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The Forum Minority Research Institute 303

consists of an ethnographic library, a general Hungarian ethnographic database and the Archives of Sacred Memorials.

Research centres of the Institute:

1. Centre for Interethnic Researches

Almost 15 percent of all inhabitants of Slovakia belong to national and ethnic minorities. In spite of this fact there is no institution providing complex research on these minorities.

According to the questionnaires used in the official census in 2001 there are 11 national and ethnic minorities in Slovakia. The most populous of them are the Hungarians and the Roma. The position of the Ukrainians, Ruthenians, Germans, Jews, Czechs, Moravians, Croatians and Poles is also significant from the cultural point of view. A new research area in this field is constituted by the immigrant minorities.

The research activities of the Centre for Interethnic Researches concentrates on minority research in general and on the research of smaller ethnic and national minorities in Slovakia. The programmes of the Centre aim the research of topics such as theoretical background of ethnic and national minorities in modern states, legal context of ethnic and national minority rights, interethnic relations and national and ethnic minorities and security policy.

2. Centre for Social Research and Documentation of Hungarians in Slovakia

According to figures of the last census returns released on 26 April 2001, there are 520,528 ethnic Hungarians living in South Slovakia; this accounts for 9.7 percent of Slovakia’s population.

Priority in the Centre for Social Research and Documentation of Hungarians in Slovakia in the years 2000- 2005 is given to the research of Hungarians in Slovakia in the years 1990-2005. The outcomes of the research will be pub-