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"Slota and company litter on Slovakia’s doorstep while Mrs Belousovová slams members of the European Parliament for being unable to clean up the dirt."

"Slota and company litter on Slovakia’s doorstep while Mrs Belousovová slams members of the European Parliament for being unable to clean up the dirt."


MEP Sergej Kozlík, of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), criticising the leaders of the Slovak National Party, which like the HZDS is a member of the governing coalition.


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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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