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Why Slovakia’s SNP Trail should be on your hiking bucket list
The Slovak Spectator
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July 24, 2025
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement Spanning 770 kilometres from the Dukla Pass in the east to Devín Castle near Bratislava in the west, Slovakia’s SNP Trail – Cesta Hrdinov SNP (Path of the...
Is Russia Outpacing NATO In Weapons Production?
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 24, 2025
Russia is “now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte recently told the New York Times. RFE/RL and the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an open-source...
New nuclear project with Westinghouse may cost Slovakia billions
Radio Slovakia International
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A new nuclear power source in Slovakia, to be built by the American company Westinghouse, will mean a loss of €500 million per year for the Slovak economy, said opposition MP Igor Matovič from the Slovakia movement at a press conference on...
Environment Minister addresses UN, calls for nuclear energy parity and rethinking green policies
Radio Slovakia International
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, Tomáš Taraba (SNS nominee), during his visit to the United States on Tuesday (July 22), spoke at the United Nations Security Council as well as at the UN General...
Program “Obnov Dom” becomes Slovakia’s most popular energy-saving home renovation initiative
Radio Slovakia International
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The home renovation program “Obnov dom,” designed to reduce household energy consumption, has become the most popular measure of the recovery plan despite initial difficulties. The ambitious goal was to renovate a total of 25,000 family homes...
Air conditioning market in Slovakia suspected of cartel activity
Radio Slovakia International
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The air conditioning market in Slovakia is likely controlled by a cartel. This means that entrepreneurs may have agreed on minimum prices and restricted competition to increase their profits at the expense of customers. The Antimonopoly Office has...
“These Simulators Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen” Trak Racer and Airbus Join Forces to Redefine Flight Training for a New Generation of American Pilots
Sustainability Times
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August 1, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL ✈️ Trak Racer partners with aerospace giant Airbus to enter the aviation simulation market, enhancing its reputation and product offerings. 🔧 The new TR6 Flight Simulator features a rigid structure, ergonomic design, and...
Even a landlocked Slovakia needs a maritime policy – and it starts with railways
The Slovak Spectator
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July 24, 2025
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement What should maritime policy look like for a small, landlocked country like Slovakia? Why is neighbouring Hungary investing in the Italian port of Trieste? And...
Guest workers could bring a deadly virus back to Hungary, warns head of agricultural company
Daily News Hungary
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July 24, 2025
Szabolcs Bóna, director of Rábapordány Agricultural Co., says Turkish guest workers may bring the virus back this summer, as foot-and-mouth disease is currently spreading rapidly in Türkiye. The farm suffered devastating losses from this year’s...
Brussels’ Energy Gamble: Hungary Warns of REPowerEU Fallout
Hungary Today
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July 24, 2025
If Brussels’ latest package, REPowerEU, were to be implemented, it would severely worsen the situation for the communities of the European Union, while “the problem is already huge”—said Attila Steiner, the Secretary of State for Energy at the...
Czechoslovak Group Purchases Sole Medium-Caliber Ammunition Manufacturer in the Czech Republic
Militarnyi
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The Czech defense conglomerate has taken a significant step toward consolidating the full spectrum of artillery ammunition production by purchasing ZVI Vsetín, the country’s sole manufacturer of medium-caliber shells. Czech defense outlet Armadni...
Szijjarto accuses Kiev of undermining Central Europe's energy security
TASS
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July 24, 2025
UN, July 24. /TASS/. Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto has criticized Ukraine's actions, saying that blocking gas transit through its territory threatened the region's energy security. "The TurkStream pipeline is...
Eurostat: Poland Second In EU For Industrial Growth In 25 Years
Charter 97
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This was the result of investments in production. According to Eurostat data published on July 23, Poland ranked second in the European Union in terms of industrial production growth since 2000 - the average annual growth was 4.9%. The leader was...
Hungary holds trilateral talks on construction of new oil pipeline to Serbia with Russia
BNE Intellinews
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Hungary and Serbia are moving ahead with plans to build a new cross-border oil pipeline that could transport up to 5mn tonnes per year (tpy) of crude, as both countries deepen energy ties with Russia despite EU sanctions. Hungarian Foreign...
CSG Acquires Majority Stake in Arms Manufacturer ZVI Vsetin
Frag Out! Magazine
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July 22, 2025
MSM Group, the Slovak subsidiary of the industrial group CSG, has signed a purchase agreement with the MPI Group to acquire ZVI a.s., a Czech manufacturer primarily focused on medium-caliber ammunition in 20mm and 30mm calibers. The transaction...
From nursing aspirations to HR leader: How Miroslava Rychtárechová is shaping Tesco Slovakia
The Slovak Spectator
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July 24, 2025
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement “I used to play doctor or nurse at home as a child. That was something I longed for,” says Miroslava Rychtárechová. While her career didn’t lead to medicine,...
With $6.7 billion in new tanks and vehicles, it’s ‘Armor Week’ in Poland
Breaking Defense
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August 1, 2025
WARSAW — In what Poland’s defense minister has dubbed “Armor Week,” Warsaw has signed almost $6.7 billion in ground vehicle contracts, as the Eastern European nation continues its armaments spree. Almost all of that money is tied up in $6.5...
Russia's Gas Production Drops Despite Surge to China and Domestic Uptake
Oil Price
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July 23, 2025
Russia’s natural gas production fell 3.2% in the first half of 2025, reaching 334.8?billion cubic meters (bcm), as higher exports to China and increased domestic demand failed to offset the collapse of pipeline flows to Europe, Bloomberg reported...
Who’s Been Buying Russkie Energy During The Ukraine War?
Electronics Weekly
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July 24, 2025
Turkey was the third-biggest buyer while the EU came fourth. The economic bloc has attempted to wean itself off its dependency on Russian fossil fuels but has struggled to do so after 2022, especially when it comes to natural gas. Timelines...
Plain Spoken: More than 40 million pigs are slaughtered in Iowa annually. This author has a word for that.
Little Village Magazine - Iowa
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August 1, 2025
Book cover courtesy of the Princeton University Press. Collage by Little Village Are the hills of Iowa meshed with a vast network of death camps, comparable in moral terms to those of the Holocaust? This is one of the questions raised, indeed...