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S&P Downgrades France, Austria; Spares Germany [Jan 14, 2012] Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said late Friday that it has lowered the long-term ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two notches; lowered the long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch; and affirmed the long-term ratings on Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. [via YahooNews] More >>

S&P Downgrades France, Austria; Spares Germany [Jan 14, 2012] Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said late Friday that it has lowered the long-term ratings on Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two notches; lowered the long-term ratings on Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch; and affirmed the long-term ratings on Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. [via YahooNews] More >>

BRAEHEAD TO HOST SLOVAKIA [Oct 28, 2011] Great Britain will take on Slovakia at Glasgow's Braehead Arena in their Davis Cup match in February. The venue, announced on Friday, was the scene of recent victories over Luxembourg and Hungary which secured promotion back to the second tier of the competition, Europe/Africa Zone Group I. [via YahooNews] More >>

Global X's ETF Filing-Palooza [Jul 11, 2011] Roger Nusbaum submits: IndexUniverse reported that Global X has filed for 22 ETFs, including the following single country funds: Global X FTSE Portugal 20 ETFGlobal X FTSE Ukraine ETFGlobal X FTSE Greece 20 ETFGlobal X Hungary ETFGlobal X Luxembourg ETFGlobal X FTSE Morocco 20 ETFGlobal X Czech Republic ETFGlobal X Slovakia ETFGlobal X Qatar ETFGlobal X Kuwait ETFGlobal X Nigeria ETFGlobal X ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Wimbledon Seeds Fared [Jun 26, 2011] Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Gilles Muller , Luxembourg, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-0. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Marcos Baghdatis (32), Cyprus, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. [via YahooNews] More >>

Wimbledon Seeds Fared [Jun 25, 2011] Saturday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Wimbledon, England Men Third Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Gilles Muller , Luxembourg, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-0. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Marcos Baghdatis (32), Cyprus, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. David Nalbandian (28), Argentina, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Robin Soderling (5), Sweden, lost to Bernard Tomic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Luxembourg shocks Slovakia in friendly [Feb 10, 2011] Striker Daniel Da Mota scored two second-half goals to give Luxembourg a shock 2-1 win over Slovakia in an international friendly on Wednesday. After striker Erik Jendrisek gave Slovakia the lead in the 55th minute, Da Mota turned the match with goals in the 61st and 81st minutes. Slovakia, ranked 20th in the world, was without defender Martin Skrtel, who has a thigh injury. [via YahooNews] More >>

Luxembourg Vs. Slovakia: Vladimir Weiss Shows The True Meaning Of "Friendly" [Feb 09, 2011] Luxembourg Vs. Slovakia : not a match many have added to their "Must-See" queue, I'm assuming. Not with matches such as Denmark vs England , Netherlands vs Austria, and Germany vs Italy all on at more or less the same time. But while Slovakia might not be the match everyone's tuning into, thanks to the Twitter feed of Vladimir Weiss (the player, not the coach of the national team) we know how ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Skrtel out of Slovakia's friendly at Luxembourg [Feb 08, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? Slovakia defender Martin Skrtel has a thigh injury and is out of Wednesday's friendly at Luxembourg. [via YahooNews] More >>

Skrtel out of Slovakia's friendly at Luxembourg [Feb 08, 2011] Slovakia defender Martin Skrtel has a thigh injury and is out of Wednesday's friendly at Luxembourg. The Slovak football federation said Tuesday in a statement that Skrtel had left the national squad and will undergo treatment back at Liverpool after discussions with the Premier League club. Skrtel was injured in Sunday's match against Chelsea. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hearts: Marian Kello credits club for helping him get Slovakia squad call [Feb 05, 2011] MARIAN KELLO has credited Hearts for his promotion to the Slovakian squad for next week's friendly against Luxembourg and stressed that he can become an even better goalke [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakian, Belgian, seek seat on European Central Bank board [Jan 18, 2011] Brussels - A Slovakian and a Belgian are candidates for a seat on the European Central Bank executive board that is expected to be vacant in May, Eurogroup president and Luxembourg premier Jean- Claude Juncker said Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>