Anca Dragu

For more than a year now Slovak authorities have been trying to acquire some 50 hectares of land on which the Korean carmaker Hyundai/Kia will build a factory. But small…

At the end of the month, the whole of Europe will be watching France, where a crucial referendum will be taking place to ratify the European Union constitution. But while…

In Bratislava, the leader of an ethnic Hungarian coalition has asked both the Slovak and Hungarian Parliaments to apologize to each other for their persecution of ethnic…

European Union leaders recently loosened up their budget deficit rules. The EU's Growth and Stability Pact has been modified to make it easier for countries with excessive…

The problems of the bankrupt Russian oil giant Yukos are creating headaches for some of Central Europe's energy companies. Yukos had stakes in a number of oil companies in…

George Bush came and went. Slovaks are happy that viewers of international TV networks finally got to hear about Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Although, one big…

The European Commission has told Slovakia it must lower its carbon dioxide emissions by 14 percent. This is required under the Kyoto protocol. But if Slovakia complies it…

An international arbitration court in Washington has ruled that Slovakia must pay 617 million euros to the Czech bank - CSOB. The case dates back to the early nineties and…

Slovakia has marked the 15th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution by becoming the first former communist country to post the complete archive of the communist secret…

The First of November was a state holiday in Slovakia. People went to cemeteries to light a candle and say a prayer for their loved ones who past away. In that solemn…