we split with slovakia on the eve of december, 1992. on january 1, 1993, two independent states began to exist. and we made all the effort to continue with the slovaks as partners. we closed all sorts of agreements to make travel and business and everything open as much as possible between the two states. at the end of the day, we entered the european union together in 2004, which makes our connection even closer. so basically, the divorced not last long. people look at it as a divorce, which ended up in a reunion after a couple of years. >> after -- as i am reading and look at what were i and what were ii, -- world wari and what war ii, these wars have tremendous dramatic, tragic, and historic impact on that small area in europe. >> you are right. first, we lost our entire jewish population. in world war ii, about 80,000 to 90,000 jews -- were killed and other nations like czech and slovaks, the remainder of the 150,000 people that were killed in the second world war. >> the communist rule starts after the second world war, doesn't it?

after claiming a normal win over good angels from slovakia constantine the top off took up a seat for this one. one of russia's leading women's basketball clubs spar and key are on a one hundred percent run in the domestic championship with eleven wins while in the euro league they sit second in group c. with three defeats third place to good enjoys from slovakia's who are eager to leapfrog their poems and to respond to their home loss just like their first encounter the moscow region side outclassed the question to maced club may two digit margin but this time it was a tight seesaw game from start to finish in the opening quarter poky chapman's charges managed to go on a twelve month thing to turn a six three deficit into a fifteen six lead good angelus didn't allow them to pull away though and levelled manors three minutes into the third with a young rusher santo not alleviate who spend the last five seasons at spar and key being a key player leading her new side and the visitors got in front in the decisive frame with four minutes to go but the four time euro league champions fired

seen near the existing similar who are emerging european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia as stony are all coming into the european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst choice and challenge the marginal because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they are actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone belike so they see neighboring countries such as hungary i mean the government of hungry for the past two weeks have been vilified by the european union i'm not going to get into the argument to find whether or not the prime minister is right or wrong there but certainly people get very very and feel very very uneasy about things that are being said. patrick young there talking about a new pressure on hungary and on saturday crowds of more than one hundred thousand took to the streets in the capital but a past they were supporting their government which recently came under fire from the e.u. for passing what bruss

they joined the euro zone and they find it the worst poison chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailouts that's why the people in croatia are deeply concerned and actually it's not clear that the european union is really open with welcome arms to see new members coming into the group like it was with the accession countries of poland hungary and so on say it for nine years ago. romania which is one of the newest members of suffering its worst protests in one year for the second week running phallus of people are demanding the resignation of the government and president romanians have been suffering under harsh austerity measures imposed in order to secure a cash injection from international creditors artie's tabart reports from the girth . things turned nasty in the streets is because rest. protesters have been peaceful for the past few days but now with the demonstration

neighbors they've seen similar who are emerging european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia as stony are all coming into the europe european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst poisoned chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailouts that's why the people in croatia are deeply concerned and that's why it's going to be a very interesting to read referendum result tomorrow. romania is witnessing its worst riots and violence in over a decade for a second week running thousands of people are on the streets demanding the resignation of the government and the president parties tom barton reports. things turn nasty in the streets as book or arrest. protesters have been peaceful for the past few days but now the demonstrations turn file. fighting as broken out between police and protesters just behind me you can see the protesters bringing up

union they've joined the euro zone and they find it the worst poison chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailouts that's why the people in croatia are deeply concerned and that's why it's going to be a very interesting referendum result tomorrow and indeed in just just a car here just for a moment here that we're not talking about croatia joining the eurozone this is in fact the e.u. itself many many years as you're saying how many failures about this some are saying what they fear most is that the e.u. will dictate what their government does as soon as they join the e.u. is recently been accused of interfering in the domestic affairs of its members is an element of democracy do you think being put at risk by joining. well let's go to what another way i mean the croatians who as you rightly say are voting to join the european union movement to not get the euro zone are in a sit

plus, chaos as a snow covered roof collapsed in slovakia. [ hermann ] there's always something that'soing to have to be done by a certain date. you always have homework, okay? i don't have homework today. it's what's right here is what is most important to me. it's beautiful. ♪ ♪ when we were determined to see it through. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. >>> welcome back. kate bolduan's here with more news you need to know right now. >> good evening. defense secretary leon panetta got specific today about how the military will cut half a trillion dollars in spending over the next ten years. the army and marines will have fewer troops. the air force will reduce air lift fleet and tactical squadrons. the navy will retire old e ships and pay raises will be more limited after 2015. two areas not getting

people like slovakia slovenia is stony up all coming to the year of european union they join the euro zone and they find the worst poisoned chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailout we have clear examples of the german government trying very very hard to manipulate the politics of serbia serbia and its state kosovo you've got all sorts of issues arising through like the european union work when things seem to go against the european union's viewpoint they're dropping in technocrats we could argue that this is all because of huge economic problems in terms of the technocratic elements but of course what's happening is the groundswell on this on the streets the people in bucharest for example in rumania are protesting because what they see is a european union that is not delivering its side of the deen and the deal is free trade and jobs and ultimately there is economic

neighbors they've seen similar who are emerging european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia as stony are all coming into the europe european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst poisoned chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get.

union they've joined the euro zone and they find it the worst poison chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone be lights that's why the people in croatia are deeply concerned and that's why it's going to be a very interesting referendum result tomorrow. romania is a witnessing of the worst riots and violence in over a decade for a second week running thousands of people on the streets demanding the resignation of the government there the president or his reports. things turned nasty in the streets his book arrests. protesters have been peaceful for the past few days but now the demonstrations turn five. fighting as proof you know between police and protesters just behind me you can see the protest is bringing up fences and now bit expected to class we did for lee's line here they started to throw bottles and other things at the police line and they're going to time for c.-span ce

former nhl player was skating with a youth hockey team in a newly built ring over the weekend in slovakia. a number of youngsters were skating when suddenly the children, coaches heard a frightening sound of our roof collapsing. huge holes appeared in the roof, and then the roof came crashing down. thankfully, no one was hurt. a customer faces a masked gunmen trying to rob a sacramento convenience store. you can see the man is standing near one of the shelves when the mask to gone -- masked gunman runs in. he slaps the gun away and chased the suspect from the store. and not-so-lucky shot by a bank robber in brazil. you can see two armed men entered a small bank and grouped the customers and staff together but a third man apparently got a little nervous, accidentally firing a pistol and shooting himself in the foot. when the gang left the bank, one of them was limping. the injured robber was arrested that night when he went to hospital but unfortunately, the other two men have not been found. still to come, a popular fast- food chain enters the breakfast business. a california town gets it

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. >> some scary moments for young hockey players in slovakia -- the children had just skated off of the ice when heavy snow caused the roof to come crashing down. luckily, no one was hurt. parents called the children off of the ice. officials blame a snow storm for the collapse. president obama is on the campaign trail today. the president will speak las vegas and at an air force base in california -- colorado. he is putting the focus on clean energy. we are also learning more about a testy exchange on the tarmac yesterday between the president and arizona and partner -- governor jan brewer who says the president was thin-skinned about her description of him in her recent book. all eyes are on florida's republican presidential hopefuls gear up for a prime-time debate. analysts expect them to unload everything they have, but gingrich tried to paint romney as a out of touch. the former speaker is facing criticism about an affair. >> i do not care what the washington establishment thinks of me, because i intend to change them. >> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum and texas represen

standard and poor's cut the ratings of italy, spain, portugal, and cyprus by two notches and france, slovakia, slovenia, saw a one-notch cut. traders said the cuts were expected to the market should not drop dramatically. u.s. markets are closed today for the holiday. still to come, and look at the newest batch of trainees learning how to rescue you from an avalanche. the astounding numbers that make these rescuers more likely to save lives. >> no major snow in the forecast just yet but futurecast showing the chance for ice. when and where, when we come back. first, >> in this afternoon's medical alert, this time of year people tend to avoid crowds and attempt to avoid germs. a new study shows germans are not the biggest health correct -- threat crowd offer. researchers found human stampede and he strokes of the main reason for death and illness at large events. over the last 30 years, more than 7000 people have died in trauma during tank -- stampede and 14,000 more have been injured. the risk of heart attack during group evans is also higher, especially when the event is emotionally stressfu

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this is in slovakia. you see the players are on the ice, but then the parents, who are there at the practice, started to notice something strange going on with the ceiling. before you know it, huge cracks in debris from the ceiling start falling down on the ice. all the players are off the ice but they're still kind of right there behind the board. this ceiling at this ice rink just caves in. you see the lights are flickering. >> just buckles. >> this had to have been because of the weight of snow or something on the roof of that building, right? >> this is a relatively new building. it just opened in november. but yeah, you're right, beth. they did experience some heavy snow as of late and they believe that's what caused this ceiling to collapse. but here's the most interesting thing about this video. after the collapse, you see a guy walking around with the camera and it looks like he's going through some sort of tunnel. that's like the walls and the ceiling, buckled over. what's holding it up is the gl

dramatic movements as a roof collapses on a skating arena in slovakia.aptions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello. good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. >>> today we begin an improving outlook. according to new poll numbers it appears americans are becoming more optimistic about the state of the economy. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal "poll finds 30% say the country is headed in the right direction. that's up eight points from a month ago. 45% approve of the job president obama is doing in handling the economy. that is a six-point rise over the last month. and more people said they believe the economy will get better instead of worse in 2012. that is a seven-point jump over last month. all three polls came in at the highest positive levels they have been at in a year. on the heels of that, president obama kicked off a three-day campaign-style swing through five battleground states yesterday. and his first stop in arizona, there was a tense exchange between the preside

an ice hockey team in slovakia have escaped unhurt after the roof of their skating rink collapsed. they were taking part in a session with a local team and the weight of falling snow caused the roof to cave in. gabrielle giffords, the u.s. congress woman who was shot in the head when a gunman went on a rampage, has formally resigned her seat in washington. last august, she made a triumphant return to congress after being so close to death. she was attacked at a political meeting in tucson just over a year ago. last night, at the state of the union, gabrielle giffords embraced president obama. today, the battle over his proposals began already in earnest. he proposed creating a fair tax systems with the wealthiest americans paying a bigger share. this is opposed by most republicans. with an election looming, this promises to be a fight on the campaign trail. >> it is a short drive from the white house to the capital, but for president obama, this could be the last time he makes this journey to deliver the state of the union. >> the president of the united states. >> this speech was

. >> and ice hockey team in slovakia is being trained by a former nhl player. this is after their open rank collapsed. he played 13 seasons in the nhl and was practicing with a local youth team when this happened. no one was injured. four years ago, he was faced with death when his neck was slashed by another player's skate. >> i am in singapore. >> i am in london. a brief reminder of our main news. senior united nations officials expressing concerns about the militias supporting the former regime in libya. that is it for us. goodbye. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, a relationship managers work hard to know your business. offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet

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