The Londonderry man, who impressed in the Republic's friendly win over Denmark, is in their squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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And Accenture is adding staff in the Philippines, China, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
But the Celtic player is now pressing for a place in next month's Euro 2008 qualifiers against Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
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And Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ) is adding staff in the Philippines, China, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Armenia's earlier surprise win over Slovakia had given the Republic a chance to take control of the group but the Russians had other ideas.
Despite attempts to smuggle fentanyl to Finland and Latvia, and unrelated outbreaks in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, it remains, for now, mainly an Estonian problem.
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The EU took in 10 new members - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus, Malta, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - on 1 May, 2004.
He himself has recently been opening plants in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and sounding the death-knell for a factory in Britain that closed its doors last month.
Public support for American foreign policy has become most tepid in the former Austro-Hungarian parts of Europe, including Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, where German influence is increasing.
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The firm said it had also issued "a sales stop" of the concerned batch in Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland.
The eastern block contains some countries in desperate trouble, like Hungary or Latvia, he noted, but also many others, like Poland, Slovakia or the Czech Republic, which are in much better shape.
Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia after a "velvet divorce" in 1992.
Now, most live in eastern Europe, mainly Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and Turkey.
As well as being active in Poland it also has interests in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Since the Soviet-era state was split into constituent parts in 1993, both the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been successful in canoeing.
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia it has two sister savings banks, Ceska Sporitelna and Slovenska Sporitelna, which are already market leaders.
And charities have sprung up in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to help Gypsies with housing loans, literacy classes and summer camps for children.
Russia's 1-0 victory over Macedonia put them top of Group B, with the Republic, Slovakia and Armenia all tied on seven points from four games.
Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia by mutual consent.
In three countries, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, they have halted the implementation of the treaty, and the European Parliament now appears less than eager to ratify it.
As the war in Kosovo grinds on, the alliance's need for a land bridge from Germany through the Czech Republic and Slovakia and on to Hungary has enhanced the country's strategic importance.
The 4-0 margin flattered the Republic but it was nonetheless a hugely positive evening for Steve Staunton and his squad ahead of next month's Euro 2008 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Its Austrian rival, Erste Bank, thinks that retail banking is the main source of profit in the region, and so has bought retail banks with market shares of around 20% in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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The first, comprising the poorest eight new members - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Malta - will have a fifth of the EU population but on average just 42% of the GNP per capita.
It was created in 1918 (when Otto was five) from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian empire, taken over and broken up by Germany in 1939, became a communist state in 1948 and since 1993 has been divided into two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
It has been closely involved with preparations for membership by the five most developed Eastern European countries - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia - and the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who are all expected to join the EU in 2004.
The summit offered a reassurance to the 10 candidate countries (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) that they should be able to finish negotiations by the end of the year, sign a Treaty of Accession in 2003 and join in 2004.
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