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20 hrs ago | Slovak Spectator

2pm: Ultra-right group gathers in central Slovakia but no trouble reported

Around 100 supporters of ultra-right organisation Slovenska Pospolitost gathered in the town of Jelsava in Banska Bystrica region on Saturday, February 6, with around 200 locals joining them later in what Pospolitost claims was a protest against the government's inability to secure a decent life for decent people in Slovakia, the TASR wrote.

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Related Topix: World News,

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Viet Nam News

Diplomatic ties reach six decades

President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday sent messages of greetings to the presidents of Slovakia, Ivan Gasparovic; the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus; and Hungary, Solyom Laszlo, on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Viet Nam.

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Related Topix: Nguyen Minh Triet, Europe, World News, Czech Republic, Nguyen Tan Dung

Sat Feb 06, 2010

PR-inside.com

'Snapshots Slovak Republic Beer 2009' now available at Fast Market Research

The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Slovakian beer market and covers low alcohol, strong alcohol and non alcohol beers.

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Related Topix: Europe, Beer, World News, Drink, 9

Fri Feb 05, 2010

Slovak Spectator

10am: Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs visits Slovakia

Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajcak, met with Zhang Zhijun, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China during his visit to Bratislava on February 4, the TASR newswire reported.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, China, Asia,

Thu Feb 04, 2010

Malaysian National News Agency

Harimau Muda Off To Bratislava, Slovakia On Feb 19

The Harimau Muda squad, the back-up squad to the national team, will be leaving for Bratislava, Slovakia on Feb 19, one week before the second tier of Slovakian National League kicks off.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia,

Wed Feb 03, 2010

Reuters

Fico favorite as Slovakia sets June 12 poll

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's chances of winning a June 12 general election rose on Monday when his main rival, center-right ex-premier Mikulas Dzurinda, pulled out over accusations of money laundering.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Europe, World News, Robert Fico, Canada

Tue Feb 02, 2010

Global Voices Online

Hungary, Slovakia: Open Borders, Assimilation, Nationalism

Hungarian Spectrum writes about nationalism, assimilation, open borders, Hungary's minorities and the Hungarian diaspora in the neighboring countries.

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Related Topix: World News, Blog News

Mon Feb 01, 2010

Slovak Spectator

Doing business in Slovakia

Steve Forbes once called Slovakia "the next Ireland, Switzerland or Hong Kong" and the World Bank decorated the country with the badge of the world's most successful reformer: But these happened before 2006.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Robert Fico

Slovak Spectator

2pm: New American Ambassador to Slovakia nominated by President Obama

US President Barack Obama announced on January 20 that he was nominating Theodor Sedgwick to become the country's new Ambassador to Slovakia, the TASR newswire was informed by the press attache of the US Embassy in Slovakia, Chase Beamer.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Ivan Gasparovic

Sun Jan 31, 2010

Slovak Spectator

10am: Three Guant namo detainees arrive in Slovakia

Three detainees from the US facility in Guantanamo Bay Cuba arrived in Slovakia early Monday morning, January 25, the spokesman for the Police Corps Presidium, Martin Korch, told the TASR newswire later in the day.

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Related Topix: World News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Sat Jan 30, 2010

Slovak Spectator

Slovakia to take three Guant namo detainees

THREE prisoners from the controversial US detention centre at GuantA namo Bay will be resettled in Slovakia this year following an agreement reached between the Slovak and US governments.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Robert Fico

Fri Jan 29, 2010

Viet Nam News

Slovakia, Viet Nam trade turnover expected to rise

Viet Nam and Slovakia have agreed that trade and investment co-operation between the two countries was still modest compared with their full potential and the ties should be strengthened in the coming time.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Vietnamese-American, Asian-American

Thu Jan 28, 2010

Slovak Spectator

10am: Ethnic tensions, especially Roma issue, seen as most serious social conflict in Slovakia

Slovaks regard ethnic tensions as more powerful than other kinds of social conflict in Slovakia, according to the International Social Survey Programme 2009-2010 carried out by the sociology department of the Slovak Academy of Sciences .

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Related Topix: Europe, World News,

Wed Jan 27, 2010

Slovak Spectator

2pm: Fair-Play Alliance wins lawsuit against Slovakia's prosecutor's office

Slovakia's General Prosecutor's Office will have to provide access to its decision that halted criminal prosecution in the case of alleged false donors to the centre-right Slovak Democratic and Christian Union party to the election watchdog Fair-Play Alliance, the SITA newswire reported.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Slovak Spectator

10am: Slovakia's third PPP highway contract to be signed in mid-February

Transportation Minister Lubomir Vazny is to sign a contract involving the third package of a public private partnership project for motorway construction and the deal will be closed by February 16, the Slovak government decided on January 21, the TASR newswire wrote.

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Mon Jan 25, 2010

RTE.ie

Slovakian man jailed for manslaughter

A Slovakian father-of-two has been sentenced to seven years in prison for killing his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News,

WFAT-FM Portage

Government sends three Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia

Three detainees held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent to Slovakia, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday, the latest transfers as the Obama administration tries to close the facility.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, US Military Prisons, Cuba, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison,

Sat Jan 23, 2010

Slovak Spectator

1pm: Technical problems 'only reason' for diverted flight, says Air Slovakia

Air Slovakia has told The Slovak Spectator that technical problems were the only reason that one of its aeroplanes was diverted to Bratislava on Sunday, January 17.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Albania, Italy,

Fri Jan 22, 2010

Football365

Sodje Set for Slovakia Move

Barnsley striker Onome Sodje is poised to complete a permanant move to Slovakian side FC Senica after failing to make an impact at the club.

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Related Topix: World News,

Inter Press Service

MEDIA: Slovakia Tightens the Gag

BRATISLAVA, Jan 22, 2010 - Fears are growing for media freedom in Slovakia amid warnings that the country's public television station has become a propaganda tool for the government ahead of elections this year.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Journalism, Robert Fico, Ivan Gasparovic

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