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The Economist: Czechs more lenient on narcotics than Slovaks [Aug 30, 2010] London, Aug 27 (CTK) - There is a "high contrast" between the Czech Republic and the neighbouring Slovakia in the approach to narcotics, British weekly The Economist writes in its latest issue. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia, Czech Republic hit by flood waters [Aug 15, 2010] Bratislava - Storms carrying heavy rain over central Europe have caused flash flooding in parts of Slovakia and neighbouring Czech Republic, local media reports said Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Storms claim one life in Czech Republic [Jul 17, 2010] Bratislava/Prague - A storm swept across the Czech Republic and neighbouring Slovakia on Saturday, killing one person and causing damage to cars and power lines, local news agencies reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hungarian doubts remain over Slovak language law (EARTHtimes.org) [Feb 09, 2010] Budapest - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe assured Hungary on Tuesday that it was closely monitoring a controversial law on minority languages in neighbouring Slovakia. The assurance was given by the OSCE's High Commissioner o... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Seeks New EU Treaty Conditions (Novinite.com) [Oct 26, 2009] Slovakia has officially demanded for the same legal protection for its citizens to secure the inviolability of the post-war Benes decrees as the neighbouring Czech Republic. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Seeks New EU Treaty Conditions (Novinite.com) [Oct 26, 2009] Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak. Photo by EPA/BGNES Slovakia has officially demanded for the same legal protection for its citizens to secure the inviolability of the post-war Benes decrees as the neighbouring Czech Republic. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia leads eastern growth as Europe falters - Feature (EARTHtimes.org) [Nov 14, 2008] Vienna - Slovakia outpaced other Central European economies in the third quarter, posting solid growth while the 15-nation eurozone slid into recession, official data showed Friday. Neighbouring Czech Republic even posted a slight increase in gross d... [via YahooNews] More >>

MfD: Czech kids know little about Slovakia (Prague Daily Monitor) [Jan 03, 2008] Prague, Jan 2 (CTK) - Czech teenagers have problems to understand the Slovak language and they know only a little about the neighbouring Slovakia 15 years since Czechoslovakia's split, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) wrote Wednesday, referring to a survey conducted on 15-year-old Czechs and Slovaks. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech GDP per head still lags EU average (Prague Daily Monitor) [Dec 18, 2007] Brussels, Dec 17 (CTK) - Both the Czech Republic and the neighbouring Slovakia still lag markedly behind the European Union average in terms of per capita gross domestic product, but reduce the gap every year, data published by the EU statistical office Eurostat Monday have revealed. [via YahooNews] More >>