Slovak police arrested about 20 young men suspected to promote and propagandize the radical groups oriented to oppression of basic human rights. During the inspection police found various skinhead and nazist emblems, signs and symbols.

Irish referendum can be seen as a little mirror of EU citizens' opinion. In any other European country a referendum could bring similar results. It is more then probably that if Slovakia vote about Lisbon Treaty in referendum, Slovak voters would decide against, too.

In the 1st quarter of 2008, the average monthly nominal wage of employee in Slovakian economy rose year-on-year by 10,4% and reached SKK 20443. After taking into consideration development of consumer prices, the real wage rise is 6,2%.

It pays to be a friend of the defense minister when you're in the army, at least in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska's schoolmate Radovan Rusnak has been promoted from a 1st lieutenant to a colonel in the space of just one year.

LS-HZDS vice-chairman Miroslav Jurena claims that the Slovak Intelligence Service is misusing information in favour of the main governing-coalition Smer-SD party and at the expense of its two coalition partners HZDS and SNS.

Slovakia, which is due to adopt the common European currency in January 2009, will have the lowest average salary in the eurozone - at around €640 per month, while the average for countries such as Luxembourg, Germany and Finland ranges from €2,900 to €4,000.

Slovak Parliament approved an Act on Education and Training that was drafted by the Education Ministry with the aim of revamping the school system. The new Act will substitute 20-year-old legislation that was introduced in the former communist Czechoslovakia.

Apart from tax and customs documents, the use of electronic signatures in Slovakia will be legitimate in business registers, the real-estate registry, the insurance sector, the issuing of passports and in other fields.

The quality of education at Slovak and US medical colleges is at equally high level, reads a comparative assessment at medical colleges in both countries by US Department of Education.

Slovakia commemorates one of the most significant and at the same time the most tragic periods in the world history. The official ceremonies commemorating the armistice of May 8, 1945, for the 63rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, was held in Bratislava.