FNM readying last pre-election sales

THE FNM state privatisation agency is wrapping up the sales of 10 state assets before elections in September, including the Istrochem chemicals firm, the ZSNP aluminum maker, Banka Slovakia and a 16 percent stake in the VSŽ steel maker.

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Twice as many Ukrainians work in Slovakia now than before the Russian invasion.


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?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

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


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