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22/11/2008

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Baboš, Pavol

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Pravda - Slovakia | 09/09/2008

Paying dearly for cheap services

Slovakia is in national mourning following a serious bus accident in Croatia which claimed the lives of 14 Slovakians. The liberal left-wing daily Pravda examines the reasons behind the growing number of accidents involving buses in Central and Eastern Europe: "Across Europe there has been great pressure on prices for fuel, energy, food and also travel lately. If you want to survive in the tourist industry you need to organise cheap trips to the coast. Central Eastern Europeans are most likely to opt for the cheapest offer available. The bus companies cut costs when it comes to modernising their vehicles, the number of drivers they employ - in other words, anywhere they can. ... There is no magic formula for avoiding accidents. The question is whether more stringent rules and regulations can help. What can be said for sure is that the cheapest offer is not always the best - certainly not when it comes to that most precious asset: life."

Pravda - Slovakia | 16/06/2008

No analyses, no debates

"We joined the EU, hooray! We ratified the Lisbon Treaty, hooray! We are converting to the euro, triple hooray! Without analyses, without debates. There are no prizes for figuring out what the outcome of a referendum in our country would have been."

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