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CUSTOMERS can now choose landline and Internet providers. photo: TASR SLOVAK Telecom joins the ranks of the big Slovak firms penalized for allegedly abusing its monopoly position.

Six prize winning students from Enniskillen Campus, have had the trip of a life time to Austria and the Slovak Republic.

Cachtice Castle in Western Slovakia is the picture of serenity. Children frolic among the burned-out ruins.

THERE was no trouble at a gathering to commemorate the 66th founding of the first Slovak Republic on March 14, 1939.

The Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader arrived for an official visit to Slovakia on Friday.

Two Czechs accused of burning American flags during U.S. President George Bush s speech in Bratislava have been banned from Slovakia for 10 years.

PUPILS at the IB school will be accepted solely on merit. photo: TASR IF EVERYTHING goes according to plan, the Slovak state will establish a new English-language international school in Bratislava.

CLASSICAL MUSIC: St Matthew Passion - More than one hundred singers and musicians from seven countries perform the masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach within the Bach festival.

A two-day seminar titled 'Transfer of experiences in preparations for NATO membership' in organization of the Slovakian Defense Ministry and the British Defense Ministry commenced on Monday in Bratislava.

THE CABINET approved a proposal calling for a Samsung production, logistics, service and development centre near Galanta to be designated a significant investment.

These and other headlines in Spanish newspapers greeted defending Davis Cup champion Spain on Sunday after it lost to underdog Slovakia.

Bratislava - John McEnroe once said Miloslav Mecir was a thinking man's tennis player, one who didn't look like an athlete and who used his brain as much as his racket.

MANY new office buildings in Bratislava have an occupancy rate of just 60 percent or even less.

Kalvitis and Slovakian president agrees on necessity economic cooperation RIGA, March 3 - Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic, during their meeting today, agreed on boosting ...

The number of asylum seekers in the world's 38 industrialised countries in 2004 fell to its lowest level in 16 years - but for several of the EU's new member-states the figures rose sharply.

The photo was taken on February 23, 1945 by Associated Press snapper Joe Rosenthal and is one of the most famous American photos from the war.

Iran and Russia ignored U.S. objections and signed a nuclear fuel agreement Sunday that is key to bringing Tehran's first reactor online by mid-2006. The long-delayed deal, signed at the heavily guarded Bushehr ...

For many years, Catholic schoolchildren learned to offer up their daily sacrifices to God.

TIME is not on Smer boss Robert Fico's side. Once his potential voters start feeling the positive impacts of the reforms that the Mikulas Dzurinda government has implemented, he will have nothing to offer.

Bombings have killed two American soldiers in Iraq today and wounded two others.

Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos urged the central bank to resume interest rate cuts as inflation slows and backed the bank s koruna sales to weaken a currency whose appreciation against the euro threatens ...

Drama by Mike Nichols. German-born producer/director Mike Nich-ols has been making movies about troubled sexual relationships among the young and old for decades .

EuroTel Bratislava, a leading Slovakian wireless operator, has selected Nortel to upgrade its existing packet core network with a new General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) solution that can enable new multimedia ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet in Ankara on February 5 to discuss preparations for the Russian-U.S. summit in Slovakia's Bratislava on February 24, ...

VLACHOVA's glittering planets from recycled plastic. photo: Courtesy of Silvia Vlachova BULGARIA is known for its remarkable and controversial artists.

Changes are needed if Hungary is to continue to compete with its neighbors in attracting car manufacturing investments, according to analysts and industry insiders.

AGREEMENT ON VANADZOR CHEMICAL COMPLEX'S PUTTING INTO OPERATION TO BE SIGNED IN JANUARY BRATISLAVA, December 30 (Noyan Tapan). The negotiations on the sale of the Vanadzor Chemical Complex to the Slovakian ...

SLOVAKIA's most famous football club, Slovan Bratislava, has a new owner. Finance company Slavia Capital (SC) has bought the company that manages the team's transactions.

Traian Basescu takes over as President of Romania Monday, kicking off a new era in the country's politics that should, if all goes well, end in membership of the European Union by 2007 or 2008 at the latest.

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah's development efforts received a boost Saturday with the signing of an agreement on co-operation between business chambers of both the State and Slovak Republic.

SLOVAKIA is interested in improving its trade balance with India by diversifying exports and extending India's business activities in the country.

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Relentless gale-force winds are making life miserable for Austrians, and as if two weeks of accidents, property damage and bad hair days haven't been enough, forecasters say more is on the way.