Quote of the Week


"[President-elect Ivan] Gašparovič should have taken the initiative,"

Ján Kovarčík, vice chairman of the opposition party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, attempting

to explain why his party's boss, failed presidential candidate Vladimír Mečiar, refused to congratulate Gašparovič or shake his hand after the election results were announced.


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Stock image.

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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