Serbia expects Croatia to enact language law

The head of a Serbian government office has warned that "the attack on the Cyrillic alphabet" was an attack on the identity and survival of Serbs in Croatia.

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Monday, 04.02.2013.

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BELGRADE The head of a Serbian government office has warned that "the attack on the Cyrillic alphabet" was an attack on the identity and survival of Serbs in Croatia. Slavka Draskovic, who heads the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region also expressed support for the Croatian government's efforts to enact its law on language and alphabet. Serbia expects Croatia to enact language law Draskovic said the Croatian parliament adopted this law which allows Serbs to use two languages in spite of the uproar this caused in Vukovar, the office said in a release. "The Republic of Croatia is a signatory of the 2003 European convention on national minority rights. Many of its provisions are not being implemented and Croatia has many unresolved issues with Serbia which it will have to settle in light of its upcoming EU accession," said Draskovic. She recalled that Serbia has regulated the rights of minorities in line with European standards - the right to use their language, alphabet, access to education and media content in their mother tongue, the protection of cultural identity, and active participation in political life at the state, provincial and local levels. "The Serb community in neighboring countries is nowhere close to this, not to speak of reciprocity. In Croatia, Serbs have national minority status, but do not enjoy the rights entailed in this status," said Draskovic. According to official data, over a third of Vukovar's population are Serbs, which obligates the state to allow Serbian language and alphabet in official usage. Right-wing organizations protested last weekend, calling for a decade-long moratorium on the law. Tanjug

Serbia expects Croatia to enact language law

Drašković said the Croatian parliament adopted this law which allows Serbs to use two languages in spite of the uproar this caused in Vukovar, the office said in a release.

"The Republic of Croatia is a signatory of the 2003 European convention on national minority rights. Many of its provisions are not being implemented and Croatia has many unresolved issues with Serbia which it will have to settle in light of its upcoming EU accession," said Drašković.

She recalled that Serbia has regulated the rights of minorities in line with European standards - the right to use their language, alphabet, access to education and media content in their mother tongue, the protection of cultural identity, and active participation in political life at the state, provincial and local levels.

"The Serb community in neighboring countries is nowhere close to this, not to speak of reciprocity. In Croatia, Serbs have national minority status, but do not enjoy the rights entailed in this status," said Drašković.

According to official data, over a third of Vukovar's population are Serbs, which obligates the state to allow Serbian language and alphabet in official usage.

Right-wing organizations protested last weekend, calling for a decade-long moratorium on the law.

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