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20th Anniversary of the „Velvet revolution“ in Czechoslovakia

Posted by mmisso on 17/11/09

Beside the birthdays, weddings, funerals and other very important moments in life, today I remember 20th Anniversary of  the Velvet revolution in Slovakia (Czechoslovakia). On 17th November 1989 the totalitarian system suffered the last and the strongest punch.
Since 20 years, almost everything has changed. I write „almost“ because the change of mentality is always a [...]

Slovakian-Hungarian Abnormality

Posted by mmisso on 22/08/09

In Slovakia, during the recent months, we have been witnessing some anti-Hungarian mood. The most actual have been public introduction of St. Stephan - The King’s Statue in south-Slovakian city Komarno. Just for information, Komarno is one among a few Slovakian-Hungarian settlements, divided by the state border. Slovakian “Komarno” and Hungarian “Komarom” are situated on [...]

Mozilla as the „third part“ - not good approach!

Posted by mmisso on 12/02/09

I am really wondering about the logic and rationality of European Commission’s decision to invite Mozilla as the „third part“ in the antitrust case against Microsoft. CNET News informs: „Mozilla has been granted a seat at the table in the European Commission’s antitrust case against Microsoft, an EC source said Tuesday.“
My question is: Why, misters [...]

Coffee - fuel for innovation?

Posted by mmisso on 06/02/09

Research and development often consume considerable amounts of venture capital. However, universities do have the potential to attract the necessary capital for their educational and research activities. The coffee break may just be the right time and place where it all can start.
One way to cover all R&D expenditures is to allocate financial resources from [...]

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Young European of Slovak nationality. Interested in politics, international relations ICT and social media. He fell in love with mountains (very important information, at all). more.



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