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"Mister Finance Minister, I would not want to sit in your chair."


Former finance minister Ivan Mikloš talking to his successor, Ján Počiatek of Smer, in connection with the new government's planned extra spending. It remains unclear how the new government wants to cover the plans, as its seems that the intended millionaire tax would only cover a fraction of the increased expenditures.


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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?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

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


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