Archive of articles - May 2002, page 4

Minister receives hockey stick

Roma would-be doctors to get help

SLSP profit falls in 1Q02

EU against retail chain law, says MP

Land registry changes to slash cadastral office line-ups

BUYING and selling real estate could become easier for both foreigners and Slovaks following cabinet approval of a measure to reform land registry offices.The cabinet on May 22 approved an extra Sk19 million ($400,000) in funding for cadastral (land registry) offices to allow them to take on more employees or pay overtime to clear backlogs of requests for changes to ownership documents.The government also approved the creation of an Internet-accessible database of real estate owners to increase transparency and reduce the number of cadastral visitors requesting only information.

Wheelchair-bound man hopes to become MP

Mobile tender attracts lone Slovak bidder

WITH GROWTH in mobile telephone penetration slowing and large telecoms firms struggling world-wide, a Slovak firm has emerged as the lone applicant for the country's third mobile telecoms licence, after two other potential bidders dropped their applications.The Telecoms Office (TÚ) announced on May 14 that Bratislava-based Profinet, an alternative telecoms and Internet service provider, was the only bidder for a combined GMS and UMTS network licence, which will allow traditional voice as well as 'third generation' (3G) data capabilities on mobile networks, including video transmission.

SD1's Koncoš bets on new faces

THE FAILURE of the ruling coalition Democratic Left Party (SD1) to agree on a list of top candidates for upcoming September elections is further evidence that the once strong leftist party is preparing for a modest result in the fall ballot.At a May 18 meeting of top SD1 brass, party leader Pavel Koncoš made it clear that he did not want to see many of SD1's current members of parliament (MP) back in the legislature after elections.Koncoš proposed that few SD1 MPs would be placed in the top 14 positions on the party's 150-name list of candidates. The higher a candidate places on the list, the greater the likelihood of his or her election to parliament.

City remembers Jewish tragedy

VRANOV NAD TOP1OU - Sixty years ago, more than 1,700 of the Jewish citizens in this eastern Slovak town were transported to concentration camps. Only 120 survived.On May 15, Vranov nad Top3ou, which now numbers 23,200 inhabitants, took the first steps to honour its lost citizens and preserve what little remains of their past. While the afternoon sun beat down on an audience of about 100, mostly senior citizens, a choir sang a melody describing the birth of Israel.Standing in front of this gathering of both Jews and Christians, some from as far away as the United States, Mayor Milan Muška and Jaroslav Franek, president of the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities (ÚZŽNO) unveiled a plaque in memory of the city's once flourishing Jewish community.

Schools reducing student admissions

Unemployment slightly better in April

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Penta continues to move in on VSŽ

IMF again warns Slovakia

Police to reopen Mečiar file

SDĽ again threatens departure