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Not just former Soviet Republics but majority of East European countries. Many Soviet former Soviet Republics saw inter-ethnic tension not just with Russians but others too. After the end of Communism many multi-ethnic East Europeans countries could not survive as a nation. In Macedonia, the Macedonians were not ready to accept the promotion of minority Albanian language. Slovaks have issues with minority Hungarians. While Bosnia-Herzegovina has ethnicity based presidency which rotates between three ethnicities.
erm...that is not a majority
Macedonia was the case of them not letting the Albanians make an underground resistance similar to what they did in Kosovo. Albanians dream of Great Albania which would consist of the state of Albania, Kosovo and a good chunk of Macedonia where they form 40% minority if i am not mistaken. Well, at least they did in those days when NATO was their airforce.
Bosnia and Hezegovina animosity goes way back, literally centuries....hass to do with Serbian hate for Ottoman influenced Bosnians etc...and coupled with the Balkan mentality of being quick on the draw and and no compromise it was what it was. A bloody war. In came the Croats who at the time had a very "ambitious" president, Franjo Tudjman who after repeling Serbs in Croatia, wanted to achieve as much territorial gains in Bosnia for Bosnian Croats.
The rotation of the presidency and a virtual partition of the country into ethnically administered areas was the only way to stop the slaughter. It's a loose federation now, with no real common foreign/defense policy....They mostly each keep to themselves
I couldn't comment on Slovak-Hungarian issue because i don't know anything about it. But i'd imagine it has something to do with newly found power and not knowing what to do with it in the way it benefits all.
Roma people are part of Europe since centuries. their backwardness is failure of European civilization. if they are not integrated socially, European society must take the blame.
Quote of the month. Unbeliavable.... Apart from the first sentence, everything is LOL!
I believe its the benefits to the citizens that every country's government provides.
I don't understand. To provide what? They get everything.....but they reject it, or better put, they accept only the good stuff...shuning education. Elementary school is mandatory by law, not my fault they don't learn and have no interest to continue forward to middle school and maybe a decent job.