Slovak MiG-29 vs Hun-garian Gripens? Jan Slota thinks so!

looks like that Slovak-Hun-garian ties are up in question 😮

Jan Slota, a prominant politician in Slovakia claims Hungarian military intelligence agents are in Slovakia, his words:

The latest Slota salvo, as index.hu reports, is that Hungary is preparing to launch an offensive across the Danube into southern Slovakia. He cited Hungary’s purchase of Gripen fighter jets some years ago and alleged that southern Slovakia had been flooded with Hungarian military intelligence officers, in preparation for an attack. Slota also added that too many bridges linking the countries had been built since the fall of communism, which would make a Hungarian attack that much easier,

Slovak fears over swing to right here
Written by Robert Hodgson
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Slovakia’s prime minister and president, Robert Fico and Ivan Gasparovic last week expressed concerns over the likelihood of opposition centre-right party Fidesz winning the forthcoming Hungarian general elections. “Slovakia must properly prepare for the parliamentary elections in Hungary in April being won by Fidesz, which is a party aligned to Greater Hungarian chauvinism and nationalism,” Fico said on national television on 10 January.

“Slovakia will be under heavy fire and the issue of Slovak-Hungarian relations will be extremely delicate,” he said.

The leader of the extreme right Slovak National Party ratcheted up the paranoia in an interview with the local news agency SITA last Monday. Jan Slota said it was foolish to believe that NATO and EU membership means the threat to Slovakia’s borders no longer exists, speculating about a Hungarian invasion across the rivers that separate the two countries. “This is a great mistake. Take Cyprus as an example: Turkey and Greece are both NATO members, yet they are at war and thousands have fallen. Cyprus has been split in two. So we must wake up and do something in the interests of our defence. We must build fewer bridges, as there are already enough bridges across the Danube and the Ipoly. Let’s not regret one day that there were so many,” Slota said.

One in ten Slovak citizens is ethnic Hungarian, and Fico’s government, which includes the extreme right Slovak National Party, have often been accused of playing on ethnic rivalries to score political points. Relations between Hungary and its neighbour to the north hit a new low last year with the introduction new legislation that seeks to limit the use of minority languages in Slovak public life. Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, speaking on the same television show, laid the bulk of the blame for tensions on Slovakia’s Hungarian minority, though he noted that cooperation between the EU neighbours was good in other areas

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I hope Flexy will be alright!