Language ban in Slovakia

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

"Only Slovak can now be used in public offices, and in institutions like schools and hospitals."

Article says NOTHING about forcing slovakians to speak slovakian to tourists. I think English will still be fine.



Why are people so opposed? The rule was implemented to cut down government costs... They no longer will need translators when immigrants visits hospitals, they dont have to translate the government webpage to X different languages, They dont need translators on the hospitals payroll 8hospital can instead focus on spending money on curing people)...

As an added bonus it gives immigrants and minority groups a kick in the behind to learn slovakian, thus making their transition to well-working citizens so much easier. This law in general will probably help more than it hurts.

That sounds good (though Hungarian really should have been given a regional allowance at least, if it doesn't have one).

So yes, I think the slovakian government thought about it, more than people in this thread.

The way the OP was worded says that only Slovakian could be used in all public places. Most of us took that to mean outside of the home, I suppose.

And what happens when a tourist a) Has a wallet stolen

It's the East, you're probably not getting it back.