong, said Rudolf Chmel, the Deputy Prime Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, in describing the tensions that have surrounded Slovakia’s State Language Act. His office began officially working with stronger powers on November 1 and among its first legislative initiatives is an amendment to the law on minority languages which was presented for public discussion shortly before the end of 2010. Read more...