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"All of a sudden, lights started falling and the walls started shaking in the Office of Government. I had to shout at Brigita Schmögnerová in a way that ill befits [a man talking to] a lady."

Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda recalling in a newly-published memoir how he dealt with resistance from his former Finance Minister to an economic 'austerity package' introduced in May 1999.


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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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