“We are destined to become an educated nation in order not to remain only a region of cheap labour.”
President Ivan Gašparovič during a ceremony granting state awards to Slovakia’s significant public figures.
13. Jan 2014 at 0:00
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“We are destined to become an educated nation in order not to remain only a region of cheap labour.”
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