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Slovakia: November 17 1989 hailed in art, culture

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

November 17 is a vital date in Slovak history, as on this day in 1989, the fall of communism started

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Slovakia faces gas supplies halved

October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 Beata Balogova and Jana Liptokova of The Slovak Spectator energy, Russia, Slovakia

A fifty per cent drop in Russian natural gas deliveries on October 1 put the Slovakian government on alert with Prime

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At UN, Central and Eastern European leaders warn against ‘new status quo’ of instability

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, floods, Slovakia, Ukraine

Slovakia’s president Andrej Kiska has warned world leaders against “a new status quo” where instability, poverty, violence and hatred are

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European elections 2014: results across Central and Eastern Europe

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, European elections 2014, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Twelve European Union member states in Central and Eastern Europe voted in European Parliament elections between May 23 and May

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European elections 2014: Slovakia – apathy wins?

May 15, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Slovakia

In the 2009 European Parliament elections, Slovakia – then in its fifth year as an EU member – set a

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Ukraine inks memorandum with Slovakia for 8 billion cubic metres of gas

April 29, 2014May 2, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

In a bid to further wean itself off Russian gas dependency, Ukraine on April 28 signed a memorandum with Slovakia

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Slovakia: Reverse gas flow deal still unsigned

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator energy, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

The Slovak government says it is ready to help Ukraine with natural gas supplies, but an agreement between the two

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Slovakia: Smer ponders post–election direction

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Heads may roll in Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico’s cabinet in the wake of his presidential election loss to philanthropist

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Fico’s presidential Waterloo

March 30, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico will have to swallow a bitter political pill in the next few days after he

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