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Slovenia Might Be the New Tuscany, Just Don't Tell the British

David J Constable | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Slovakia, Medana, Ljubljana, Natural Wine, Wine, Slovenia, Enology, Tuscany, UK Travel, Food, UK Lifestyle News
David J Constable

If you haven't heard of Slovenia then that's probably because they don't want you to. I don't want you to. The gentle incline of sweeping roads and the sunflowers, blossoms and viridian hills are reminiscent of Tuscany, and look what happened when you found out about that.

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Parts Of UK Poorer Than Regions In Romania, Poland And Slovakia

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Child Poverty, UK News, Slovakia, Poverty, Poland, Romania, Immigration, West Wales, Valleys, Wales, Social Affairs, UK News

Parts of Wales and the North East of England are poorer than regions in Romania, Poland and Slovakia, according to statistics from the EU. West Wal...

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PHOTOS: Happy Easter, Here's A Bucket Of Cold Water

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Easter 2013, Slovakia, Weird News, UK News, Funny Pictures, Easter Traditions, World News, UK News

Underwhelmed by the chilly Easter holiday? Be grateful you're not a woman in Slovakia. While many of us were hunting for chocolate eggs, they were ...

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Boobs, Beauty, and Beach Volleyball

David Fearnhead | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Olympic Beach Volleyball, 2012 London Olympic Games, Slovakia, Women Olympics, Eastern European Women, Beach Volleyball, Olympics News, Feminism, UK Sport News
David Fearnhead

In Slovakia as here, we live in a society where for some beauty is to be attacked. There is dislike that someone can be both beautiful and happy. Cracks must be found and opened up.

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Do Brits Drink More Than Anyone Else?

Rupert Wolfe-Murray | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Russia, Cirrhosis, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Alcohol, Addiction, Liver Disease, Slovenia, Binge Drinking, Hungary, UK Health, UK Health News, UK Lifestyle News
Rupert Wolfe-Murray

I realised that the big difference between the UK and other parts of the European Union is that drinking in Britain is a very public affair - its effects are visible on the streets - but in many parts of Europe the excessive drinking takes place behind closed doors with the long-suffering family.

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Clearly, There Was No German Economic Miracle

Peter Martindale | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Euro, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Reparations, Eu, Estonia, Finland, Breadbasket, Ireland, Romania, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Czech Republic, Latvia, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Economic Crisis, Gold, European Union, Netherlands, France, Slovakia, Soviet, European Treaty, Poland, Slovenia, Eurozone, Slav, Malta, Denmark, Spain, UK Politics News
Peter Martindale

The panic behaviour of the German Chancellor and French president, makes it plain to see that both countries are using the economic difficulties of other Eurozone countries and the restructuring of Europe, as a smoke-screen to hide their own systemic economic and social failures.

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