Strasbourg, 8 April 2019 MIN-LANG (2019) PR 1 EUROPEAN CHARTER FOR REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES Fifth periodical report presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 15 of the Charter SLOVENIA Gregorčičeva 20–25, Sl-1001 Ljubljana T: +386 1 478 1000 Fax: +386 1 478 1607 Email:
[email protected] http://www.vlada.si/ Ref. No.: 51200-2/2019/3 Date: 24 January 2019 EUROPEAN CHARTER FOR REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES FIFTH PERIODICAL REPORT TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 15 OF THE CHARTER SLOVENIA 12 DECEMBER 2018 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Part I 6 Area settled by the Italian-speaking and Hungarian-speaking communities Activities in minority protection Legislation on the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and recent amendments to regulations Clarifications to Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers on the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (document RecChL(2014)4 of 16 April 2014) Part II 8 Clarifications of Recommendation of the Committee of Experts on the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by Slovenia Article 7 Objectives and Principles Part III 42 Article 8 - Education Article 9 - Judicial authorities Article 10 - Administrative authorities and public services Article 11 - Public media Article 12 - Cultural activities and facilities Article 13 - Economic and social life Article 14 - Cross-border exchanges Annexes 83 Annex 1: The