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In Slovakia, pubic goes public [Jan 30, 2012] Hardware store billboard in Slovakia encouraging ?bikini line grooming? enrages local women. Sort of. Iva Roze Skoch Across Eastern Europe, it?s hardly shocking to see ads with female nude torsos promoting anything from beer to motor oil. Still, when I was driving through Slovakia recently this billboard struck me. It didn?t show breasts, so I knew it wouldn?t be an ad for beer. (Every marketer ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tesco recruits in Slovakia for store managers as British workers shun supermarket jobs [Mar 12, 2011] The supermarket chain has offered 12 weeks' training, plus help with immigration paperwork and housing, in a bid to lure English-speaking recruits from eastern-Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Barroso, Eastern EU Leaders Set Start of North-South Energy Corridor [Feb 04, 2011] EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and the leaders of six EU member states in Eastern Europe including Bulgaria have agreed to set the start of the so called "North-South Gas Corridor." The new EU energy security initiative was formally approved by Barroso and six leaders of Eastern European states at a dinner at the EC headquarters in Brussels late Thrusday night. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bratislava: Slovakia?s capital combines art scene with a youthful vibe [Jan 18, 2011] Here?s another lively destination in eastern Europe for those who have already been to Prague, Budapest and Krak [via YahooNews] More >>