Monday night’s highly anticipated Slovakia-Czechia clash at the U20 World Championship in Ottawa, Canada, came with an unexpected sideshow. Before the puck even dropped, Czech TV’s ČT Sport made a ...

In fact I was paying the highest taxes of any entrepreneur in Slovakia," he said, as the red, white and blue flags of Slovakia fluttered behind him against the backdrop of Bratislava Castle.

In 1992, the so-called Velvet Divorce split the country in to Czech Republic and Slovakia. This history helps to explain the similarity of the flags - both countries use the same colours as Russia ...