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Slovak Presidential elections important to Prime Minister Dzurinda
Downtown Bratislava on Thursday morning, April Fool's Day. The election campaign for the President of Slovakia ended officially at 7 am. This was a smooth campaign with…
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Slovakia prepares to join the NATO alliance
Nato will formally admit seven more countries next week including Slovenia and Slovakia... It will be the biggest enlargement in the history of the North Atlantic alliance…
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Europe's future is debated in Slovakia.
Experts and human rights advocates have been gathering in Slovakia this week to consider Europe's future - and what the continent's next objective might be, after the…
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Impoverished Roma take to the streets in Slovakia
In Slovakia hundreds of Roma, have been demonstrating this week against government cuts in welfare benefits. Slovakia's centre-right government introduced the welfare cuts…
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Seeking asylum in Slovakia
Asylum seekers and how to deal with the numbers arriving in Europe continues to dominate the headlines: For example, the Dutch parliament approved controversial plans this…
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A row over subsidies to a steel maker sours Slovakia's relations with the EU
The European Commission head is in dispute with the Slovak government over 500 million dollars of subsidies to a U.S. Steel Corporation Plant - - it's a state aid row…
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What faces will represent the enlarged EU commission?
Until recently the future size of the EU's executive - the Commission - was also creating divisions. The draft constitution proposed 15 voting members of the executive and…
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Possible merger of Vienna and Bratislava airports
Vienna's International Airport is hoping to buy Bratislava airport - just 60 kilometres or so to the East in Slovakia. Slovak politicians are divided over the proposal and…
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Polishing the image of Slovakia's police force
The Slovak police force has been in the public eye in recent years - but not always for the right reasons: Its image has been damaged by a series of incidents including…
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Getting to grips with the E.U's blueprint.... or not
It's one of the biggest challenges facing the European Union: the new European Constitution. And both existing and new EU members are in Rome this weekend slugging it out…