Archive of articles - May 2002, page 9

Toth investigation called off

Mobile tender a flop

Duray prevented from taking seat

Eurotel 1Q profits sag 15 per cent

Istrochem on the block

Duray to be disciplined

Construction slump deepens

SPP racks up strong profit

KDH again smiling over distributor sale

Slovakia takes hockey gold

Mečiar spent Sk41 million on Elektra

Whirlpool with new suppliers

Record parliament session starts tomorrow

Looking at Roma in black & white

AS A PHOTO REPORTER for the Spišský denník regional daily, Miro Dibák used to accompany its news reporters on their assignments. Since the daily serves the eastern Slovak region of Spiš, home to some of the most squalid Roma settlements in the country, he often found himself amidst crowds of Roma, shooting their wretched living conditions with a digital camera, and wondering about the image of the Roma he was helping to create."As I was peering at the developed pictures, seeing masses of Roma stuck in that environment of theirs, so often abused by the media for their own purposes, I decided to tear my subjects out of it, to drag concrete individuals out of the anonymity of those settlements," says Dibák, 46.

Siderit mine lays off a third of workers

Uninspired, recycled flop wastes talented cast

SHOWTIME (2002) is quite an accomplishment - it puts exciting actors Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy together, and produces a limp, boring, regurgitated cop comedy.Here are the ingredients: Mitch Preston (De Niro) is a senior L.A.P.D. detective, a tough guy who doesn't talk much, doesn't show much emotion, and hates it when people stick their noses in his business. Having been a cop for over 20 years, he likes it best when he works alone.

Reader feedback: Fico just doing his job

Arms traders face new hurdle to doing business

A BILL giving the state greater control over Slovakia's arms trade was approved by the government April 24, in what a western diplomat called "another step on the way" towards bringing Slovakia's weapons export laws into line with European Union standards.Under the bill, which now goes before parliament, the number of companies in Slovakia licensed by the Economy Ministry to trade in arms may be slashed by two-thirds from the current figure, which police put at over 600.Its backers hope the changes will help reduce concern among international bodies such as the United Nations, Nato and the European Union over lax arms export policy and the possible involvement of Slovak arms firms in illegal sales of military equipment.

Open communist files, says ministry official