But the province's Magyars are on the whole much better integrated into Serbia than Kosovo's ethnic Albanians have been.

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In 955, King Otto I of Germany defeated the Magyars (Hungarians) at the Battle of Lechfeld, ending a threatened Magyar invasion.

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In its first serious piece of legislation, Hungary's new Fidesz centre-right government is giving the 2.5m-odd ethnic Magyars abroad the right to Hungarian passports.

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Later, posts appeared on a far-right website calling for readers to rally to the aid of their compatriots after "hundreds of Gypsies attacked a handful of Magyars".

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Wednesday's game between England and Hungary will inevitably bring to mind the historic 6-3 defeat England suffered at the hands of the legendary Ferenc Puskas and his "Magnificent Magyars" in 1953.

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The 350, 000-odd ethnic Hungarians (or Magyars), a fifth of Vojvodina's people, are a cause dear to the heart of Hungary's ruling centre-right, which came to power in last year's general election partly because it promised to do more to stand up for Magyars outside Hungary.

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