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unusual facts about Boldog, Slovakia



2007 Korfball European Bowl

The champions of both divisions played the final during the 2007 Korfball World Championship and the winner was Slovakia.

Absolut Warhola

The film follows the filmmakers as they travel through eastern Slovakia to interview Warhol's surviving relatives, ethnic-Ruthenians living near the Polish border in Miková, and to visit the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce.

Alexandra Proklova

In her first JGP event in Košice, Slovakia, she won the silver medal with a total score 3.97 points less than gold medalist Karen Chen.

Borough United F.C.

A 0-0 draw in Malta was followed by a 2-0 success at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham — a more suitable venue than the tiny Nant-y-Coed ground with its single stand and spartan changing rooms — to set up a tie with Slovakian ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

Caproni Ca.3

The accident occurred at the conclusion of a flight to Campo Formido near Udine to Bratislava (capital of Slovakia).

Carpathian Mountains

The most important cities in or near the Carpathians are: Bratislava and Košice in Slovakia; Kraków in Poland; Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu and Braşov in Romania; and Miskolc in Hungary.

Československá obchodní banka

Since July 1, 2008 ČSOB Slovakia has begun to merge with Istrobanka, since the latter's acquisition by KBC.

Civic Democratic Union

Public Against Violence / Občianska demokratická únia, a political movement in Slovakia.

Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation

The reform concerned Slovak autonomy; the concentration of governmental authority in Prague was a source of discontent within Slovakia throughout the 1960s, and the federalization of the Czechoslovak government codified in the 1968 constitutional amendments was virtually the only product of the reform movement associated with the Prague Spring to survive.

Fantázia

The magazine was started in Šaľa, Slovakia by Ivan Aľakša, who served as its editor until 2006, when he withdrew to concentrate on publishing duties and was replaced by Juraj Malíček.

Fraňo Štefunko

Štefunko begins with his freelance work two years after coming to Martin and soon becomes one of the founders of Slovak sculpture.

Hrubá

Hrubá Borša, village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region

Hrušovany

Hrušovany may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jiří Třanovský

From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský was pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš in present-day Slovakia.

Kochanovce

Adamovské Kochanovce, a village and municipality in Trenčín District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Košice-Barca

One of the principal features within Barca's catastral territory is Košice International Airport, which is the second largest in Slovakia.

Language law of Slovakia

According to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said the issue was beyond being simply an affair between Slovakia and Hungary and was becoming an issue of the whole European Union because it harms the spirit of European integration and the principles of democracy.

Liptovský Mikuláš

The area is also well-known due to its location close to the biggest ski resort in Slovakia, Jasná.

Lúčka

Lúčka may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Maria Guerassimenko

Maria Guerassimenko (born March 20, 1981 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR) is a pair skater who competed internationally for Slovakia.

Mashiska Washington

After beating Juan Ignacio Chela in the 1999 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington received another US Open wildcard, this time into the main singles draw, where he lost in the first round to Slovakia's Ján Krošlák in four sets.

Melchior Lengyel

The story of his Utopian novel A boldog város (The Happy City) came out in 1931; it was set in an American city that lay in the depths of a chasm created by the great Californian earthquake.

Melle van Gemerden

Van Gemerden was a member of the Netherlands team which took on Slovakia in the 2005 World Group quarter-finals and appeared both in the doubles, with Paul Haarhuis, and in the singles against Michal Mertiňák.

Michal Habai

Habai came to Scotland at the age of 27, having spent his career playing in his homeland of Slovakia, with a spell in the Czech Republic with Druhá liga side Baník Sokolov.

Milan Kolibiar

Milan Kolibiar (* February 14, 1922 Detvianska Huta, † July 9, 1994 Bratislava) was a Slovak mathematician.

Nemcovce

Nemcovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Palace Cinemas

In Slovakia Palace Cinemas operates multiplex cinemas in the capital city Bratislava in Aupark Shopping Center (12 screens), Polus City Center (8 screens) and Eurovea Galleria (9 screens).

Petr Kašpar

Petr "Kafé" Kašpar (born 26 June 1960 in Kolín) is a retired Czech football defender and currently executive currently serving as Director General of Slovak football club Slovan Bratislava.

Pinus cembra

Pinus cembra, also known as Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine or Arolla pine, is a species of pine tree that grows in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains of central Europe, in Poland (Tatra Mountains), Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia (Tatra Mountains), Ukraine and Romania.

Pittsburgh Agreement

Bielek, born in Slovakia, was vice-president and director of the Czecho Slovak Commercial Corp. of America, an import company founded in 1918.

Podhorany

Podhorany may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Project Forum

From its home country of Slovakia, Michal Hvorecký, Rudolf Chmel and Martin M. Šimečka are among those featured most frequently.

Radošovce

Radošovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Trnava Region.

Seč

Seč, Prievidza District, a village in the Trenčín Region (Prievidza District) of Slovakia

Sedlice

Sedlice may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

In the first round of voting, the General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently and independently elected Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Hisashi Owada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), and Xue Hanqin (China), but the two organs were deadlocked between two African candidates for the fifth available seat.

Slovakia at the Hopman Cup

2 In the final round robin tie of 2004, Australia had to concede both the women's singles and the mixed doubles to Slovakia due to an injury to Alicia Molik.

Štefanovce

Štefanovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Tomáš Zmoray

Tomáš Zmoray (born in Banská Bystrica on July 26, 1989) is a Slovak ski jumper who has competed since 2005.

Trenčianske

Trenčianske Stankovce, village and municipality in Trenčín District in north-western Slovakia

Trenčianske Jastrabie, village and municipality in Trenčín District in north-western Slovakia

Trpín

Trpín, Krupina District, a municipality in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

Ung County

The towns of Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are now in Slovakia; the other towns mentioned are in Ukraine.

Vienna Volksoper

In 1987, the opera house was used for a scene set in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now part of Slovakia), for the James Bond film The Living Daylights, where Timothy Dalton made his debut as Bond near the very beginning of the film, where he first spotted the key female character Kara Milovy (played by Maryam d'Abo).

Viliam Loviska

Further he continued his study at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia since 1982, where he studied in the Studio of Prof. Ladislav Snopek, Teodor Banik, and later in the Studio of Prof. Jan Kulich and Prof. Albín Brunovský.

Zemplínska

Zemplínska Nová Ves, village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia

Zsolt Harsányi

Born in Korompa, Upper Hungary (modern day Slovakia; Krompachy in Slovakian), Harsányi descended from a long line of Hungarian writers.


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