The shop, on the city's main street, opened in 1952. After the fall of communism it was taken over by the Madách-Posonium chain. The shop note only sold boos, but also served as a place where the Hungarians of Kosice could meet to talk. It promoted Hungarian events, distributed brochures and served as a depository for people's old Hungarian books.
The shop's owner was to have kept it open until 2010, but financial difficulties as well as a downturn for Hungarian cultural institutions in Slovakia caused the company to decide otherwise.
"The Madách-Posonium has taken such a decision when the status of the Kosice correspondent for the Hungarian broadcast of Slovak Radio is in danger, and when the Thália Theatre is threatened with closure," according to the statement about the shop's closure.
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