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Milorad Mircic, a senior member of the Serbian Radical Party, stated March 18 that should Hungary recognize Kosovar independence, then extremists in Serbia’s Vojvodina could attempt “to instigate tensions in an attempt to internationalize the crisis,” local TV2 reported from the provincial capital of Novi Sad. Mircic’s fear is that local minorities — Vojvodina is a mix of Serbs, Croats, Slovaks and Hungarians — or foreign agents may try to stir up trouble as a pretext for splitting Vojvodina off from Serbia, as occurred in Kosovo. Hungary is expected to recognize Kosovar independence March 18.
The Radicals’ primary concern will be the Hungarians. There are roughly 3 million Hungarians beyond the borders of modern Hungary as there are within. While they do not comprise a majority of the population in Vojvodina, they do constitute the single largest minority, particularly in the northern reaches of the province.
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