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Feature Photo Bullet holes scar a wall in Devínska Nová Ves, next to photographs of some of the victims of Ľubomír Harman, who ran amok with an assault rifle on August 30, killing seven people and injuring 15 before ending his own life. 4 Sep 2010 More Feature Photos
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Mikloš-Mihál tax hikes on hold THE GOVERNMENT of Iveta Radičová has widely proclaimed its ambition to save €900 million through wide-ranging public spending cuts. However, it has not yet set out in detail how the state administration will be forced to diet, or how much of the government’s entire consolidation package, worth €1.7 billion and intended to address the budget deficit, will come out of taxpayers’ pockets. 3 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Business
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Coalition decides to increase VAT to 20 percent A DECISION has been made after a laborious multi-hour debate within Slovakia’s four ruling parties: the country’s VAT rate will climb from 19percent to 20 percent and will remain at that level until the country’s public finance deficit falls under 3 percent of GDP. 7 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Business
Insurer boss's head rolls DUŠAN Muňko, whose high-flying career has included the top job at the country’s largest travel agency and a deputy ministerial post at the Environment Ministry, is no longer the director of Slovakia’s social security provider, Sociálna Poisťovňa (SP). Though he had resisted all calls for his resignation, the government of Iveta Radičová finally sacked Muňko over what it called non-transparent handling of state funds and the conclusion of contracts disadvantageous to the state. 6 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Politics & Society
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To be, or not to be ...on Facebook A media expert on how online social networks are changing Slovak politics WITHOUT a Facebook profile you don’t exist – that’s a saying that has found its way into the lexicon of Slovakia too. Following that logic, there has been a resurrection of sorts in Slovak politics as about half of the current cabinet members can now be considered to exist. Following the June national election many more political leaders are now online, as opposed to the previous government whose ministers kept their distance from online social networks. 6 Sep 2010 Michaela Terenzani The Slovak Spectator More from Politics & Society
Slovakia in 42 days: Travel in the Trenčín Region A TV programme in English covering the travels of American journalist and photographer Amanda Rivkin (video included) To sit – after visits to many castles and ruins – and have a coffee at the Trenčín ice hockey stadium on a hot summer day and to watch trainings on ice is quite a unique traveller’s combination. If you meanwhile happen to meet Marián Gáborík or Edo Hartman, it can be a great chill – and our feet remained dry if it began to rain again... 6 Sep 2010 The Slovak Spectator More from Regional News
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Shooting massacre shakes Slovakia A NORMALLY quiet suburb of Bratislava turned into the site of a shooting rampage on August 30 the like of which Slovakia has never experienced before. A 48-year-old resident of Devínska Nová Ves, described by his neighbours as taciturn and solitary, shot dead seven people, including six members of a family, which included Roma and non-Roma members, before killing himself. The Slovak government declared a national day of mourning for September 2, with state flags flown at half-mast between 8:00 and 18:00. 1 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Politics & Society
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Remembering the lessons of the Berlin Wall AXEL Hartmann understands that the story of the Berlin Wall, its fall, and the removal of armed borders from the heart of Europe needs to be regularly told to the younger generation which may take for granted the freedom of movement they now enjoy across Europe. Hartmann, Germany’s ambassador to Slovakia, also served as his country’s consul in Budapest in the mid 1980s, and explained that reunification of his nation, after a long and deep separation, takes time and patience. 6 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Foreigners in Slovakia
Building barriers to human understanding EDITORIAL IT HAD SEEMED that the story of yet another wall built to separate Roma from non-Roma Slovaks, this time paid for by a collection among non-Roma locals, would be the most shocking story of the past couple of weeks. 6 Sep 2010 Beata Balogová The Slovak Spectator More from Opinion
Holubičí národ Slovak word of the week ONE OF the deepest-rooted beliefs Slovaks hold about themselves is that they are a nation of doves (holubičí národ). Never mind that Slovakia’s participation in the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II proved that the country is capable of aggression towards its neighbours, that it sent tens of thousands of its own citizens to Nazi death camps, or that the 1944 uprising against the fascist state, the anniversary of which we celebrated just days ago, showed that Slovaks can put up violent resistance against oppressive regimes. The myth survived. But it certainly suffered another blow this week, when Ľubomír Harman took his arsenal of weapons and went on a shooting spree in the Bratislava suburb of Devínska Nová Ves, killing seven people and wounding many others. 6 Sep 2010 Lukáš Fila The Slovak Spectator More from Opinion
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Countrywide Events Music, Theater, Exhibition... Western SLOVAKIABratislava CONCERT: THE ST PAUL’S (Knightsbridge) Festival Choir from London visits Bratislava on September 10 during its tour of central Europe. Appearing in the Jesuit Church at 19:00, the choir will perform choral pieces and organ compositions by Händel, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Monteverdi and Parry. Entry for the Bratislava concert is free, as it is for the September 12 concert in St Emeram’s Basilica in Nitra. 6 Sep 2010 Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská The Slovak Spectator More from Culture & Society
The Slovak National Theatre – PROGRAMME Advertisement A complete list of performances by the Slovak National Theatre from September 12 - October 3, 2010 at both the new building – its Hall of Opera and Ballet, its Hall of Drama, and its Studio as well as at the SND’s historical building is available. 3 Sep 2010 More from Culture & Society
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“I respect the mobsters and they respect me.”

Vincent Lukáč, an MP for the Slovak National Party (SNS), discounts the possibility of mafia involvement in the recent torching of his car.