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...hardest conversation of all was with Putin. During a speech in Brussels, Bush said that "all European countries should place democratic reform at the heart of their dialogue with Russia." So when the two leaders met later in the week in Bratislava, Slovakia, there was no chummy back-slapping. Putin was defensive, deflecting concerns about the Kremlin's crackdown on the media by pointing out that reporters from TV network cbs had been fired in the U.S., too. The accusation - no American reporters have been fired by the White House - confused Bush and reinforced the Administration view that Putin sometimes...
...IRAQ The Bush Administration used to think that nation building was beneath it; now it's clear that the creation of a civil society is crucial to stability in Iraq. That happens to be a European speciality. In Slovakia, Bosnia and the Caucasus, the E.U. has created civil, judicial and political institutions, from agricultural advice bureaus to customs inspectors. Can it work in Iraq? Germany and France, among others, have now promised to forgive some of the country's debt, and the E.U. is launching a training program for some 800 top Iraqi law-enforcement and justice officials...
...explain what we believe. It has helped take me back to the basics of my faith." Says the Rev. Jay Scott Newman, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, less than two hours south in Greenville, S.C.: "Here you're not Catholic because your parents came from Italy or Slovakia. It's because you believe what the church teaches you is absolutely true...
...Pezinok, Slovakia...
...half the caffeine of Coca-Cola. It fizzled after communism fell and Western soft drinks became available. But in 1999, a north Moravia company relaunched Kofola. This year, Czech retail sales of Kofola surpassed Pepsi and challenged Coke, which leads the market with a 25% share; in neighboring Slovakia, Kofola is already No. 1. What's its secret? Price, for one: Kofola is 25% cheaper. But Kofola also knows its audience: its award-winning marketing appeals to both communist nostalgia and youthful rebelliousness. "In the postrevolutionary years, people wanted everything new," says Bretislav Kolácek, Kofola's brand manager...