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The article is concerned with organization of institutional base of minority policy in the Slovak republic. It is possible to allege that considerable care of these institutions was given to the theme of Slovakian Hungarians. Primarily official institutions came out from dominant position of Slovak nation in the Slovak Republic, from which they deduced their activities to national minorities. The contribution deals with activities of president - his meetings with Hungarian partner, activities of public defender of rights, activities of vice-prime minister for knowledge society, European affairs, people rights and minorities including activities of the Government board for national minorities and ethnical groups and activities the most important ministries, which are interested in the theme of minority issue (ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of education and ministry of culture).
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Consolidation of national character of state, retrograde of social atmosphere in relation to Hungarian minority continued in 2008. Henceforth the government activity was based on established legislative and international norms in area of national relationships, together with strengthening of patriotism policy and as well as consolidation of aspects which made conditions for improvement of knowledge of Slovak language at members of Hungarian minority. Negotiations between government and The National Council of Slovak Republic were relatively often devoted to the national theme. The outcome of these negotiations was production of some schemes which reforms this subject-matter, which pertained to status of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. In 2008 these laws were approved: school law, law on name and surname, law on geographical names, law on organization of sports undertaking. In the same year discussion on the state language and law on municipal establishment were began. Discussion was done as well on criminal law and it was brought forward question on protection of republic. It was also argued about on all mentioned norms and their proposals with context of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.
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Based on the decision of the Czechoslovak government, on the 1st April 1959 the memorandum establishing the national company Východoslovenské železiarne – East Slovakian Ironworks – was signed. On the 4th January 1960, the construction of the metallurgical plant started in the administrative area of the villages Šaca, Veľká Ida, Sokoľany, Haniska and Bočiar. The city became a centre of heavy industry and - due to the open positions - also a target of internal migration. The East Slovakian Ironworks changed the image and the character of Košice. This study aims to research the relationship of the demographic and economic phenomena in Košice during the construction of the East Slovakian Ironworks and in the following period, during the era of socialism. This paper, researching the connection of population and economics, is separated into two parts. The first part of the study deals with the impact of the economy on migration, while the other deals with the population structure. This first part of the study focuses on migration of the population of the city during the erection and operation of the East Slovakian Ironworks from 1960 to 1989. In addition to migration, this introductory part of the study presents also the main characteristics of socialist industrialisation, as well as the basic information concerning the reasons of constructing the plant in Košice. The present study presents also a number of research issues concerning the historic demography of the city of Košice in the period of socialism, requiring deeper analysis. Unfortunately, the historical demographic developments of the population of the city, occurring during the second half of the 20th century (similarly to the other eras) have not been sufficiently processed yet. The existing scientific publications mostly deal only with Slovakia as a whole, or, eventually, with other regions (Tišliar P.; Šprocha B.; Bleha B., Vaňo B.; Matlovič R., Mládek J.) while focusing on a part of the problem, such as a specific decade, a census, a selected element of the population structure, or some economic or political factors influencing population demography. Serious works concerning the population of the city have been published; however, from a geographer's point of view. After the World War II, Slovakia was one of the undeveloped agricultural regions with high hidden unemployment and lack of jobs in the industry and in the other sectors of the economy. Industrialisation, as performed in Slovakia, rooted in the Soviet model, thus socialist development focused primarily on heavy industry (such as metallurgy, production of arms, machinery). The development of heavy industry was supported also by the Slovak politicians and national economy experts, who requested the establishment of multiple works of this kind, claiming that these would provide opportunities for work and a base for the processing industry.
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The Hungarian minority in Slovakia and its representation play a significant role in the social and political life of Slovakia. Since 1989 the relationship toward this minority from the perspective of the governmental policy has become a barometer of pro-Europeanism and often even pro-democracy of the governmental groups. This is a result of the importance of the issue of national minorities within European communities and the European Union policy. In 2007 the Slovak government confirmed the status quo in the position of national minorities. Organisational changes in civil service dealing with national minorities were brought to the end. In the spirit of this program declaration, a process of strengthening position of the Slovak language began in national education, culture and through support of national powers in Slovakia - mainly in its southern part. The governmental policy of the year 2007 was in the sign of nationalism, but also an evocation of historical issues. The SMK (Slovak-Hungarian Coalition) freed from coalition obligations and with a new leadership, raised issues which it failed to solve previously. One of the issues, the compensation of Hungarians and Germans connected to Benes decrees and orders of the Slovak National Council, together with the draft of declaration on the reconciliation, invoke historical topics, the character of which was determined by politicians and journalists. The result was the adoption of a problematic resolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the untouchability of the post-war legislation, which declared the untouchability of acts long since modified. In spite of positive meetings between the Slovak and Hungarian Prime-Ministers, further development brought sharpening of Slovak-Hungarian interstate and intra-state relationships.
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The study examines how the labour force participation rate of the female population of Košice has evolved and what new opportunities urbanisation and the economic development of the city have brought. In terms of time, it focuses on the period of dualism, especially the years 1881 – 1910. By the end of the 19th century, the developing industry offered jobs with a feminine character (e.g. in textile or food production). Women’s interest in these jobs grew, and with it, therefore, came an increasing number of women working in the industry. In addition to particular branches of industry that did not require higher education, intellectual work, or the liberal professions, which appealed especially to women from burgher’s families, also became the focus of women’s interest. Women with no family commitments, i.e. single women, or those who were forced to do so by their current family and social circumstances (divorced or widowed women), were the main entrants into the workforce. Economic development has influenced society’s attitude to the issue of women’s work and, as a result, it has gradually become more acceptable to society, as has been the case with girls‘ and women’s education.
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