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Bill Sammon’s report in the Washington Times should come as no surprise that there is liberal, anti-Bush media bias in Europe. It is refreshing, however, to hear Slovakia Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda explicitly blaming the news media for unfairly turning the public against President Bush with its biased news coverage. At a news conference, Dzurinda was reminded that, even though some European governments may have supported the Iraq War, the public often did not. Mr. Dzurinda responded by telling the journalists, including one from CNN, that he was "shocked" to see media outlets like CNN and the British Broadcasting Corp....

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Slovakia leader hits media on Bush slantBy Bill SammonTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished February 25, 2005 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- The prime minister of Slovakia yesterday blamed the media for unfairly turning the European public against President Bush by negatively slanting coverage on Iraq.     After meeting with Mr. Bush twice in less than a week, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda told reporters that the president also blamed the press for portraying him as eager to invade Iran to eradicate its nuclear program.     "President Bush told me in Brussels: 'I am so unhappy that media creates the picture that Bush wants...

President Bush won an enthusiastic welcome in Slovakia Thursday, the first warm public reception of his European tour, underscoring a divide within Europe between the west and newly democratic east. The contrast could not have been greater between Germany, where Bush's visit drew 12,000 protesters Wednesday, and Slovakia, where a crowd of about 4,000 braved blowing snow to cheer and applaud during an open-air speech. Bush then took his first plunge into a crowd on the last day of a five-day European tour and was swamped by enthusiastic Slovaks for several minutes as he made his way off the old...

President Bush, who has pledged to reform the U.S. tax code in his second term, today praised the flat tax implemented by Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda of the Slovak Republic. During their meeting in Bratislava, Bush, without prompting, made a point of touting the flat tax: “I complimented the Prime Minister on putting policies in place that have helped this economy grow. The most important responsibility we have at home is to make sure our people can find work. And the president put a flat tax in place; he simplified his tax code, which has helped to attract capital and...

  Slovak Leaders Visit Troops in Afghanistan By Spc. Kelly Hunt, USASpecial to American Forces Press ServiceBAGRAM, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2004 – Slovakian troops here received the best wishes of their countrymen Jan. 23, as the country's prime minister and defense minister visited to offer them encouragement in their mission for freedom. Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda of Slovakia shakes the hand of Slovak 2nd Lt. Fejercak Lubumir, operational officer, as Defense Minister Juraj Líška is saluted by Slovak Lt. Col. Truska Jan during the leaders' Jan. 23 visit to their country's troops at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Photo by...