Questionnaire on Date of Day of Slovaks Living Abroad Open until End of Sept

Bratislava, 26 July (TASR) - People can join a questionnaire on a possible change in the date of the Day of Slovaks Living Abroad until the end of September, the Office for Slovaks Living Abroad (USZZ), which launched the survey in mid-June, told TASR earlier this week. "The questionnaire will be available until September 30, and we'll evaluate its results in the autumn months," Jarmila Brezinova of the USZZ state policy coordination and external communications department has told TASR. The questionnaire is being launched due to the fact that the current date, 5 July, is also the public holiday for Saints Cyril and Methodius as well as the Day of Slovaks Living in Hungary. "This limits or makes it impossible for state representatives, but also compatriots from Hungary, to participate in the celebrations of the Day of Slovaks Living Abroad," explained the office. It's therefore asked its website followers for their opinion as to whether the current date should be maintained or if a change is needed. One option mentioned in the questionnaire is to change the date to June 17, the day on which the World Congress of Slovaks was founded, but respondents can choose any other date as well. ko/df/am