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LEAD: Anti-corruption groups demonstrate in Slovakia Eds: Updates with demonstration taking place [Feb 03, 2012] Bratislava (dpa) - An estimated 10,000 Slovaks chanted protests against high-level graft on Friday in the capital Bratislava, demanding that corrupt politicians be sent to jail.The weekly protest drew thousands more onto the streets in seven other cities despite biting winter cold.A web of collusion between business and politicians was uncovered by a dossier leaked to the internet in late ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Anti-corruption groups prepare to demonstrate in Slovakia [Feb 03, 2012] Bratislava (dpa) - Anti-corruption activists were set to hold a big demonstration in Slovakia later Friday against a recently exposed network of high-level graft.Despite biting cold conditions, organizers predicted 10,000 to 20,000 people would show up for this week?s rally in the capital Bratislava.It was set to take place in the late afternoon and early evening. Protests were also scheduled in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Cold snap claims lives across Europe [Feb 01, 2012] PRAGUE, BRATISLAVA, KIEV -- Several people have lost their lives in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Bulgaria due to low temperatures. At least three persons died in Czech Republic while two people died in Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

ECB's Makuch sees some recession risks: report [Jan 30, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - The euro zone could fall back into recession this year, an ECB Governing Council member said on Monday, adding the bank's non-standard measures were a significant funding and confidence boost. A surprise upturn in the euro zone's service sector this month raised hopes the region may escape recession in 2012, even though the broader economy outside Germany is still ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hitler painting fetches ?32,000 in Slovak auction [Jan 29, 2012] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - A 1913 painting by Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler sold for 32,000 euros ($42,300) in a Slovak internet auction on Sunday, the Darte auction house said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Painting by Hitler goes to auction in Slovakia [Jan 26, 2012] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - A painting by Adolf Hitler, done before he became Nazi Germany's dictator, has been put up for sale by a Slovak auctioning house, its head told AFP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Marion Bartoli left off France's Fed Cup team [Jan 25, 2012] France captain Nicolas Escude has again left Marion Bartoli off the Fed Cup team. Escude selected Alize Cornet, Pauline Parmentier, Virginie Razzano and Aravane Rezai to face Slovakia in World Group II, with Kristina Mladenovic as reserve for the Feb. 4-5 best-of-five series on indoor hard courts in Bratislava. [via YahooNews] More >>

Leading Business Intelligence on the Middle East & North Africa [Jan 24, 2012] Vienna, Jan 24, IRNA - Islamic Republic of Iran's active presence at annual Slovakia Tourism Exhibition, which has been held at permanent fairs ground of Slovakia's capital city, Bratislava, was noticeable this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovaks enjoy Hungary shopping sprees with cheap forint [Jan 24, 2012] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Slovaks, the eurozone's second poorest members, are taking advantage of the slumping rate of neighbouring Hungary's forint against the euro to go on shopping sprees in Hungarian border towns. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovaks enjoy Hungary shopping sprees with cheap forint [Jan 23, 2012] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Slovaks, the eurozone's second poorest members, are taking advantage of the slumping rate of neighbouring Hungary's forint against the euro to go on shopping sprees in Hungarian border towns. [via YahooNews] More >>

South Korean carmaker Kia boosts output at Slovak plant [Jan 18, 2012] BRATISLAVA (AFP) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors said on Tuesday that it had raised output by 10 per cent at its Slovak plant last year, assembling more than 252,000 cars on the heels of 229,500 in 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Separate Schools for Roma Challenged [Jan 17, 2012] BRATISLAVA, Jan 16 (IPS) - A school in Slovakia has defended its decision to segregate Roma children from other students after a court ruled the practice breached equal rights laws. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sheffield Wednesday the beneficiary of Nicky Weaver's go-ahead surgeon [Jan 15, 2012] Former England Under-21 goalkeeper faces old club Charlton on Saturday, with a bit of help from an unknown benefactor It is late May 2000 and brilliant sunlight streams through the windows of a five-star hotel in Bratislava. Howard Wilkinson's England Under-21s are in a gloriously warm Slovakia to contest the European Championship, with Nicky Weaver widely hailed as the country's brightest ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakian official to lead UN Economic and Social Council [Jan 11, 2012] Bratislava, Jan 11 : Slovakian ambassador Milo? Koterec was elected on Tuesday to serve as President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six principal organs of the UN and the main body tasked with coordinating work in those two fields worldwide. [via YahooNews] More >>

Volkswagen eyes Slovak SUV output capacity boost [Dec 19, 2011] BRATISLAVA : Germany 's car group Volkswagen plans to invest 50 million euros ($65.23 million) at its Slovak assembly plant to boost production capacity of Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) models by 25 percent next year, the Slovak unit said on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

EXTRA: Slovakian president remembers Havel's "distinctive" politics [Dec 18, 2011] Bratislava (dpa) - Slovakian President Ivan Gasparovic gave his condolences Sunday at the death of former Czech dissident and president Vaclav Havel."An unmistakable and respected symbol of the Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution and the new democratic Czechoslovakia has departed from us," wrote Gasparovic in a condolence note."He will remain in our memory for ever as a charismatic and humane ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Volkswagen to expand production in Slovakia [Dec 13, 2011] Bratislava (dpa) - German carmaker Volkswagen plans to invest 1.5 billion euros (2 billion dollars) over the next five years to expand production at plants in Slovakia, a spokesman for Volkswagen Slovakia said Tuesday.The daily newspaper Hospodarske noviny quoted spokesman Vladimir Michalik as saying that a new welding plant in Bratislava would be operational in the first quarter of 2012.The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak doctors reach deal [Dec 09, 2011] A doctor walks a corridor in a Bratislava hospital, Kram [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia adopts 2012 budget with 4.6% deficit [Dec 07, 2011] (BRATISLAVA ) - Slovak lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a 2012 budget with a projected deficit of 4.6 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), higher than the originally proposed deficit of 3.8 percent. [via YahooNews] More >>

Stateless in Slovakia: What if you renounce US citizenship ? [Dec 06, 2011] BRATISLAVA ? What happens when a man abandons a document that defines him ? a document that many would kill or die for? Mike Gogulski decided to find out. [via YahooNews] More >>