Katarina Richterova
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Linguistic barriers hold up Slovakia's march towards EU enlargement
The 11 official languages of the European Union already make for quite a mouthful, but when a fresh batch of member states joins in May - not only the official EU…
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Building borders, opening borders...
Just over 11 years ago, on December 31 1992, At midnight on December 31 1992, the Czechoslovak federation was formally dissolved and two independent states - the Czech…
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Foreigner tourists sometimes pay double in Slovakia
For many West European tourists the countries of Central and Eastern Europe seem relatively cheap - especially when it comes to eating out. What many don't know is that it…
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Building borders, opening borders...
At midnight on December 31 1992, the Czechoslovak federation was formally dissolved and two independent states - the Czech Republic and Slovakia - came into being…
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Slovakia campaigns to halt smoking-related diseases
Slovakia has one of the lowest cancer survival rates in Europe and 23 000 new cases of cancer are registered every year in Slovakia. This number is predicted to increase…
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Slovakia combats corruption
It's now less than one year before Slovakia, along with nine other candidate countries, joins the European Union. But before it does so, the EU says Slovakia has to curb…
