Slovakia's Language Law

The Slovakian broadcasting council has fined Slovakian television for broadcasting a film with the Czech puppets Speijbl and Hurvinek in the Czech language. The official state language law stipulates that films for children up to 12 years of age must be dubbed in Slovakian. Ondrej Dostal is appauled: "The Language Law dates from the times of nationalist fervour under head of government Vladimir Meciar when the aim was to show national minorities, namely the Hungarians, who was the boss. It's completely absurd to fine a TV station for broadcasting classic Czech fairytales in the Czech language at a time when every child in Slovakia understands Czech and when there's a large selection of children's programmes in the Czech language."

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