2006 Slovak–Hungarian diplomatic affairs

In Bratislava, the statue of Sándor Petőfi, the popular Hungarian poet (of Slovak origin), was damaged on 24 August, which had happened many times in the past decades.

[8] After these incidents another film was uploaded to the Internet, which was made in April at a Slovak second division football match between Slovan and Dunajská Streda, showing a Kingdom of Hungary map for some seconds, then it was creased and savaged, then started hailing Jan Slota and shouted "101% anti-Hungarian", "Slovakia is the Slovak's" and several fascist slogans.

On 25 August an ethnic Hungarian female university student called Hedvig Malina was severely beaten and the statements "SK (probably means Slovakia) without parasites!

The deputy prime minister of Slovakia Dušan Čaplovič officially met with Béla Bugár to discuss the new measures against extremists and he publicly supported a SMK-sponsored declaration against the recent violent attacks.

In late August, several Slovak persons (football hooligans having held anti-Hungarian inscriptions) were sentenced to prison in Slovakia for "inciting ethnic and racial hatred".

Slovak authorities promised to take action, but they also accused Hungarian counterparts of overreacting to these incidents,[16] saying similar accidents do not usually get government attention.

[19] On 26 August Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány said there is a direct connection between the governmental role of Slota's party and the incidents.

Gyurcsány said that guaranteeing the safety of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia is the personal responsibility of Slovak PM Robert Fico who signed the coalition with Slota.