Slovakia News

IBM announced that it has been selected by Slovak Telekom to build a new data centre in Bratislava, Slovakia.

The European Union adopted a new strategy last week recommending steps to improve situation in Afghanistan through non-military means.

An official says a swine flu victim has died in Slovakia, becoming the nation's first known fatality from the illness.

From : Mihran Keheyian Date : Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:58:13 +0400 EXHIBITION OF SERGEI PARAJANOV'S WORKS OPENS IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC Noyan Tapan Nov 4, 2009 BRATISLAVA, NOVEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN.

Reports brought by TV JOJ on November 4 that a one-year-old boy from Bratislava had died from A flu are not true, Health Ministry spokesperson Zuzana Cizmarikova told the TASR newswire on November 5. "We'll provide more information at a press briefing," said Cizmarikova.

IBM will support Slovak Telekom, one of Slovakia's largest telco providers, in ensuring that the new facility benefits from the latest green technologies for power and cooling.

Date : Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:48:34 +0400 SLOVAKIA REJECTS CHANGE OF RULES IN TURKEY-EU MEMBERSHIP TALKS Today's Zaman Nov 4 2009 Turkey While extending Slovakia's full support for Turkey's bid to become a full member of the European Union, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has cautioned that changing preconditions set for accession to the bloc ...

The European Commission on Wednesday approved plans by Czech power group CEZ Bohunice and the Slovakian energy company JAVYS to build and operate a nuclear power plant in Slovakia.. After a thorough analysis of the threat on the market a joint venture could pose, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective ...

While Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic backed Turkey's full-fledged EU membership during his talks with Turkish head of state Abdullah Gul on November 2, the opposition Christian Democratic Movement has expressed a different opinion, the SITA newswire wrote.

Despite high local demand for new housing, Slovakia real estate prices continue to fall due to the impact of the global recession.

BRATISLAVA\PRAGUE, Nov. 2 -- Slovakia will close the pedestrian crossings in Velke Slemence and Ubla on the border with Ukraine starting Tuesday Slovakian Interior Minister Robert Kalinak announced Monday.

A row of empty shoes where Jews were shot dead on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest.

"Slovakia signal support for Turkey's EU membership bid Europe News Nov 2, 2009, 12:38 GMT Bratislava - Slovakia supports Turkey's membership bid for the European Union and thinks the country is on track to fulfilling accession criteria, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said Monday." More: Slovakia signal support for Turkey's EU membership bid - ...

A SCANDAL over the alleged buying of diplomas at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen in the Czech Republic, in which some students reportedly received an academic degree - over the summer' and hundreds of theses are missing from the university archives, has shaken up more than just the academic community in that country.

The appointment of a new environment minister, Jozef Medved, does not mean the scandal over the sale of Slovakia's excess carbon dioxide emissions quotas is over, Slovak Democratic and Christian Union MP Pavol Freso said on October 28.

On October 29, Construction and Regional Development Minister Igor Stefanov survived a third no-confidence vote, the SITA newswire reported.

One of the more curious aspects of Radio Prague in the early 1990s was that the station's name kept changing.

Slovakia will not insist on the same opt-out from the EU charter of rights as the Czech Republic wants to gain, but it wants the EU countries to state at the EU summit opening today that there is no need to be afraid of the breaking of the Benes decrees, Slovak PM Robert Fico said.

After initially claiming it would seek an exemption from part of the European Union's reform Lisbon Treaty, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico now says such an exemption could restrict Slovaks' rights.

Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.