Slovak authorities promised to take action, but they also accuse Hungarian counterparts of overreacting to these incidents,[REF] saying similar accidents do not usually get attention of government.
According to the mainstream Hungarian and Slovak media, this series of incidents was encouraged by the fact that Ján Slota's party joined the ruling coalition government or by his anti-Hungarian statements, described by the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation as ultra-nationalist,[REF][REF] made in early summer [REF].