Aeromobil Flying Car crash lands after driver deploys parachute

May 12, 2015

The world's first flying car, which is expected to go on sale by 2017, has crash landed while on test flight. The driver / pilot at the time of accident was none other than Stefan Klein, co-owner and inventor of the flying car.

Q&A - Big Ideas for CEE in Bratislava SLOVAKIA @BigIdeasForCEE, Part III

May 11, 2015

The following is the final portion of the Media Q&A for my "Society 3.0" presentation to the Big Ideas for CEE in Bratislava SLOVAKIA @BigIdeasForCEE conference on April 17, 2015 Q.

British Chamber of Commerce Regional Tour – Piešťany

May 13, 2015

The British Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic invites you for a two-day business visit to the region of Piešťany organised by the foreign chambers of commerce in Slovakia.

Czech companies vie in contest for stake in Slovak power giant

May 13, 2015

One of the biggest maneuvers of the year, the exit of Italian power company
ENEL from Slovakia’s biggest electricity producer is being played out
with two very contrasting Czech companies, ČEZ and the EPH group, closely

EU, Arab officials urge Europe to consider more refugees

May 11, 2015

" A joint meeting of parliamentary speakers from the European Union and Mediterranean Arab countries is asking Europe to consider taking in more refugees.

Digital Single Market An EU Presidency Priority

May 12, 2015

The strategy for building a digital single market is a strong candidate as a priority of the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Academic president refused to make professor "has passed three security screenings"

May 12, 2015

One of three people who President MiloA Zeman has refused to make a professor, Jan Eichler, says he has successfully undergone three security screenings. Mr. Zeman accuses Mr. Eichler of having been chief ideologue of the Communist Party prior to 1989, a charge rejected by the academic.

Czech and Slovak PMs reject quotas for refugees at Prague meeting

May 12, 2015

The Czech and Slovak prime ministers, Bohuslav Sobotka and Robert Fico,
have reiterated their countries’ opposition to the idea of European Union
states being required to take in compulsory quotas of asylum seekers. The

Ceremony at Smetana's tomb marks start of 70th Prague Spring

May 12, 2015

The 70th Prague Spring International Music Festival got underway on Tuesday morning with a memorial ceremony at the tomb of BedA ich Smetana at the city's VyA ehrad cemetery. Dozens of people turned out to honour the composer on the anniversary of his death in 1844.

Exhibition of photos of legionnaires returning in 1919 opens in Prague

May 12, 2015

A unique exhibition of photographs of Czechoslovak legionnaires returning
from Russia in 1919 has opened at the YMCA Palace in central Prague. The 50
or so pictures are the work of legionnaire Václav Balcar, who was among

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