A kétnyelvűség gyakorlata az elektronikus kommunikációban a felvidéki önkormányzatok esetében
The Limits of Bilingual Communication the Web Pages of Local Public Administration in Slovakia: According to the Assessment of the “Pro Civis” Civic Association

Summary/Abstract: The report reviews the status and extent of Hungarian language use in Slovakia’s municipalities based on the content of their official websites. The review compares the promises of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak legal system concerning minority language use. Based on these it examines the mentioned websites, checking, if they are available in a Hungarian version, and if they meet the requirements for publishing materials and information in the minority language. The review focus on the following: basic information, information of public utility, application forms, municipal orders, reports and resolutions, and other documents of public administration. The examination was performed on all concerned websites and based on the proportion of Hungarians in the given municipality relative to the main information groups mentioned. The review concludes that although the majority of the municipalities maintain an official homepage, not even half of them in Hungarian populated areas have information available in the Hungarian language. The Hungarian versions contain only the basic information, more specialized information, required for administrative acts reports and resolutions are available only on a handful of websites out of the 490 total examined in 2016.

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