Crown tumbles after NBS comments

THE SLOVAK crown in three days fell 30 haliers against the euro, its reference currency, and fluctuated by up to one per cent after central bank governor Marián Jusko warned on April 26 that the currency's strength was not backed up by economic fundamentals, and that the bank would tighten monetary policy further if the trade and fiscal deficits did not improve.

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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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