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These polls are like women’s swimsuits. They hide what we would all like to see.

These polls are like women’s swimsuits. They hide what we would all like to see.


Prime Minister Robert Fico, reacting to a poll which suggested that up to 40 percent of young people in Slovakia do not trust the Hungarian minority.


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Among the established names are some newcomers.


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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