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Region: From Guant?namo to Slovakia (The Prague Post) [Jan 30, 2010] U.S. President Barack Obama seeks to close Guant?namo Bay. The United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Italy, Spain and Hungary have also agreed to take former prisoners. [via YahooNews] More >>

Capital Safety Acquires Timus Safety (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) [Dec 08, 2008] MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom----Capital Safety, home of the world-renowned DBI-SALA and PROTECTA brands, announces that it has acquired Timus Safety, the leading independent manufacturer of fall protection equipment in Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Virtual Iron Continues European Channel Expansion of Virtualization with Avnet (SYS-CON Media) [Feb 19, 2008] Virtual Iron and Avnet Technology Solutions announced the expansion of their European distribution partnership. The agreement expands the availability of Virtual Iron's software solutions through Avnet to Austria, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Russia, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Ukraine. Avnet has been promoting and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Sony Pictures' Animax TV Gains Foothold in Europe (Anime News Network) [May 14, 2007] Sony Pictures Television International reformatted its A+ television programming block as Animax in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia on April 11. Animax is SPTI's popular anime channel that transmits throughout most of Asia and Latin America . Sony is targeting the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, and France next. [via YahooNews] More >>

Racism Still Haunts European Football (Blogcritics.org) [Dec 23, 2006] Not to long ago black footballers in the United Kingdom were frequently faced with monkey chants from the terraces and racial abuse from their opponents. Now the problem seems to have been mostly eradicated from the British game, and it is not unusual to have a black player in the football league (approximately 25% of professional players are of black origin). Yet a series of incidents over the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Communism couldn't stop power of the Fab Four (Vail Daily) [Jun 08, 2006] VAIL - Anyone who doubts the ongoing global influence of The Beatles should check out a Slovakian tribute band that has won awards in both the United States and the United Kingdom for its impeccable covers of the Fab Four. [via YahooNews] More >>