PM weighs Russian debt sell-off

Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda has said Slovakia may sell the Sk57 billion ($1.2 billion) in Soviet-era debt it is owed by Russia, something the Czechs did in early October. Earlier this year Russia offered to pay Slovakia Sk11 billion immediately rather than the full amount over many years.

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Janka, a blogger, during the inauguration of the first flight to Athens with Aegean Airlines at the airport in Bratislava on September 14, 2023.

A Czech rail operator connects Prague and Ukraine, Dominika Cibulková endorses Pellegrini, and Bratislava events.


Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


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Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


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