Richard Sulik, head of the SaS party (Freedom and Solidarity), and outspoken opponent to the new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), spoke to The Daily.sk about how he sees the euro and its bailout funds. Sulik caught the attention of the world when Slovakia held the eurozone and world money markets to ransom, [...]
Today saw the first public demonstration against the Gorilla affair, with around 3,500 demonstrators gathering at SNP Square in Bratislava to voice their discontent at the level of corruption and how politicians are running the country. There were various speakers at the event, including Tom Nicholson, who was the first journalist to be presented the [...]
Fascist skinhead runs hate network from his suburban Irish hideaway By the SundayWorld IN HIDING: We found Nazi hate monger Igor M at his workplace in Dublin THIS IS the secret neo-Nazi running an international network of hate from Ireland. Skinhead Igor M (35) is a member of an Eastern European hate group whose activities [...]
When I read that Vaclav Havel had died, I thought of this passage from a chapter called “The Politics of Hope” in Havel’s book Disturbing the Peace: (The words are Havel’s, as translated by Paul WIlson; the comics treatment is my own.) I chose this passage because it seemed especially relevant to the political world I see [...]
One Europe, two different ways of educating Roma children In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and some other new EU Member States, Roma ethnic group children are disproportionately placed in special schools for the mentally disabled or in de facto segregated schools. When these same children migrate to the United Kingdom with their parents, they are [...]
In Slovakia the period of Christmas starts after All Saint´s Day. This is the time when cities, villages and shops are decorated. The most common decorations are the Christmas trees which must be present everywhere, just like the illuminations. Outside, natural trees are decorated, in the place where they grow originally, or they may be [...]
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