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Bulgarian Border Police Detain 17 Illegal Immigrants [May 14, 2013] Bulgarian border police at the border crossing point in Vidin has detected 15 Somalis and two Afghanistan nationals hidden in a truck. On Monday, border police officers in Vidin stopped a truck with a Slovakian registration plate driven by a 44-year-old Romanian national for an additional inspection. The vehicle was carrying two large slabs of marble onboard from Greece to Slovakia. The slabs ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Cyprus bailout seen by end-March, structure in focus - Wieser [Feb 20, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Cyprus, crippled by its exposure to Greece, should get an international bailout by the end of March, but it is too early to say exactly how it would be structured, a senior euro ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Revised Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 13, 2013] MELBOURNE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Revised Australian Openwomen's singles draw after final qualifying (prefix denotesseeding; w-indicates wild card; q-denotes qualifier): 1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Monica Niculescu (Romania) Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) v Karolina Pliskova (CzechRepublic) q-Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) v Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) Jamie Hampton (U.S.) v 31-Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 21 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 11, 2013] MELBOURNE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Australian Open women's singles draw released on Friday (prefix denotes seeding, w-denotes wildcard): 1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Monica Niculescu (Romania) Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) v Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Qualifier v Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) Jamie Hampton (U.S.) v 31-Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 21-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 11, 2013] MELBOURNE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Australian Open women's singles draw released on Friday (prefix denotes seeding, w-denotes wildcard): 1-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Monica Niculescu (Romania) Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) v Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Qualifier v Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) Jamie Hampton (U.S.) v 31-Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 21-Varvara Lepchenko (U.S. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia teachers walk out over demands for higher wages [Dec 18, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovak teachers went on strike on Monday, forcing most of the country's schools to close, as they demanded a 10 percent pay rise from the government which is battling to trim its budget deficit. More than 4,000 teachers gathered in Bratislava waving signs that read "For how long will we educate the nation for a pittance?" and "We give money to Greece, but don ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia teachers walk out over demands for higher wages [Dec 18, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovak teachers went on strike on Monday, forcing most of the country's schools to close, as they demanded a 10 percent pay rise from the government which is battling to trim its budget deficit. More than 4,000 teachers gathered in Bratislava waving signs that read "For how long will we educate the nation for a pittance?" and "We give money to Greece, but don ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia teachers walk out over demands for higher wages [Nov 26, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovak teachers went on strike on Monday, forcing most of the country's schools to close, as they demanded a 10 percent pay rise from the government which is battling to trim its budget deficit. More than 4,000 teachers gathered in Bratislava waving signs that read "For how long will we educate the nation for a pittance?" and "We give money to Greece, but don ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak PM not keen on more time or debt writedowns for Greece [Nov 17, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia does not favor granting its euro zone peer Greece more time to fix its debt problems or further debt writedowns, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. "Measures in Greece haven't solved the debt problem so far. Quite the contrary, the debt has actually risen," Fico told reporters. "We are not keen to grant Greece more time, nor further (debt ... [via YahooNews] More >>

UPDATE 1-Soccer-Slovakia 0 Greece 1 - World Cup qualifier result [Nov 09, 2012] (Adds teams) Oct 16 (Reuters) - Slovakia 0 Greece 1 - World Cup qualifying Group G result. In Bratislava Scorer: Dimitris Salpingidis 63 Halftime: 0-0 Teams: Slovakia: 23-Dusan Kuciak, 3-Martin Skrtel, 5-Radoslav Zabavnik, 6-Michal Breznanik, 9-Miroslav Stoch (7-Vladimir Weiss 69), 10-Marek Sapara, 16-Kornel Salata, 17-Marek Hamsik, 18-Viktor Pecovsky, 19-Juraj Kucka (8-Karim Guede 82), 21 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Soccer-2014 World Cup qualifying Group G results/standings [Oct 17, 2012] Oct 16 (Reuters) - 2014 World Cup qualifying Group G results and standings on Tuesday. Latvia 2 Liechtenstein 0 Slovakia 0 Greece 1 Bosnia 3 Lithuania 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts Bosnia 4 3 1 0 15 2 10 Greece 4 3 1 0 5 1 10 Slovakia 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 Lithuania 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 Latvia 4 1 0 3 5 8 3 Liechtenstein 4 0 0 4 1 14 0 Previous results: Sept. 7 Liechtenstein 1 Bosnia 8 Lithuania 1 Slovakia 1 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Match Centre [Oct 17, 2012] Greece climbed above opponents Slovakia into second spot in World Cup qualifying Group G with a narrow win in Bratislava. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greece's Salpingidis downs Slovakia [Oct 17, 2012] Slovakia 0-1 Greece The home side had the bulk of the chances but Dimitris Salpingidis struck with 27 minutes to go to give Greece a vital Group G win . [via YahooNews] More >>

Greece wins at Slovakia 1-0 in World cup qualifier [Oct 17, 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- Dimitrios Salpingidis struck in the second half to lead Greece to a 1-0 victory over Slovakia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Salpigidis bags three points for Greece in Slovakia [Oct 16, 2012] Dimitris Salpigidis was on target for Greece as the national team scored a precious win over Slovakia with a 1-0 score at Bratislava on Tuesday to stay in the running for the top spot of its qualifying group for the 2014 World Cup. [via YahooNews] More >>

Soccer-Slovakia 0 Greece 1 - World Cup qualifier result [Oct 16, 2012] Oct 16 (Reuters) - Slovakia 0 Greece 1 - World Cup qualifying Group G result. In Bratislava Scorer: Dimitris Salpingidis 63 Halftime: 0-0 Referee: William Collum (Scotland) (Editing by Tom Pilcher) [via YahooNews] More >>

WC qualifying Group G preview [Oct 15, 2012] Giorgos Karagounis insists Greece will deliver a much improved performance on their previous World Cup qualifier when they take on Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Soccer-2014 World Cup qualifying Group G results/standings [Oct 13, 2012] Oct 12 (Reuters) - 2014 World Cup qualifying Group G results and standings on Friday Liechtenstein 0 Lithuania 2 Greece 0 Bosnia 0 Slovakia 2 Latvia 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts Bosnia 3 2 1 0 12 2 7 Slovakia 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 Greece 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 Lithuania 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Latvia 3 0 0 3 3 8 0 Liechtenstein 3 0 0 3 1 12 0 Previous results: Sept. 7 Liechtenstein 1 Bosnia 8 Lithuania 1 Slovakia 1 Latvia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Santos brings back Karagounis, loses Kyriakos [Oct 06, 2012] Chickenpox will deprive Greece of its highly-rated central defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos for its crucial games against Bosnia and Slovakia this month, while national coach Fernando Santos has reinstated skipper Giorgos Karagounis to his squad now that the Fulham midfielder has found a club to play at. [via YahooNews] More >>

Member states seek to strengthen EU cohesion funding [Oct 05, 2012] Finance Minister Tonio Fenech, together with prime ministers and ministers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, is in Bratislava to take part in the 'Friends of Cohesion' Conference. [via YahooNews] More >>