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Slovakia makes the rich pay for crisis [May 16, 2012] Slovakian MPs approved a four-year government programme on Tuesday that seeks to replenish state coffers by boosting taxes on the richest. Legislators backed the comprehensive policy manifesto, which outlines a strategy for developing Slovak society up to 2030, by a vote of 82 to 63. [via YahooNews] More >>

Exit poll: Opposition wins Slovakia election [Mar 29, 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? A leftist opposition party in Slovakia has won an early parliamentary election Saturday, according to an exit poll, in a vote brought on by the government's collapse in a c [via YahooNews] More >>

Opposition Social Democrats win parliamentary vote in Slovakia [Mar 11, 2012] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia _ Opposition Social Democrats won parliamentary elections in Slovakia Saturday, but by a smaller margin than expected, initial projections showed. The party of former prime minister Robert Fico secured 37 percent of the vote, leaving it the largest party in parliament but without a clear majority. [via YahooNews] More >>

2ND LEAD: Opposition Social Democrats win Slovakia parliamentary vote Eds: Updates results, adds Fico comments [Mar 11, 2012] Bratislava (dpa) - Opposition Social Democrats won parliamentary elections in Slovakia Saturday, but by a smaller margin than expected, initial projections showed.The party of former prime minister Robert Fico secured 37 per cent or 39 per cent of the vote, two different exit polls showed, leaving it the largest party in parliament but without a clear majority.Policy debates over the eurozone ... [via YahooNews] More >>

LEAD: Opposition Social Democrats win parliamentary vote in Slovakia Eds: Releads with results [Mar 11, 2012] Bratislava (dpa) - Opposition Social Democrats won parliamentary elections in Slovakia Saturday, but by a smaller margin than expected, initial projections showed.The party of former prime minister Robert Fico secured 37 per cent of the vote, leaving it the largest party in parliament but without a clear majority.Policy debates over the eurozone became overshadowed by a corruption scandal in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak left poised to win election, sink reformists [Mar 10, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Leftist former prime minister Robert Fico appeared poised to sweep to victory in Slovakia's election on Saturday on a pledge to tax the rich, amid high unemployment and budget austerity. Polls showed the 47-year-old lawyer could win 40 percent of the vote, knocking his reformist rival Mikulas Dzurinda's centre-right SDKU out of power and possibly out of parliament. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak left poised to win election, sink reformists [Mar 10, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Leftist former prime minister Robert Fico is poised to sweep to victory in Slovakia's election on Saturday on a pledge to tax the rich and better protect the working class as the country grapples with high unemployment and economic turmoil. Polls show the 47-year-old lawyer could win 40 percent of the vote, potentially knocking his reformist rival Mikulas Dzurinda's centre ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Ex-Premier Fico Set to Win Elections With Pledge to Tax the Rich [Mar 10, 2012] Slovaks vote today in a snap election that former Premier Robert Fico is set to win on pledges to tax higher earners and companies as the country seeks budget-deficit cuts to avoid a credit-rating downgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

The mouse that roared: How tiny Slovakia could prolong Europe's massive debt crisis [Nov 10, 2011] Slovakia's vote against expanding the European bailout fund presents an unwelcome obstacle to solving Europe's debt crisis. It also caused the fall of the tiny country's government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Delays Vote On Bailout Fund: WSJ [Nov 09, 2011] CHICAGO -- Lawmakers in Slovakia have opted to delay their vote on an expanded bailout fund intended to help resolve the euro zone's debt crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported in its digital edition Tuesday afternoon. Slovakia is the last of the euro-zone's 17 countries to vote on the ?440 billion ($600 billion) European Financial Stability Facility. It was unclear when the Slovakian ... [via YahooNews] More >>

It's Down to...Slovakia? [Nov 09, 2011] It's down to...Slovakia? European stocks and U.S. shares slipped late morning on word the vote in Slovakia on approval of the European Financial Stability Facility expansion was looking a bit more doubtful. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsEurope waits on Slovak vote to boost bailout fund [Nov 08, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovakian lawmakers were casting a vote Tuesday that could help determine the future of Europe's common currency, in a bizarre by-product of eurozone rules requiring unanimous support for every major decision. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia rejects European bailout plan [Oct 27, 2011] LONDON ? Tiny Slovakia defied its mightier neighbors Tuesday and rejected an expanded rescue fund to save Europe?s ailing debtor nations and troubled banks, effectively holding hostage the region?s plan to fend off a broader economic crisis. The ?no? vote after a marathon session of parliament in the sleepy Slovak capital of Bratislava threw up another stumbling block to Europe?s efforts to ease ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia scuttles European bailout fund [Oct 26, 2011] Ruh-roh : Tiny Slovakia on Tuesday defied its mightier neighbors and rejected an expanded rescue fund to save Europe?s ailing nations and troubled banks, effectively holding ransom the region?s plan to fend off a broader economic crisis. The ?no? vote after a marathon session of parliament in the sleepy Slovak capital of Bratislava threw up yet another stumbling block in Europe?s haphazard ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs rescue fund by big majority [Oct 14, 2011] Vote for extension of the European financial stability facility opens way to more loans for struggling eurozone states Slovakia has become the 17th and final country to approve the expansion of the eurozone's rescue fund, two days after rejecting the plan . MPs in Bratislava ratified the extension of the European financial stability facility (EFSF) to ?440bn ( [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia rejects European bailout plan [Oct 13, 2011] LONDON ? Tiny Slovakia defied its mightier neighbors Tuesday and rejected an expanded rescue fund to save Europe?s ailing debtor nations and troubled banks, effectively holding hostage the region?s plan to fend off a broader economic crisis. The ?no? vote after a marathon session of parliament in the sleepy Slovak capital of Bratislava threw up another stumbling block to Europe?s efforts to ease ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Europe waits on Slovakia vote to boost bailout fund [Oct 12, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia ? Slovakian lawmakers were casting a vote Tuesday that could help determine the future of Europe?s common currency, in a bizarre by-product of eurozone rules requiring unanimou... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia PM links EU bailout vote to government survival; second vote possibility raised [Oct 12, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovakian lawmakers were casting a vote Tuesday that could help determine the future of Europe's common currency, in a bizarre by-product of eurozone rules requiring unanimous support for every major decision. [via YahooNews] More >>

What Slovakia's 'No' Means For The Euro [Oct 12, 2011] In almost 19 years as an independent nation, Slovakia has never attracted world attention as it does now. But the Slovakian Parliament's vote late Tuesday to reject plans for the euro zone's bailout fund guarantees global headlines for the country at the heart of the European continent. And it means a new, Slovakia-sized headache for the leaders attempting to resolve the whirling debt crisis ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Europe waits on Slovakia vote to boost bailout fund [Oct 12, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia ? Slovakian lawmakers were casting a vote Tuesday that could help determine the future of Europe?s common currency, in a bizarre by-product of eurozone rules requiring unanimou... [via YahooNews] More >>